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Swayzee Elementary School

405 S Washington St, Swayzee, IN 46986 · (765) 395-3341 · Grant County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL248 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% of Indiana public middle schools
  • A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Indiana public middle schools

Enrollment
248
Middle
DISTRICT 241 · STATE 594
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
106 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 513354%
Grade 611546%
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 57% · US 70%
White
21788%
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 62% · US 43%
Hispanic
146%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 15% · US 30%
Black
10%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 14% · US 15%
Asian
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 3% · US 6%
Two+
156%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
13153%
Female
11747%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Swayzee Elementary School→Oak Hill Junior High School→Oak Hill High School
Feeds from
Sweetser Elementary School03–04
Based on grade levels within Oak Hill United School Corp. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above Proficiency
English Language Arts
50.4%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
53.6%
IN avg 41.1%

What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.

Source: ILEARN. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.3%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.4pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Indiana's top nor bottom 10%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Schools most like Swayzee Elementary School

Swayzee Elementary School's state test result (53.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Swayzee Elementary School this school24842.7%53.6%
Oak Hill Junior High School
Converse
23443.2%47.9%
Linton-Stockton Middle School
Linton
29141.6%40.9%
Fremont Middle School
Fremont
28640.6%42.7%
North Putnam Middle School
Roachdale
29943.5%36.2%
Centerville-Abington Jr High Sch
Centerville
26646.2%40.4%
Matched among Indiana middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where Swayzee Elementary School ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn IndianaIn Grant County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
53.6%#55 of 324#1 of 6
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
53.6%#55 of 325#1 of 6
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
50.4%#70 of 325#2 of 6
Enrollment
ranked largest first
248#304 of 334#5 of 6
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
16.2:1#216 of 314#6 of 6
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
22.7%#230 of 315#4 of 6
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
42.7%#222 of 330#6 of 6
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-15.9%#57 of 187N/A
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
248
-9 (-4%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 263
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 13.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2524815.316.2:143% (106)
2023-2425114.717.1:147% (117)
2022-2323614.316.5:144% (104)
2020-212571913.5:141% (105)
2017-182951816.4:135% (102)
2015-162541615.9:137% (95)
2010-112151119.6:137% (80)
2000-013191817.7:117% (53)
1990-912631715.5:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Swayzee Elementary School.

About Swayzee Elementary School

Swayzee Elementary School is a small middle school in Swayzee, Indiana, one of the schools in Oak Hill United School Corp. The grade span is 5 through 6, and enrollment is 248 students. An average school in this group (middle schools in Indiana) has about 594 students.

Oak Hill United School Corp is the district for Swayzee Elementary School. It has 5 schools and 1,533 students.

At Swayzee Elementary School, White students make up 88% of the student body. After that, the student body is 6% multiracial and 6% Hispanic. That is close to the 85% White share among all Grant County residents. Swayzee Elementary School has a diversity index of 23%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.

The count of teachers at Swayzee Elementary School is 15.3 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 16.2:1. Across middle schools in Indiana, the average ratio is about 15.6:1. The school counts 106 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 43%. The rate at public schools in Grant County averages 57%, higher than here.

Swayzee Elementary School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 88% of Indiana public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.

Swayzee Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (53.6%) and its predicted rate (45.3%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Indiana schools.

Census estimates describe Grant County this way: median household income is about $53,522, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 15%. Federal data list 30 public schools in Grant County, with a combined enrollment of about 10,743.

The next-closest public school is Oak Hill High School, about 5.1 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within ten miles of Swayzee Elementary School. Its average proficiency rate of 53.6% is above the 45.5% average for nearby schools.

Under the NCES locale system, Swayzee Elementary School is Rural: Distant.

The number of students dropped from 257 to 248 over 4 years. By 2024-25, the school had 16.2 students per teacher, compared with 13.5 in 2020-21.

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Grant County at a glance

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Population
66,295
Census ACS
Median income
$53,522
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
30
10,743 students

Quick facts

School name
Swayzee Elementary School
District
Oak Hill United School Corp
Address
405 S Washington St, Swayzee, IN 46986
Phone
(765) 395-3341
County
Grant County
Level
Middle
Grade range
05–06
Total enrollment
248
Teachers (FTE)
15
Student–teacher ratio
16.2:1
Free and reduced lunch
106 (43%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
180834001431
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Swayzee Elementary School
What is the total enrollment at Swayzee Elementary School?
Swayzee Elementary School enrolls approximately 248 students in grades 05-06.
What age range does Swayzee Elementary School serve?
Swayzee Elementary School serves students from grade 05 through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Swayzee Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Swayzee Elementary School is approximately 16.2:1 (15 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Swayzee Elementary School?
At Swayzee Elementary School, the student body is approximately 88% White, 6% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Swayzee Elementary School public or private?
Swayzee Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Oak Hill United School Corp.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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