Swift Creek Elementary

Set in Raleigh, North Carolina, Swift Creek Elementary is a modestly sized K-5 school, operated by Wake County Schools. It caters to 310 students across grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 467 students per school, that is 34% smaller than typical.

Wake County Schools runs 198 schools in total, collectively educating 163,176 students. Swift Creek Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Swift Creek Elementary lists that the largest single group is White at 48%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 24% Hispanic, 17% Black, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 58%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Swift Creek Elementary has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. Around 44% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Swift Creek Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.3%, the actual is 66.9%, a residual of +1.6 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Wake County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $105,768 per year, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Swift Creek Elementary is one of 237 public schools in Wake County (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students).

Nearest neighbor: Garner High, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Swift Creek Elementary comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 46.4%.

Swift Creek Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 29%: 438 students in 2018 compared to 310 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 27% to 17% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

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