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Enrollment
737
Middle
DISTRICT 646 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POCONO MOUNTAIN SD·NCES 421950007503
Swiftwater Interm School
208 Campus Drive, Swiftwater, PA 18370 · (570) 839-7121 · Monroe County
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL737 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of Pennsylvania public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats 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 Pennsylvania public middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
71 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
734 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 75%
Community
1
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 255 | 35% |
| Grade 5 | 237 | 32% |
| Grade 6 | 245 | 33% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 59% · US 70%
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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Pocono Mountain SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
39.1%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.3pp since 2023
Math
44.5%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.1% | 44.5% |
| 2023-24 | 43.4% | 44.1% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
47.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania'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 Swiftwater Interm School
Swiftwater Interm School's state test result (47.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swiftwater Interm School this school | 737 | 99.6% | 47.4% |
| Benjamin Franklin Middle School Levittown | 754 | 100.0% | 26.6% |
| Pocono Mountain East Junior High School Swiftwater | 505 | 99.4% | 41.3% |
| Neil A Armstrong Middle School Fairless Hills | 668 | 99.3% | 25.5% |
| Wyoming Valley West Middle School Kingston | 1,139 | 99.5% | 22.3% |
| Greater Nanticoke Area Ed Center Nanticoke | 533 | 99.6% | 30.9% |
Matched among Pennsylvania 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 Swiftwater Interm School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Monroe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #252 of 479 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #166 of 513 ▼ 1 | #2 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #393 of 513 ▲ 1 | #5 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 737 | #153 of 522 | #4 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #34 of 486 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.1% | #61 of 486 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #80 of 510 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.3% | #69 of 332 | N/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 2024-25Enrollment
737
-30 (-4%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 10.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 737 | 70.7 | 10.4:1 | 100% (734) |
| 2023-24 | 727 | 70.9 | 10.3:1 | 100% (724) |
| 2022-23 | 726 | 71.2 | 10.2:1 | 53% (388) |
| 2020-21 | 767 | 71 | 10.8:1 | 37% (282) |
| 2017-18 | 913 | 77.6 | 11.8:1 | 50% (454) |
| 2015-16 | 876 | 74 | 11.8:1 | 51% (446) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Swiftwater Interm School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (913 to 737); teachers down 9% (77.6 to 70.7).
About Swiftwater Interm School
Swiftwater Interm School is a medium-sized middle-grades school in Pocono Mountain SD, located in Swiftwater, Pennsylvania. A federal count lists 737 students at the school, in grades 4 through 6. Average enrollment for middle schools in Pennsylvania is about 594, so this school runs 24% bigger than that.
Across its 9 schools, Pocono Mountain SD enrolls 7,781 students. Swiftwater Interm School is one of those schools.
White students make up a majority at Swiftwater Interm School, at 53%. The remaining shares are 27% Hispanic, 14% Black, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Monroe County's population at about 64%. Pick two students at random and there is a 63% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The ratio of students to teachers is 10.4:1, with 70.7 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 2.7 students per teacher below the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 100%. Among public schools in Monroe County, the average eligibility rate is 74%.
Swiftwater Interm School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 73% of Pennsylvania public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Swiftwater Interm School is 12.4 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (47.4% versus 34.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Pennsylvania.
Census Bureau estimates for Monroe County show that the median household income is $83,565, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 27%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Swiftwater Interm School is one of 29 public schools in the county.
Pocono Mountain East Junior High School is the public school closest to Swiftwater Interm School, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are 6 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Swiftwater Interm School ranks 3rd of 7 nearby schools, at 47.4% versus a 45.2% average.
The federal government classifies Swiftwater Interm School's location as Rural: Fringe.
The school enrolled 737 students in 2024-25, 30 fewer than the 767 it had in 2020-21.
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Monroe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
167,515
Census ACS
Median income
$83,565
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
20,752 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pocono Mountain SD
- Pocono Mountain West High SchoolHigh · 1,501 students
- Pocono Mountain East High SchoolHigh · 1,242 students
- Swiftwater El CenterElementary · 971 students
- Clear Run Intrmd SchoolElementary · 919 students
- Pocono Mountain West Junior High SchoolMiddle · 697 students
- Clear Run El CenterElementary · 658 students
Other schools in Swiftwater
- Pocono Mountain East High SchoolHigh · 1,242 students
- Swiftwater El CenterElementary · 971 students
- Pocono Mountain East Junior High SchoolMiddle · 505 students
Nearby schools
- Pocono Mountain East Junior High School0.1 mi · 505
- Pocono Mountain East High School0.1 mi · 1,242
- Swiftwater El Center0.4 mi · 971
- Evergreen Community CS3.9 mi · 101
- Clear Run Intrmd School4.8 mi · 919
- Clear Run El Center4.9 mi · 658
Frequently asked questions
About Swiftwater Interm SchoolHow large is Swiftwater Interm School?
Swiftwater Interm School enrolls approximately 737 students in grades 04-06.
What age range does Swiftwater Interm School serve?
Swiftwater Interm School serves students from grade 04 through grade 06.
How many teachers does Swiftwater Interm School have?
Swiftwater Interm School employs 71 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Swiftwater Interm School?
Student demographics at Swiftwater Interm School are roughly 53% White, 27% Hispanic, 14% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Swiftwater Interm School public or private?
Swiftwater Interm School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pocono Mountain SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.