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If you had an hour of school board time for Swift Creek Elementary, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
724
Elementary
DISTRICT 698 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510084001990
Swift Creek Elementary
13800 Genito Rd., Midlothian, VA 23112 · (804) 739-6305 · Chesterfield County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL724 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
199 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 66%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 106 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 142 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 141 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 116 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 116 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (106) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (103).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 71% · 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
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
88.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
93.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +9.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 93 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 9 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 88.0% | 93.0% |
| 2023-24 | 83.0% | 82.0% |
| 2022-23 | 86.0% | 84.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. 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
84.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
80.6%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 81% typical for Virginia 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 Virginia'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 Swift Creek Elementary
Swift Creek Elementary's state test result (84.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swift Creek Elementary this school | 724 | 27.5% | 84.8% |
| Robious Elementary Midlothian | 660 | 23.8% | 82.9% |
| Stonehouse Elementary Williamsburg | 838 | 25.3% | 82.0% |
| Sealston Elementary King George | 753 | 29.3% | 64.3% |
| Evergreen Elementary Midlothian | 797 | 32.9% | 68.3% |
| Matoaka Elementary Williamsburg | 595 | 23.5% | 82.5% |
Matched among Virginia elementary 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 Swift Creek Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Chesterfield County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.8% | #178 of 1,101 | #9 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 93.0% | #41 of 1,111 ▲ 234 | #1 of 40 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #121 of 1,111 ▲ 103 | #6 of 40 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 724 | #163 of 1,176 | #18 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #850 of 1,105 | #32 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.8% | #670 of 1,106 | #31 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.5% | #958 of 1,157 | #31 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.0% | #244 of 759 | #7 of 21 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
724
+151 (+26%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 778
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 724 | 46.8 | 15.5:1 | 27% (199) |
| 2023-24 | 737 | 45.4 | 16.2:1 | 29% (217) |
| 2022-23 | 708 | 40 | 17.7:1 | 27% (190) |
| 2020-21 | 573 | 40 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 872 | 49.3 | 17.7:1 | 14% (119) |
| 2015-16 | 843 | 47 | 17.9:1 | 10% (84) |
| 2010-11 | 811 | 37 | 21.9:1 | 11% (89) |
| 2000-01 | 767 | 42 | 18.3:1 | 3% (23) |
| 1990-91 | 778 | 40 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Swift Creek Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (872 to 724); teachers down 5% (49.3 to 46.8).
About Swift Creek Elementary
Swift Creek Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Midlothian, Virginia. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 724 students. Elementary schools in Virginia have about 499 students on average; enrollment here is 45% higher.
In Chesterfield County Public Schools, 65 schools enroll a combined 64,194 students.
The largest group at Swift Creek Elementary is White students, at 64%. Other groups make up 13% Black, 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 5% Asian. The diversity index for Swift Creek Elementary is 56%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 46.8 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 15.5:1. Compared with the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 27%. It compares with 54% for public schools in Chesterfield County.
Swift Creek Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (84.8%) and its predicted rate (80.6%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Virginia schools.
For the population of Chesterfield County, median household income comes to about $101,931, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Chesterfield County counts 76 public schools with about 64,194 students.
Swift Creek Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Clover Hill High, about 1.1 miles away. The five-mile area around Swift Creek Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Swift Creek Elementary ranks 4th of 9 nearby schools, at 84.8% versus an 81.2% average.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Swift Creek Elementary had a net gain of 151 students, or 26%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.3:1 in 2020-21, and 15.5:1 in 2024-25.
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Chesterfield County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
377,869
Census ACS
Median income
$101,931
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
64,194 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chesterfield County Public Schools
- Thomas Dale HighHigh · 2,582 students
- Cosby HighHigh · 2,507 students
- Manchester HighHigh · 2,236 students
- Lloyd C. Bird HighHigh · 2,131 students
- Midlothian HighHigh · 2,048 students
- Meadowbrook HighHigh · 1,953 students
Other schools in Midlothian
- Cosby HighHigh · 2,507 students
- Manchester HighHigh · 2,236 students
- Midlothian HighHigh · 2,048 students
- James River HighHigh · 1,842 students
- Clover Hill HighHigh · 1,742 students
- Tomahawk Creek MiddleMiddle · 1,650 students
Other Swift Creek Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Swift Creek Elementary. Swift Creek Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Swift Creek ElementaryRaleigh, NC · 310 students
Nearby schools
- Clover Hill High1.1 mi · 1,742
- Swift Creek Middle1.1 mi · 1,180
- Tomahawk Creek Middle1.2 mi · 1,650
- Evergreen Elementary1.7 mi · 797
- Clover Hill Elementary2.3 mi · 866
- Woolridge Elementary2.4 mi · 813
Frequently asked questions
About Swift Creek ElementaryHow large is Swift Creek Elementary?
Swift Creek Elementary enrolls approximately 724 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Swift Creek Elementary serve?
Swift Creek Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Swift Creek Elementary have?
Swift Creek Elementary employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Swift Creek Elementary?
Student demographics at Swift Creek Elementary are roughly 64% White, 11% Hispanic, 13% Black, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Swift Creek Elementary in?
Swift Creek Elementary is part of Chesterfield County Public Schools.
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