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What's one thing SWIFT CREEK MIDDLE gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
1,180
Middle
DISTRICT 1,192 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510084001834
Swift Creek Middle
3700 Old Hundred Rd, Midlothian, VA 23112 · (804) 739-6315 · Chesterfield County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,180 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
79 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
334 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 66%
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 6 | 417 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 384 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 379 | 32% |
Student demographics
60%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
84.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +7.0pp since 2022
Math
87.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +7.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 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 7 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 7 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.0% | 87.0% |
| 2023-24 | 78.0% | 85.0% |
| 2022-23 | 77.0% | 80.0% |
% 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
82.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
80.4%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 80% 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 Middle
Swift Creek Middle's state test result (82.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swift Creek Middle this school | 1,180 | 28.3% | 82.3% |
| Tabb Middle Yorktown | 968 | 27.8% | 90.6% |
| Robious Middle Midlothian | 1,081 | 26.3% | 84.9% |
| Great Neck Middle Virginia Beach | 1,039 | 30.1% | 89.4% |
| King George Middle King George | 1,097 | 33.1% | 70.9% |
| Pocahontas Middle Richmond | 914 | 30.5% | 87.4% |
Matched among Virginia 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 Swift Creek Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Chesterfield County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.3% | #60 of 337 | #4 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #24 of 342 ▲ 11 | #3 of 12 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #59 of 342 ▲ 40 | #3 of 12 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,180 | #42 of 343 | #6 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #266 of 327 | #10 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.7% | #171 of 333 | #8 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.3% | #288 of 340 | #9 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.7% | #18 of 99 | #2 of 7 |
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
1,180
+30 (+3%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 1,839
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 1,180 | 78.9 | 14.9:1 | 28% (334) |
| 2023-24 | 1,135 | 74.4 | 15.3:1 | 29% (326) |
| 2022-23 | 1,115 | 69.5 | 16.0:1 | 28% (309) |
| 2020-21 | 1,150 | 79 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 986 | 64.2 | 15.4:1 | 21% (206) |
| 2015-16 | 1,031 | 65 | 15.9:1 | 17% (177) |
| 2010-11 | 974 | 55 | 17.7:1 | 16% (151) |
| 2000-01 | 1,313 | 84 | 15.6:1 | 2% (31) |
| 1990-91 | 1,839 | 104 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Swift Creek Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 20% (986 to 1,180); teachers up 23% (64.2 to 78.9).
About Swift Creek Middle
Swift Creek Middle is a high-enrollment middle-grades school in Chesterfield County Public Schools, located in Midlothian, Virginia. The school runs grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 1,180 students. Middle schools in Virginia have about 750 students on average; enrollment here is 57% higher.
Chesterfield County Public Schools is the local district for Swift Creek Middle. It runs 65 schools with 64,194 students.
Of every 100 students at Swift Creek Middle, about 60 are White. After that, the student body is 15% Black, 11% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 6% Asian. Among Chesterfield County residents, the White share is about 58%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 60%.
Swift Creek Middle has a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.9:1, with 78.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, middle schools in Virginia average 13.1:1. The school has 28% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Chesterfield County is 54%.
In Virginia, Swift Creek Middle is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 82.3% actual against a predicted 80.4%.
The school is in Chesterfield County, where median household income comes to about $101,931, roughly 44% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Chesterfield County counts 76 public schools with about 64,194 students.
A public school about 0.6 miles away, Clover Hill High, is the closest to Swift Creek Middle. Swift Creek Middle has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 82.3% average proficiency ranks 4th among 9 nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school grew from 1,150 students in 2020-21 to 1,180 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Swift Creek Middle lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Swift Creek Middle. Swift Creek Middle is the largest of the 3.
- SWIFT CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOLTALLAHASSEE, FL · 793 students
- Swift Creek MiddleClayton, NC · 691 students
Nearby schools
- Clover Hill High0.6 mi · 1,742
- Swift Creek Elementary1.1 mi · 724
- Evergreen Elementary1.8 mi · 797
- Clover Hill Elementary2.1 mi · 866
- Tomahawk Creek Middle2.3 mi · 1,650
- Thelma Crenshaw Elementary2.5 mi · 708
Frequently asked questions
About Swift Creek MiddleHow many students attend Swift Creek Middle?
Swift Creek Middle enrolls approximately 1,180 students in grades 06-08.
Is Swift Creek Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Swift Creek Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Swift Creek Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Swift Creek Middle is approximately 14.9:1 (79 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Swift Creek Middle?
Student demographics at Swift Creek Middle are roughly 60% White, 11% Hispanic, 15% Black, 6% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Swift Creek Middle?
Swift Creek Middle is overseen by Chesterfield County Public Schools in Chesterfield County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.