Swords Creek Elementary

Swords Creek Elementary is a K-5 school of one-room-style scale in Swords Creek, Virginia, one of the schools within Russell County Public Schools, works with 93 students in grades pre-K through 7. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 499 students each, so Swords Creek Elementary sits 81% leaner than that benchmark.

Swords Creek Elementary is one of 11 schools operated by Russell County Public Schools, a district that caters to 3,583 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Swords Creek Elementary reports that 98% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Compared to Russell County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Swords Creek Elementary has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Swords Creek Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 94% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Swords Creek Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 62.6%; this one delivers 86.3%, a residual of +23.6 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Russell County put median household income runs about $50,012, roughly 13% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Russell County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,583 students), Swords Creek Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Honaker Elementary, roughly 2.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Swords Creek Elementary comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 80.4%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 6-year window. Over the past 6-year window, the student count shrank 35%: 142 students in 2018 compared to 93 in 2024. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 9.1:1 today.

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