Thomas C. McSwain Elementary

Set in Staunton, Virginia, Thomas C. McSwain Elementary is a mid-tier elementary school, one of the schools within Staunton City Public Schools. It instructs 449 students across grades K through 5.

Staunton City Public Schools comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,692 students; Thomas C. McSwain Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Thomas C. McSwain Elementary logs that White students make up the majority at 70%. The remainder reads as 11% Black, 10% multiracial, 8% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.5:1. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 85% of students at Thomas C. McSwain Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Thomas C. McSwain Elementary sits in the top 10% of Virginia schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 65.0%; actual is 88.2%, +23.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, census data for Staunton city shows median household income runs about $65,581, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Thomas C. McSwain Elementary is one of 11 public schools in Staunton city (combined enrollment of about 2,780 students).

The closest other public school is Staunton High, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Thomas C. McSwain Elementary. On composite proficiency, Thomas C. McSwain Elementary comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 74.3%.

Thomas C. McSwain Elementary operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Thomas C. McSwain Elementary's enrollment has rose 5% since 2018, when it stood at 427 (now 449).

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