Swain County Schools
Swain County, North Carolina · Grades PK-12
- Address
- 50 Main Street, Bryson City, NC 28713
Open in Maps → - Phone
- (828) 488-3129
- NCES agency ID
- 3704440
- State LEA ID
- NC-870
Enrollment and school counts are the state’s 2024-2025figures where reported, otherwise the federal NCES directory.
School calendar
Term dates, holidays, breaks and teacher workdays for Swain County Schools, as the district publishes them — with printable PDFs and calendar files you can subscribe to.
View the calendar →NC School Report Card
2024-2025Official accountability results published by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. School Performance Grades combine achievement (80%) with academic growth (20%).
Schools by type
| School type | Schools | Average students |
|---|---|---|
| Elementary | 2 | 371 |
| High | 2 | 272 |
| Middle | 1 | 377 |
| K-12 | -- | 123 |
| All schools | 5 | -- |
School performance grades
| Grade | Schools | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 0 | 0.0% |
| B | 0 | 0.0% |
| C | 2 | 50.0% |
| D | 2 | 50.0% |
| F | 0 | 0.0% |
| All graded schools | 4 | 100.0% |
School growth status
| Growth | Schools | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Exceeded | 0 | 0.0% |
| Met | 0 | 0.0% |
| Not Met | 4 | 100.0% |
Student performance by subject
| Subject | Grade-level proficient | Career & college ready |
|---|---|---|
| Science (grades 5 & 8) | 59.8% | 36.3% |
| English II | 47.9% | 26% |
| Mathematics (grades 3–8) | 47.9% | 28.3% |
| NC Math 3 | 40.3% | 17.6% |
| Reading (grades 3–8) | 39.9% | 23.1% |
| Biology | 33.3% | 20.6% |
| NC Math 1 | 31.5% | 6.5% |
Grade-level proficient is achievement levels 3–5; career and college ready is the higher bar of levels 4–5.
Outcomes
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| 4-year cohort graduation rate | 92.2% |
| ACT WorkKeys credential earned | 62.5% |
| Students completing Math III | 93.7% |
| Passed end-of-grade assessments | 42.2% |
| Students promoted to the next grade | 73.3% |
| Students retained in grade | 26.7% |
| English learners making progress (of 24) | 8.3% |
| Schools identified as low-performing | 2 of 4 |
Download the report card
The Swain County Schools report card as a two-page interactive PDF — bookmarked sections, donut and bar charts, and the NC DPI and NCES sources cited with working links.
Student Demographics
Gender Distribution
Total Students: 1,872Student counts for Swain County Schools, 2024-2025, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Percentages are of 1,872 students and may not total 100% because of rounding.
Students
Student Population
Students Counted: 1,798Student indicators for Swain County Schools, 2024-2025, from the North Carolina School Report Cards. Attendance is out of the 1,798 students DPI counted, added up from the district’s own schools. A student is chronically absent after missing 10% or more of the days enrolled; the other measures overlap it and each other.
Teachers
Licensing & Certification
Total Teachers: 124.3 FTETeacher figures for Swain County Schools, 2024-2025, from the North Carolina School Report Cards. Counts are full-time equivalents, not headcount, added up from the district’s own schools. Licensing and certification percentages are each out of 124.3 FTE.
Swain County Schools boundary map
6 campusesLoading the map…
Click any campus for its details. District boundary from the Census school district geography published by NCES; campus locations from the NCES Common Core of Data.
Compare two schools
Put any two Swain County Schools schools side by side — grades, growth, proficiency, attendance and staffing. You can also compare against a school in another district from the full comparison page.
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Schools in Swain County Schools
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Directory figures are from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), U.S. Department of Education for 2024-2025.Methodology →