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Swift Creek Elementary

Wake County Schools · Wake County

Address
5601 Tryon Rd, Raleigh, NC 27606
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Grades served
K-5
NCES school ID
370472001896
310
Students
24.8
Teachers (FTE)
12.5:1
Student–teacher ratio
B
Performance grade
70
Performance score
Met
Academic growth
16.3%
Chronically absent
44.4%
Economically disadvantaged

School calendar

Swift Creek Elementary's own events for the year — school events, holidays, breaks and teacher workdays — with a printable PDF and a calendar file you can subscribe to.

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Attendance zone

Wake County Schools

The area Wake County Schools assigns to Swift Creek Elementary. Zones change, and addresses near a boundary are often decided case by case - confirm with the district before making plans.

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Zone boundary published by Wake County Schools as “base_attendance_areas_all”, last updated 2026-07-01.

How Swift Creek Elementary compares

Its 2024–25 performance score of 70 against comparable schools. Percentile is the share of that group scoring lower.

All North Carolina public schools72nd percentile
Higher than 72% · rank 640 of 2,483
North Carolina elementary schools75th percentile
Higher than 75% · rank 322 of 1,419
Wake County Schools48th percentile
Higher than 48% · rank 93 of 189

Chronic absence is lower here than at 71% of the 2,482 North Carolina schools reporting it.

Performance score since 2014

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Score up 3 points since 2014 (67 → 70). Met or exceeded expected growth in 5 of 10 years, exceeding it in 1. No grades were issued for 2020 or 2021.

YearScoreGradeGrowthAchievement
202570BMet68.2
202470BMet67.1
202366CMet64.1
202265CExceeded58.9
201962CNot Met61.9
201865CNot Met67
201759CNot Met59
201664CNot Met64
201568CMet66
201467CNot Met70

Rankings and trends are calculated by Back To School NC from NC DPI report card results; NC DPI publishes each school's own figures but not its standing among peers. See Wake County Schools for district totals.

Student Demographics

White 48.39%Hispanic 23.55%Black 17.1%Two+ Races 6.45%Asian 4.52%
White: 48.39% (150) Hispanic: 23.55% (73) Black: 17.1% (53) Two+ Races: 6.45% (20) Asian: 4.52% (14)
White48.39%
Hispanic23.55%
Black17.1%
Two+ Races6.45%
Asian4.52%

Gender Distribution

Total Students: 310
52.9%164 Female
47.1%146 Male

Student counts for Swift Creek Elementary, 2024-2025, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Percentages are of 310 students and may not total 100% because of rounding.

Students

Regular attendance 83.7%Chronically absent 16.3%
Regular attendance: 83.7% (278) Chronically absent: 16.3% (54)
Regular attendance83.7%
Chronically absent16.3%

Student Population

Students Counted: 332
44.4%Economically disadvantaged
15.81%49 English learners

Student indicators for Swift Creek Elementary, 2024-2025, from the North Carolina School Report Cards. Attendance is out of the 332 students DPI counted. A student is chronically absent after missing 10% or more of the days enrolled; the other measures overlap it and each other.

Teachers

Experienced 84.91%Beginning 15.09%
Experienced: 84.91% (20) Beginning: 15.09% (4)
Experienced84.91%
Beginning15.09%

Licensing & Certification

Total Teachers: 23.9 FTE
96.65%Fully licensed
3.35%Emergency or provisional
0%0 teachers certified

Teacher figures for Swift Creek Elementary, 2024-2025, from the North Carolina School Report Cards. Counts are full-time equivalents, not headcount. Licensing and certification percentages are each out of 23.9 FTE.

NC School Report Card

2024-2025

Student performance by subject

SubjectGrade-level proficientCareer & college ready
Science (grades 5 & 8)73.2%50%
Mathematics (grades 3–8)66.3%54.4%
Reading (grades 3–8)64.4%46.3%

Grade-level proficient is levels 3–5; career and college ready is the higher bar of levels 4–5.

Achievement levels

SubjectNot ProficientLevel 3Level 4Level 5
Mathematics (grades 3–8)33.8%11.9%26.3%28.1%
Reading (grades 3–8)35.6%18.1%21.9%24.4%
Science (grades 5 & 8)26.8%23.2%26.8%23.2%

Academic growth

MeasureStatusGrowth indexScore
OverallMeets Expected Growth-0.6876.6

Teachers

Reported as full-time-equivalent staff, so figures carry decimals.

MeasureValue
Total teachers23.85
Experienced teachers20.25 (85%)
Beginning teachers3.6 (15%)
Holding a standard license23.05 (97%)
Emergency or provisional licenses0.8 (3%)
National Board certified0

Students

MeasureValue
Chronically absent (54 of 332)16.3%
Economically disadvantaged44.4%
English learners making progress (of 49)57.1%

School environment

MeasureValue
Devices per student0.46
Library books per student34.59
Students have device accessYes
Devices may go homeYes
Wireless access points per classroom0

Federal & state designations

DesignationApplies
Low-performing schoolNo
Recurring low-performingNo
CSI — low performingNo
CSI — low graduation rateNo
TSI — at riskNo
TSI — consistently underperformingNo

CSI is Comprehensive Support and Improvement; TSI is Targeted Support and Improvement, both federal ESSA categories.

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First page of the Swift Creek Elementary report card PDF

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Swift Creek Elementary's 2024-2025 report card as an interactive PDF — bookmarked sections, donut and bar charts for performance, attendance and achievement levels, and the NC DPI and NCES sources cited with working links.

Enrollment and staffing come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), U.S. Department of Education for 2024-2025; performance, attendance and economic-need figures are the state's NC School Report Card for the same year. Contact the school to confirm current details.