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Swain County Schools

Bryson City, North Carolina · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

1,872
Students enrolled
6
Public schools
111
Classroom teachers (FTE)
16.8:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 76
  • Kindergarten 120
  • Grade 1 133
  • Grade 2 134
  • Grade 3 125
  • Grade 4 138
  • Grade 5 133
  • Grade 6 136
  • Grade 7 133
  • Grade 8 139
  • Grade 9 163
  • Grade 10 146
  • Grade 11 156
  • Grade 12 140

By race/ethnicity

  • White 63%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native 17%
  • Two or more races 11%
  • Hispanic/Latino 7%
  • Asian <1%
  • Black or African American <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

93% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 1,741 of 1,872 students in the district's schools

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$14,840 spent per student on day-to-day operations North Carolina median: $12,409 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $8,912
  • Support services $5,008
  • Other (food service, etc.) $919

Where the money comes from

  • Local 10%
  • State 62%
  • Federal 29%

Total revenue $30.9 milliontotal spending $29.6 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Rural: Remote

Total staff (FTE)

308

District office

50 Main Street, Bryson City NC 28713

County

Swain County

Official website

NCES District ID

3704440

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About Swain County Schools

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

Located in the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains of Western North Carolina, Swain County Schools offer teachers and students a "natural" learning environment that cannot be matched. If you are looking for a once-in-a-lifetime experience for your children or if you are interested in becoming a member of our professional education team, we have all the information you'll need. Browse through the employment section to learn about job availability. Click on any of the school links to view individual school web sites or any of the other links to learn about our school system. We hope you enjoy your visit and we look forward to hearing from you
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