📍 325 Norris Rd, Clayton, Johnston County, 27520
Swift Creek Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Clayton, Johnston County. The school has 750 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Johnston County Public Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.3:1. 43% of students are proficient in reading. 38% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Swift Creek Middle enrolls 750 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 46 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 52% White, 26% Hispanic or Latino and 17% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 391 | 52% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 193 | 26% |
| Black or African American | 126 | 17% |
| Two or more races | 36 | 4.8% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
347 of the school's 750 students (46%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 308 qualify for free lunch and 39 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Swift Creek Middle is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NC At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 11, state house district 26.
Swift Creek Middle is one of 48 schools in Johnston County Public Schools, based in Smithfield, North Carolina. The district serves 37,320 students district-wide and employs 2,398 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 750 students, Swift Creek Middle is close to the district average of about 778 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe