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Swain Academy

Bryson City · NC · Swain County Schools · Public

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Programs & features
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Academic signals
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Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Swain Academy compares for families

What families should know about Swain Academy.

  • LocallyNC sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Swain County High School, Cherokee Extension School, Victory Christian School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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🏛️ Federal Title I context

High-poverty school

Title I Schoolwide eligible

84.4%
FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).
0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.

Not enough enrollment history on file to chart a trend for this school yet.

Nearby high schools — the local competition

The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
Swain County High School
Bryson City
Public 0.0 536 -3.8%
Cherokee Extension School
Bryson City
Public 1.6 37
Victory Christian School
Sylva
Private 15.4 77 -15.4%
Smoky Mountain High School
Sylva
Public 15.9 881 -0.7%
Nantahala School
Topton
Public 16.7 32
Jackson Community School
Sylva
Public 16.8 46
Macon Multi-Purpose Juvenile Home
Franklin
Private 18.0 8
Franklin High
Franklin
Public 19.2 996 +0.3%

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