Swift Creek Middle

Summary:

Swift Creek Middle is a public middle school in Midlothian, Virginia, serving 1,115 students in grades 6-8. It is part of the Chesterfield County Public Schools district, which is ranked 82 out of 130 school districts in Virginia and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Swift Creek Middle consistently performs above the Chesterfield County and Virginia state averages in various SOL (Standards of Learning) assessments, particularly in Algebra I, Geometry, Earth Science, and English Reading. For example, in 2023-2024, 100% of 8th graders were proficient or better in Geometry, compared to 95.7% for Chesterfield County and 96.66% for Virginia. The school also has a more diverse student population compared to nearby schools like Midlothian Middle and Robious Middle, with a racial makeup of 57.04% White, 18.03% African American, 10.22% Hispanic, and 6.91% Asian. Additionally, Swift Creek Middle has a lower percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients (27.71% in 2022-2023) compared to nearby schools like Salem Church Middle (79.56%), Falling Creek Middle (80.06%), and Lucille M. Brown Middle (98.16%), indicating a relatively higher socioeconomic status of its student population.

Swift Creek Middle's consistent academic performance, diverse student population, and favorable socioeconomic profile suggest a supportive educational environment in the local area. However, the school's subgroup performance data indicates the need to address achievement gaps and ensure equitable opportunities for all students. When compared to lower-performing schools in the Richmond City Public Schools district, such as Lucille M. Brown Middle and River City Middle, Swift Creek Middle's academic performance is significantly higher, highlighting the disparities in educational outcomes between different school districts.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 3700 Old Hundred Rd
       Midlothian, VA  23112-4702


(804) 739-6315

District: Chesterfield County Public Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
171st of 417 Virginia Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $6,795 Help


Students who attend Swift Creek Middle usually attend:

High:    Clover Hill High

Feeder schools for Swift Creek Middle:

Elementary:    Clover Hill Elementary
    Swift Creek Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  16.0 Help
Number of students:  1,115

Racial breakdown:

White:
57.0%
African American:
18.0%
Hispanic:
10.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  27.7% Help


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Compare Details Swift Creek Middle ranks better than 59% of middle schools in Virginia. It also ranks 4th among 12 ranked middle schools in the Chesterfield County Public Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 60.86. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Swift Creek Middle has the largest middle school student body size in the Chesterfield County Public Schools District.  (See more...)
Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Swift Creek Middle is $6,795. 8 middle schools in the Chesterfield County Public Schools District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Swift Creek Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Swift Creek Middle 171st of 417 Virginia public middle schools. (See Swift Creek Middle in the ranking list.)

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Chesterfield County Public Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Chesterfield County Public Schools 82nd of 130 Virginia school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Swift Creek Middle

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Rank History for all students at Swift Creek Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2005 87.57 10th 340 97.1%
2006 74.03 40th 383 89.6%
2007 84.00 14th 387 96.4%
2008 82.68 13th 391 96.7%
2009 78.99 21st 390 94.6%
2010 73.13 50th 408 87.7%
2011 69.01 72nd 413 82.6%
2012 72.01 57th 413 86.2%
2013 74.59 58th 416 86.1%
2014 75.95 51st 416 87.7%
2015 68.55 84th 412 79.6%
2016 72.73 68th 409 83.4%
2017 75.14 57th 415 86.3%
2018 68.57 84th 413 79.7%
2019 64.21 123rd 424 71.0%
2021 43.09 228th 419 45.6%
2022 64.02 121st 415 70.8%
2023 60.22 165th 422 60.9%
2024 60.86 171st 417 59.0%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Swift Creek Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 68.05 66th 231 71.4%
2024 38.45 154th 237 35.0%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Swift Creek Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 55.15 180th 402 55.2%
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Rank History for Female students at Swift Creek Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 59.62 168th 411 59.1%
2024 59.86 179th 407 56.0%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Swift Creek Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 46.38 130th 278 53.2%
2024 54.29 117th 281 58.4%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Swift Creek Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 43.44 70th 114 38.6%
2024 56.94 52nd 123 57.7%
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Rank History for Male students at Swift Creek Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 59.81 160th 409 60.9%
2024 61.58 152nd 407 62.7%
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Rank History for Asian students at Swift Creek Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 59.70 58th 132 56.1%
2024 70.17 24th 128 81.3%
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Rank History for African American students at Swift Creek Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 38.38 202nd 298 32.2%
2024 52.44 145th 299 51.5%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Swift Creek Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 54.17 122nd 275 55.6%
2024 47.15 146th 272 46.3%
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Rank History for White students at Swift Creek Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 54.65 186th 402 53.7%
2024 55.47 176th 396 55.6%
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Data source: test scores: Virginia Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Virginia Department of Education

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by a student
Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Open Quote The school is great education wise, I have been going there since the 6th grade, this year will sadly be my last. The teachers are mostly nice towards kids and seem to like their jobs, the only downsides to the school are the scheduling, the lunch, and the bugs, although the bugs aren't as bad as they were in 6th grade, they are still there.The schedules this year are all over the place, I am forced to move from one end of the school, to the other, in less than 5 minutes, by the time I get to class, I'm exhausted! The last problem is the lunch, I tend not to trust the meat here, because I am worried that it isn't cooked right, but like the bugs, it has gotten better over the years. Overall, the school is amazing, and the education is top notch, I have gotten all A's and B's throughout the years. I think that this school i good for kids that want to challenge themselves Close Quote



Enrollment information for Swift Creek Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1576 1576
1990 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1680 1680
1991 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 1839 1839
1992 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1887 1887
1993 975 59 29 3 0 n/a n/a 0 1066
1994 980 60 21 3 0 n/a n/a 0 1064
1995 1068 61 18 8 0 n/a n/a 0 1155
1996 1068 61 18 8 0 n/a n/a 0 1155
1997 1052 77 19 8 0 n/a n/a 0 1156
1998 1075 83 27 6 4 n/a n/a 0 1195
1999 1122 89 23 8 4 n/a n/a 0 1246
2000 1163 87 28 12 3 n/a n/a -4 1289
2001 1177 98 22 13 3 n/a n/a 0 1313
2002 1276 122 31 22 5 n/a n/a 0 1456
2003 1276 122 31 22 5 n/a n/a 0 1456
2004 1254 126 35 16 10 n/a n/a 4 1445
2005 1254 141 31 22 11 n/a n/a 6 1465
2006 1221 172 38 30 9 n/a n/a 9 1479
2007 1211 159 39 30 7 n/a n/a 10 1456
2008 1236 185 44 31 17 n/a n/a 10 1523
2009 696 159 39 34 11 n/a n/a 9 948
2010 735 189 47 34 5 n/a n/a 9 1019
2011 656 169 41 63 4 1 40 0 974
2012 656 158 40 60 4 1 44 0 963
2013 698 161 37 61 2 1 62 0 1022
2014 705 160 47 54 2 0 63 0 1031
2015 679 169 46 62 2 0 58 0 1016
2016 665 183 51 69 6 0 57 0 1031
2017 605 175 53 76 4 0 53 0 966
2018 632 168 43 84 3 1 55 0 986
2019 683 155 40 78 0 3 60 0 1019
2020 736 170 50 84 4 2 72 0 1118
2021 744 166 69 89 4 3 75 0 1150
2022 658 188 70 109 5 1 77 0 1108
2023 636 201 77 114 1 3 83 0 1115

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Swift Creek Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 1576 85.3 18.4 n/a
1990 1680 100.0 16.8 n/a
1991 1839 104.7 17.5 n/a
1992 1887 106.6 17.7 n/a
1993 1066 61.3 17.4 n/a
1994 1064 43.1 n/a 1.6
1995 1155 n/a 0.0 1.4
1996 1155 n/a 0.0 1.4
1997 1156 n/a 0.0 1.2
1998 1195 n/a 0.0 1.4
1999 1246 78.0 16.0 2
2000 1289 n/a 0.0 2.9
2001 1313 84.3 15.6 2.4
2002 1456 101.0 14.4 3.2
2003 1456 101.0 14.4 3.2
2004 1445 100.4 14.4 4.2
2005 1465 97.4 15.0 4.7
2006 1479 97.0 15.2 5.4
2007 1456 104.9 13.9 4.5
2008 1523 78.6 19.4 5.2
2009 948 57.0 16.6 11.8
2010 1019 52.8 19.2 13.7
2011 974 55.2 17.6 15.5
2012 963 59.8 16.0 15.1
2013 1022 63.4 16.1 17.9
2014 1031 66.2 15.5 16.5
2015 1016 67.0 15.1 16.3
2016 1031 66.0 15.6 17.2
2017 966 66.1 14.6 16.6
2018 986 64.1 15.3 20.9
2019 1019 67.4 15.1 20.9
2020 1118 75.0 14.8 20.1
2021 1150 79.2 14.5 n/a
2022 1108 74.7 14.8 20.3
2023 1115 69.5 16.0 27.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Swift Creek Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 1576 85.3 18.4 n/a
1990 1680 100.0 16.8 n/a
1991 1839 104.7 17.5 n/a
1992 1887 106.6 17.7 n/a
1993 1066 61.3 17.4 n/a
1994 1064 43.1 n/a 1.6
1995 1155 n/a 0.0 1.4
1996 1155 n/a 0.0 1.4
1997 1156 n/a 0.0 1.2
1998 1195 n/a 0.0 1.4
1999 1246 78.0 16.0 2
2000 1289 n/a 0.0 2.9
2001 1313 84.3 15.6 2.4
2002 1456 101.0 14.4 3.2
2003 1456 101.0 14.4 3.2
2004 1445 100.4 14.4 4.2
2005 1465 97.4 15.0 4.7
2006 1479 97.0 15.2 5.4
2007 1456 104.9 13.9 4.5
2008 1523 78.6 19.4 5.2
2009 948 57.0 16.6 11.8
2010 1019 52.8 19.2 13.7
2011 974 55.2 17.6 15.5
2012 963 59.8 16.0 15.1
2013 1022 63.4 16.1 17.9
2014 1031 66.2 15.5 16.5
2015 1016 67.0 15.1 16.3
2016 1031 66.0 15.6 17.2
2017 966 66.1 14.6 16.6
2018 986 64.1 15.3 20.9
2019 1019 67.4 15.1 20.9
2020 1118 75.0 14.8 20.1
2021 1150 79.2 14.5 n/a
2022 1108 74.7 14.8 20.3
2023 1115 69.5 16.0 27.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Swift Creek Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $374 (5.5%) $6,454 (94.5%) $6,829
2020 $339 (5.4%) $5,932 (94.6%) $6,271
2021 $341 (5.0%) $6,454 (95.0%) $6,795

Data source: Virginia Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Swift Creek Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 123rd of 424 Middle schoolsRanks 165th of 422 Middle schools
 10.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Mathematics (Swift Creek Middle)7958.1
 20.9%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Chesterfield County Public Schools)8041.4
 38.6%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Virginia)7857.8
 20.2%
6th Grade English Reading (Swift Creek Middle)8280.5
 1.5%
   6th Grade English Reading (Chesterfield County Public Schools)7666.5
 9.5%
   6th Grade English Reading (Virginia)7770.4
 6.6%
7th Grade Mathematics (Swift Creek Middle)9787
 10%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Chesterfield County Public Schools)9682
 14%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Virginia)7855
 23%
7th Grade English Reading (Swift Creek Middle)8375.3
 7.7%
   7th Grade English Reading (Chesterfield County Public Schools)7964.6
 14.4%
   7th Grade English Reading (Virginia)7970.3
 8.7%
8th Grade Writing (Swift Creek Middle)7360.8
 12.2%
   8th Grade Writing (Chesterfield County Public Schools)7258
 14%
   8th Grade Writing (Virginia)7055.5
 14.5%
8th Grade Mathematics (Swift Creek Middle)8274
 8%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Chesterfield County Public Schools)7153
 18%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Virginia)7757
 20%
8th Grade Science (Swift Creek Middle)8345.8
 37.2%
   8th Grade Science (Chesterfield County Public Schools)8039.1
 40.9%
   8th Grade Science (Virginia)7860.7
 17.3%
8th Grade English Reading (Swift Creek Middle)8177.7
 3.3%
   8th Grade English Reading (Chesterfield County Public Schools)7569.5
 5.5%
   8th Grade English Reading (Virginia)7670.7
 5.3%
End of Course Geometry (Swift Creek Middle)93100
 7%
   End of Course Geometry (Chesterfield County Public Schools)8165
 16%
   End of Course Geometry (Virginia)8380
 3%
End of Course Algebra I (Swift Creek Middle)9090
   End of Course Algebra I (Chesterfield County Public Schools)8574
 11%
   End of Course Algebra I (Virginia)8680
 6%
End of Course Earth Science (Swift Creek Middle)9890
 8%
   End of Course Earth Science (Chesterfield County Public Schools)8071
 9%
   End of Course Earth Science (Virginia)8172
 9%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students10191115
 9.4%
African American155201
 29.7%
American Indian01
Asian4077
 92.5%
Hispanic78114
 46.2%
Pacific Islander33
White683636
 6.9%
Two or More Races6083
 38.3%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients20.9%27.7%
 6.8%


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Students at Swift Creek Middle are 57% White, 18% African American, 10% Hispanic, 7% Two or more races, 7% Asian.

Students who attend Swift Creek Middle usually go on to attend Clover Hill High

In the 2022-23 school year, 1,115 students attended Swift Creek Middle.

Swift Creek Middle ranks 171st of 417 Virginia middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.


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