School Rating Information
Swifton Educational Rating
This town is served by
two school districts:
JACKSON CO. SCHOOL DISTRICT School District
DISTRICT RATING
COMPARED TO STATE (10 is best) |
7 |
Better than:
of AR school
districts |
63.4%
|
DISTRICT RATING
COMPARED TO U.S.
(10 is best)
|
5 |
Better than:
of US school
districts |
43.5%
|
STUDENTS PER CLASSROOM |
| 13 |
| STATE AVERAGE 14 |
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Public School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind)
|
66%
|
58%
|
61%
|
58%
|
70%
|
58%
|
DISTRICT
|
|
STATE
|
PROFICIENT IN
READING & MATH |
PROFICIENT IN
READING |
PROFICIENT IN
MATH |
|
School district enrollment by group
|
| ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUPS |
THIS DISTRICT |
THIS STATE |
| WHITE (NON-HISPANIC) (%) |
95.6 |
68.2 |
| BLACK (%) |
3.5 |
23.0 |
| HISPANIC (%) |
0.9 |
6.8 |
| ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER (%) |
0.0 |
1.4 |
| AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE OF ALASKA (%) |
0.0 |
0.6 |
|
| ECONOMIC GROUPS |
THIS DISTRICT |
THIS STATE |
| ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED (%) |
60.4 |
52.9 |
Educational Expenditures
|
| FOR THIS DISTRICT |
PER STUDENT |
TOTAL |
% OF TOTAL |
| INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES |
$4,922
|
$4,366,000
|
54.9 |
| SUPPORT EXPENDITURES |
| STUDENT |
$201
|
$178,000
|
2.2 |
| STAFF |
$269
|
$239,000
|
3.0 |
| GENERAL ADMINISTRATION |
$359
|
$318,000
|
4.0 |
| SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION |
$352
|
$312,000
|
3.9 |
| OPERATION |
$901
|
$799,000
|
10.0 |
| TRANSPORTATION |
$207
|
$184,000
|
2.3 |
| OTHER |
$72
|
$64,000
|
0.8 |
| TOTAL SUPPORT |
$2,361
|
$2,094,000
|
26.3 |
| NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES |
$1,682
|
$1,492,000
|
18.8 |
| TOTAL EXPENDITURES |
$8,965
|
$7,952,000
|
100.0 |
|
| Swifton EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT |
| ADULTS IN Swifton WITH COLLEGE DEGREE OR HIGHER (%) |
8.1 |
| CHILDREN IN Swifton LIVING IN POVERTY (%) |
18.7 |
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NEWPORT SCHOOL DISTRICT School District
DISTRICT RATING
COMPARED TO STATE (10 is best) |
4 |
Better than:
of AR school
districts |
34.0%
|
DISTRICT RATING
COMPARED TO U.S.
(10 is best)
|
3 |
Better than:
of US school
districts |
24.0%
|
|
STUDENTS PER CLASSROOM |
| 12 |
| STATE AVERAGE 14 |
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Public School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind)
|
59%
|
58%
|
59%
|
58%
|
58%
|
58%
|
DISTRICT
|
|
STATE
|
PROFICIENT IN
READING & MATH |
PROFICIENT IN
READING |
PROFICIENT IN
MATH |
|
School district enrollment by group
|
| ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUPS |
THIS DISTRICT |
THIS STATE |
| WHITE (NON-HISPANIC) (%) |
61.6 |
68.2 |
| BLACK (%) |
34.7 |
23.0 |
| HISPANIC (%) |
2.7 |
6.8 |
| ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER (%) |
0.9 |
1.4 |
| AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE OF ALASKA (%) |
0.1 |
0.6 |
|
| ECONOMIC GROUPS |
THIS DISTRICT |
THIS STATE |
| ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED (%) |
64.8 |
52.9 |
Educational Expenditures
|
| FOR THIS DISTRICT |
PER STUDENT |
TOTAL |
% OF TOTAL |
| INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES |
$4,927
|
$8,411,000
|
59.4 |
| SUPPORT EXPENDITURES |
| STUDENT |
$250
|
$426,000
|
3.0 |
| STAFF |
$407
|
$695,000
|
4.9 |
| GENERAL ADMINISTRATION |
$367
|
$626,000
|
4.4 |
| SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION |
$438
|
$748,000
|
5.3 |
| OPERATION |
$743
|
$1,268,000
|
9.0 |
| TRANSPORTATION |
$269
|
$459,000
|
3.2 |
| OTHER |
$214
|
$366,000
|
2.6 |
| TOTAL SUPPORT |
$2,688
|
$4,588,000
|
32.4 |
| NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES |
$678
|
$1,157,000
|
8.2 |
| TOTAL EXPENDITURES |
$8,293
|
$14,156,000
|
100.0 |
|
| Swifton EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT |
| ADULTS IN Swifton WITH COLLEGE DEGREE OR HIGHER (%) |
8.1 |
| CHILDREN IN Swifton LIVING IN POVERTY (%) |
18.7 |
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About Swifton
Swifton is
a very small town
located in the state of
Arkansas.
With a population of
1,243 people
and
just one neighborhood,
Swifton is the
199th
largest community in
Arkansas.
Swifton is a blue-collar town,
with 38.9% of people working in
blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%.
Overall, Swifton is
a town of
sales and office workers, professionals,
and service providers.
There are especially a lot of
people living in Swifton who work
in sales jobs (12.25%),
office and administrative support jobs (8.50%),
and teaching (6.32%).
In addition, many people in Swifton
have jobs in agriculture, more so than in most other communities in America.
As a result, you will see quite a number of farms around town.
Being a small town,
Swifton does not have a public
transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
Swifton Information and Demographics
The population of Swifton
has a very low overall level of education:
only 8.00%
of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Swifton
in 2000 was $11,767,
which is low income relative to
Arkansas and the nation.
This equates to an annual income of $47,068
for a family of four.
The people who call Swifton home come from
a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in
Swifton is
White,
followed by Native American.
Important ancestries of people in Swifton include
English, Irish,
and German.
The most common language spoken in Swifton
is English.
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98.61%