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Swain Academy, Bryson City, NC

Swain Academy is a public high school in Bryson City, part of Swain County Schools. It enrolled 32 students in 2024-25, with 10.7 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
32
Teachers (FTE)
3.0
Students per teacher
10.7
Grades
9 to 12

This school's ratio is 6.2 lower than the district figure of 16.9. The North Carolina average across schools is 16.3. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school10.7
District16.9
North Carolina16.3
United States15.3

School details

Address
1417 Fontana Rd, Bryson City, NC 28713
Phone
(828)488-3120
District
Swain County Schools
County
Swain County
Level
High
Type
Alternative
Status
New
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Remote
NCES school ID
370444003685
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
27
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
2784.4% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other high schools in Swain County Schools

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.