Swimming abilities of US primary school students?

Question

Who can tell me about US primary students swimming abilities included skills and distances?THANKS

Answer 1

*Swimming by children of these ages are primarly done for fun and are not usually measured for distances and skills. Most children can swim when they are in primary school and that is from kingergarden through the fourth grade in some states and extending to the fifth grade in the others.*

Answer 2

In many places, swimming lessons are provided by local swimming pools, both those run by the local authority and by private leisure companies. Many schools also include swimming lessons into their Physical Education curricula, provided either in the schools' own pool, or in the nearest publicly accessible pool.

Recently, in the UK, a new plan called the "Top-ups scheme" calls for school children who cannot swim by the age of 11 to receive intensive daily lessons. These children who have not reached Great Britain's National Curriculum standard of swimming 25 metres by the time they leave primary school will be given a half-hour lesson every day for two weeks during term-time. [3]