Wamsley Elementary School

Set in RIFLE, Colorado, Wamsley Elementary School is a moderately sized K-5 school, run under Garfield School District No. Re-2. It hosts 420 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Wamsley Elementary School is one of 10 schools operated by Garfield School District No. Re-2, a district that serves 4,695 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Wamsley Elementary School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 72% of enrollment. Other groups include 25% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 33% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 26.5:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Garfield County's rate of about 50%.

With demographic context factored in, Wamsley Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.1%, the actual is 22.6%, a residual of -7.5 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Garfield County put the typical household earns roughly $91,131 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Garfield County's 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,790 students), Wamsley Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Graham Mesa Elementary School, around 0.9 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Wamsley Elementary School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 24.4%.

Wamsley Elementary School operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 43%: 293 students in 2018 compared to 420 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 40% to 25% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 26.5:1 today.

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