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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Wyoming Elementary?
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Enrollment
447
Elementary
DISTRICT 364 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOREST LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 271227000601
Wyoming Elementary
25701 FOREST BLVD N, WYOMING, MN 55092 · (651) 982-8000 · Chisago County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL447 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.9:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
106 students
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 48%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 75 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 24% smaller than its 6th grade class (75).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 60% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
52.4%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
62.1%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
52.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.3%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Minnesota's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Wyoming Elementary
Wyoming Elementary's state test result (52.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming Elementary this school | 447 | 23.7% | 52.2% |
| Linwood Elementary WYOMING | 400 | 24.5% | 50.8% |
| North Star Elementary HUGO | 467 | 24.2% | 47.0% |
| Five Hawks Elementary PRIOR LAKE | 454 | 20.9% | 56.2% |
| Oneka Elementary School HUGO | 463 | 24.4% | 46.2% |
| Otter Lake Elementary WHITE BEAR LAKE | 492 | 20.5% | 57.9% |
Matched among Minnesota elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Wyoming Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Chisago County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.2% | #291 of 844 | #1 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #234 of 844 | #2 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #350 of 844 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 447 | #391 of 1,130 | #3 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #736 of 769 | #7 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.0% | #581 of 796 | #3 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.7% | #775 of 942 | #6 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.2% | #113 of 499 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
447
-68 (-13%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 547
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 73.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 447 | 24.8 | 18.0:1 | 24% (106) |
| 2023-24 | 455 | 24.8 | 18.3:1 | 25% (114) |
| 2022-23 | 488 | 31 | 15.7:1 | 31% (151) |
| 2020-21 | 515 | 7 | 73.6:1 | 23% (121) |
| 2017-18 | 582 | 30.8 | 18.9:1 | 22% (130) |
| 2015-16 | 583 | 30 | 19.4:1 | 19% (108) |
| 2010-11 | 636 | 33 | 19.3:1 | 24% (155) |
| 2000-01 | 725 | 38 | 19.1:1 | 10% (76) |
| 1990-91 | 547 | 25 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wyoming Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (582 to 447); teachers down 19% (30.8 to 24.8).
About Wyoming Elementary
Wyoming Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in WYOMING, Minnesota. A federal count lists 447 students at the school, in pre-K through 6. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Minnesota) has about 344 students.
Forest Lake Public School District (14 schools, 5,776 students) runs Wyoming Elementary.
About 83% of the student body at Wyoming Elementary is White. Other reported shares: 6% Asian, 5% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 30% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at the school number 24.8 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 18.0:1. On average, elementary schools in Minnesota have 13.7:1, compared with 18.0:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 24% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Chisago County average 27%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Wyoming Elementary would score about 52.3%. It scores 52.2%, within a point of that figure.
In the county around the school, Chisago County, the median household income is $99,400, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Chisago County is home to 27 public schools and about 7,668 public school students.
Nearest public school: North Lakes Academy Elementary, about 2.6 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Wyoming Elementary ranks 1st of 5 nearby schools, at 52.2% versus a 34.7% average.
Wyoming Elementary is coded as Town: Fringe in federal locale data.
2024-25 enrollment was 447, a 13% decrease from 515 in 2020-21. The school's ratio fell from 73.6:1 to 18.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The Wyoming Elementary community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Chisago County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
57,991
Census ACS
Median income
$99,400
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
7,668 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Forest Lake Public School District
- Forest Lake Area High SchoolHigh · 1,805 students
- Forest Lake Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 916 students
- Lino Lakes ElementaryElementary · 501 students
- Columbus ElementaryElementary · 441 students
- Linwood ElementaryElementary · 400 students
- Forest View ElementaryElementary · 345 students
Nearby schools
- North Lakes Academy Elementary2.6 mi · 220
- North Lakes Academy Middle School2.6 mi · 148
- Step3.2 mi · 47
- Forest Lake Elementary3.3 mi · 309
- North Lakes Academy 7-12 Campus3.3 mi · 245
- Forest View Elementary3.5 mi · 345
Frequently asked questions
About Wyoming ElementaryHow large is Wyoming Elementary?
Wyoming Elementary enrolls approximately 447 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Wyoming Elementary serve?
Wyoming Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wyoming Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wyoming Elementary is approximately 18.0:1 (25 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Wyoming Elementary?
Wyoming Elementary reports a student body of 83% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Wyoming Elementary public or private?
Wyoming Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Forest Lake Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.