Enrollment
352
Elementary
DISTRICT 223 · STATE 216
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LARAMIE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT #1·NCES 560198000480
Afflerbach Elementary
400 West Wallick Road, Cheyenne, WY 82007 · (307) 771-2300 · Laramie County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL352 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 6% of Wyoming public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wyoming public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 10.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
240 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 47%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 17 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 51 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 12% smaller than its 6th grade class (51).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 41% · 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
WY-TOPP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
29.5%
WY avg 56.0%
Math
32.1%
WY avg 51.3%
What this means: On the WY-TOPP, Wyoming's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wyoming schools, those numbers are about 56 and 51.
Source: WY-TOPP. 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
28.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.6%
based on WY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for Wyoming 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 Wyoming'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 Afflerbach Elementary
Afflerbach Elementary's state test result (28.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afflerbach Elementary this school | 352 | 68.2% | 28.9% |
| Rossman Elementary Cheyenne | 305 | 67.5% | 25.6% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Casper | 433 | 71.4% | 45.0% |
| Arp Elementary Cheyenne | 332 | 67.8% | 30.3% |
| Sunrise Elementary Cheyenne | 315 | 71.4% | 43.2% |
| Baggs Elementary Cheyenne | 336 | 64.6% | 44.4% |
Matched among Wyoming 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 Afflerbach Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wyoming | In Laramie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #109 of 116 | #19 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #110 of 121 | #18 of 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.5% | #114 of 121 | #20 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 352 | #22 of 187 | #2 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #20 of 109 | #3 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.9% | #12 of 109 | #8 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.2% | #11 of 139 | #3 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.7% | #58 of 89 | #13 of 18 |
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
352
-44 (-11%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 485
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 352 | 34.3 | 10.3:1 | 68% (240) |
| 2023-24 | 343 | 34.3 | 10.0:1 | 57% (195) |
| 2022-23 | 353 | 30.2 | 11.7:1 | 74% (262) |
| 2020-21 | 396 | 33 | 12.0:1 | 75% (297) |
| 2017-18 | 394 | 31.3 | 12.6:1 | 99% (391) |
| 2015-16 | 458 | 34 | 13.5:1 | 100% (458) |
| 2010-11 | 399 | N/A | N/A | 73% (292) |
| 2000-01 | 539 | 29 | 18.6:1 | 94% (508) |
| 1990-91 | 485 | 26 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Afflerbach Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (394 to 352); teachers up 10% (31.3 to 34.3).
About Afflerbach Elementary
Afflerbach Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school in Wyoming, located in Cheyenne. The school reports 352 students in pre-K through 6. The typical figure for elementary schools in Wyoming is about 216 students.
Laramie County School District #1 is made up of 39 schools with 13,426 students in all.
At Afflerbach Elementary, White students make up 51% of the student body. After that, the student body is 44% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 3% Black. Census figures show Laramie County is about 80% White. The school's diversity index is 55%, meaning two students picked at random have a 55% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school employs the equivalent of 34.3 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 10.3:1. That is close to the 10.6:1 average for elementary schools in Wyoming. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Afflerbach Elementary is 68%. Public schools in Laramie County average 44%.
Afflerbach Elementary is graded D by allk12, scoring above 6% of Wyoming public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Afflerbach Elementary is 12.6 points below its prediction. Actual: 28.9%. Predicted: 41.6%.
Laramie County has these Census figures: the median household income is $80,173, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 33%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. In all, Laramie County has 49 public schools and roughly 14,606 students.
The nearest other public school, Rossman Elementary, is about 1.1 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Afflerbach Elementary is 3rd of 8 nearby schools with test data.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Small. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Afflerbach Elementary's enrollment declined from 396 in 2020-21 to 352 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 10.3:1, from 12.0:1.
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Laramie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
101,060
Census ACS
Median income
$80,173
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
14,606 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Laramie County School District #1
- East High SchoolHigh · 1,566 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,270 students
- South High SchoolHigh · 1,112 students
- Carey Junior High SchoolMiddle · 800 students
- McCormick Junior High SchoolMiddle · 622 students
- Johnson Junior High SchoolMiddle · 574 students
Other schools in Cheyenne
- East High SchoolHigh · 1,566 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,270 students
- South High SchoolHigh · 1,112 students
- Carey Junior High SchoolMiddle · 800 students
- McCormick Junior High SchoolMiddle · 622 students
- Johnson Junior High SchoolMiddle · 574 students
Nearby schools
- Rossman Elementary1.1 mi · 305
- Triumph High School1.2 mi · 189
- South High School1.6 mi · 1,112
- Johnson Junior High School1.8 mi · 574
- Goins Elementary2.1 mi · 299
- Cole Elementary2.6 mi · 164
Frequently asked questions
About Afflerbach ElementaryHow many students attend Afflerbach Elementary?
Afflerbach Elementary enrolls approximately 352 students in grades PK-06.
Is Afflerbach Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Afflerbach Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Afflerbach Elementary have?
Afflerbach Elementary employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Afflerbach Elementary?
Student demographics at Afflerbach Elementary are roughly 51% White, 44% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Afflerbach Elementary in?
Afflerbach Elementary is part of Laramie County School District #1.
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