Afton Elementary

Set in Afton, Wyoming, Afton Elementary is a high-enrollment K-5 school, overseen by Lincoln County School District #2. It hosts 419 students across grades pre-K through 3. By comparison, Wyoming's public schools average about 216 students each, so Afton Elementary sits 94% above that benchmark.

Afton Elementary is one of 9 schools operated by Lincoln County School District #2, a district that serves 2,924 students overall.

On demographics, Afton Elementary lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). Other groups include 4% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Lincoln County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Afton Elementary shows 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.7:1. The state averages around 10.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 36% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Afton Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 68.0%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Lincoln County put median household income runs about $89,330, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Afton Elementary is one of 13 public schools in Lincoln County (combined enrollment of about 3,599 students).

Nearest neighbor: Swift Creek High School, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Afton Elementary comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 69.3%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. Afton Elementary's enrollment has shrank 9% since 2018, when it stood at 459 (now 419). Class-load math has tightened: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

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