Enrollment
227
Elementary
DISTRICT 223 · STATE 216
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LARAMIE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT #1·NCES 560198000096
Alta Vista Elementary
1514 East 16th Street, Cheyenne, WY 82001 · (307) 771-2310 · Laramie County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL227 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% of Wyoming public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
10.1:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 10.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
154 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 | 14 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 29 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 22 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 28 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 28 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 32% larger than its 6th grade class (28).
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
58.3%
WY avg 56.0%
Math
59.5%
WY avg 51.3%
What this means: On the WY-TOPP, Wyoming's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
56.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.8%
based on WY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 42% typical for Wyoming schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Wyoming's top 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 Alta Vista Elementary
Alta Vista Elementary's state test result (56.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alta Vista Elementary this school | 227 | 67.8% | 56.7% |
| Desert View Elementary Rock Springs | 181 | 69.6% | 25.6% |
| Greybull Elementary Greybull | 207 | 63.3% | 52.1% |
| Evansville Elementary Evansville | 277 | 63.9% | 50.4% |
| Bain Elementary Cheyenne | 221 | 71.5% | 37.3% |
| Rossman Elementary Cheyenne | 305 | 67.5% | 25.6% |
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 Alta Vista Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wyoming | In Laramie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.7% | #63 of 116 | #7 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #56 of 121 | #8 of 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.3% | #52 of 121 | #7 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 227 | #91 of 187 | #15 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #15 of 109 | #1 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.7% | #13 of 109 | #9 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.8% | #12 of 139 | #4 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.6% | #27 of 89 | #7 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
227
-36 (-14%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 372
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 10.5:1
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 | 227 | 22.5 | 10.1:1 | 68% (154) |
| 2023-24 | 235 | 23.9 | 9.8:1 | 41% (97) |
| 2022-23 | 228 | 24.5 | 9.3:1 | 68% (155) |
| 2020-21 | 263 | 25 | 10.5:1 | 71% (186) |
| 2017-18 | 286 | 23.2 | 12.3:1 | 69% (196) |
| 2015-16 | 304 | 24 | 12.7:1 | 66% (202) |
| 2010-11 | 334 | N/A | N/A | 60% (202) |
| 2000-01 | 349 | 22 | 15.9:1 | 78% (271) |
| 1990-91 | 372 | 23 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alta Vista Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (286 to 227); teachers down 3% (23.2 to 22.5).
About Alta Vista Elementary
Located in Cheyenne, Wyoming, Alta Vista Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school. Enrollment is 227 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 6.
The 39 schools of Laramie County School District #1, including Alta Vista Elementary, enroll 13,426 students.
At Alta Vista Elementary, White students make up 60% of the student body. The remaining shares are 29% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. Laramie County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school's share is lower. Alta Vista Elementary's diversity index is 55%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.1:1 at Alta Vista Elementary, with 22.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is close to the 10.6:1 average for elementary schools in Wyoming. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 68%. It compares with 44% for public schools in Laramie County.
Measured against Wyoming public elementary schools, Alta Vista Elementary receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 41.8% for Alta Vista Elementary, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 56.7%. The 14.9-point gap ranks in the top 10% of Wyoming schools.
In the county around the school, Laramie County, the median household income is $80,173, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. There are 49 public schools in Laramie County, enrolling about 14,606 students in all.
Of nearby public schools, Arp Elementary is the closest, at about 0.5 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Alta Vista Elementary. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Alta Vista Elementary ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment declined 14% from its 2020-21 level of 263.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Alta Vista Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Other Alta Vista Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 6 states are named Alta Vista Elementary. Alta Vista Elementary is the 8th largest of the 9.
- ALTA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHAINES CITY, FL · 780 students
- Alta Vista ElementaryLos Gatos, CA · 584 students
- Alta Vista ElementaryRedondo Beach, CA · 547 students
- Alta Vista Elementary SchoolPHOENIX, AZ · 531 students
- Alta Vista ElementaryPorterville, CA · 531 students
Nearby schools
- Arp Elementary0.5 mi · 332
- PODER Academy0.5 mi · 214
- Fairview Elementary0.9 mi · 94
- Henderson Elementary0.9 mi · 244
- Hebard Elementary1.0 mi · 120
- Miller Elementary1.2 mi · 59
Frequently asked questions
About Alta Vista ElementaryHow many students attend Alta Vista Elementary?
Alta Vista Elementary enrolls approximately 227 students in grades PK-06.
Is Alta Vista Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Alta Vista Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Alta Vista Elementary have?
Alta Vista Elementary employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Alta Vista Elementary?
Student demographics at Alta Vista Elementary are roughly 60% White, 29% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Alta Vista Elementary in?
Alta Vista Elementary is part of Laramie County School District #1.
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