Enrollment
392
Elementary
DISTRICT 223 · STATE 216
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FREMONT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT #38·NCES 560096000162
Arapahoe Elementary
445 Little Wind River Bottom Road, Arapahoe, WY 82510 · (307) 856-9333 · Fremont County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL392 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% of Wyoming public elementary schools
- FTest 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
8.7:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.8:1 · STATE 10.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
381 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 | 11 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 33 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 36 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 46 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 28% smaller than its 8th grade class (46).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Arapahoe Elementary→Arapahoe Charter High School
Based on grade levels within Fremont County School District #38. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
WY-TOPP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
18.5%
WY avg 56.0%
Math
10.9%
WY avg 51.3%
What this means: On the WY-TOPP, Wyoming's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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
14.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.5%
based on WY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Arapahoe Elementary
Arapahoe Elementary's state test result (14.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arapahoe Elementary this school | 392 | 97.2% | 14.5% |
| Ft. Washakie Elementary Ft. Washakie | 255 | 92.5% | 17.5% |
| Wyoming Indian Elementary Ethete | 250 | 77.2% | 8.8% |
| Hillcrest Elementary Gillette | 370 | 73.5% | 47.2% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Casper | 433 | 71.4% | 45.0% |
| Alta Vista Elementary Cheyenne | 227 | 67.8% | 56.7% |
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 Arapahoe Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wyoming | In Fremont County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.5% | #115 of 116 | #7 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.9% | #120 of 121 | #8 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.5% | #120 of 121 | #8 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 392 | #16 of 187 | #2 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.7:1 | #3 of 109 | #2 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.6% | #98 of 109 | #7 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.2% | #1 of 139 | #1 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.5% | #60 of 89 | #6 of 7 |
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
392
-18 (-4%) vs 2020
+32% since 1990-91, when it was 298
Student : Teacher
8.7:1
was 10.3:1
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 | 392 | 45 | 8.7:1 | 97% (381) |
| 2023-24 | 398 | 47 | 8.5:1 | 96% (383) |
| 2022-23 | 383 | 32.7 | 11.7:1 | 100% (383) |
| 2020-21 | 410 | 40 | 10.3:1 | 70% (287) |
| 2017-18 | 433 | 36.8 | 11.8:1 | 99% (430) |
| 2015-16 | 413 | 38 | 10.9:1 | 100% (413) |
| 2010-11 | 355 | N/A | N/A | 99% (352) |
| 2000-01 | 280 | 26 | 10.8:1 | 99% (277) |
| 1990-91 | 298 | 15 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Arapahoe Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (433 to 392); teachers up 22% (36.8 to 45).
About Arapahoe Elementary
Arapahoe Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school. Its address is in Arapahoe, Wyoming. Federal data show 392 students enrolled in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in Wyoming enroll around 216, and this school is 81% bigger than that mark.
Fremont County School District #38 has a total of 2 schools and 446 students, Arapahoe Elementary among them.
Arapahoe Elementary is 91% Native American by enrollment. The next largest groups are 5% Hispanic and 3% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 18%.
Its ratio of 8.7:1 is based on 45 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Wyoming have an average ratio of 10.6:1. In all, 97% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Fremont County report 55%.
On the allk12 Grade, Arapahoe Elementary lands at F, ahead of 2% of Wyoming public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 25.5% for Arapahoe Elementary. The school posts 14.5%, 10.9 points below the prediction.
The school is in Fremont County, where median household income comes to about $64,904, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Fremont County's 35 public schools enroll about 6,606 students and include Arapahoe Elementary.
Of the public schools around it, Arapahoe Elementary is closest to Arapahoe Charter High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Arapahoe Elementary has 2 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Arapahoe Elementary ranks 5th of 5 nearby schools, at 14.5% versus a 51.5% average.
Arapahoe Elementary has an NCES locale of Rural: Distant.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 4% drop, from 410 to 392. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 10.3:1 in 2020-21 to 8.7:1 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Arapahoe Elementary community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Fremont County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
39,533
Census ACS
Median income
$64,904
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
35
6,606 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fremont County School District #38
- Arapahoe Charter High SchoolHigh · 54 students
Other Arapahoe Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Arapahoe Elementary. Arapahoe Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- ARAPAHOE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLARAPAHOE, NE · 181 students
Nearby schools
- Arapahoe Charter High School0.0 mi · 54
- St. Stephens Indian School3.8 mi · 193
- Willow Creek Elementary5.7 mi · 269
- Riverton High School6.0 mi · 701
- Frontier Academy6.1 mi · 42
- Riverton Middle School6.2 mi · 559
Frequently asked questions
About Arapahoe ElementaryHow many students attend Arapahoe Elementary?
Arapahoe Elementary enrolls approximately 392 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Arapahoe Elementary serve?
Arapahoe Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Arapahoe Elementary?
Approximately 8.7:1 students per teacher at Arapahoe Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Arapahoe Elementary?
At Arapahoe Elementary, the student body is approximately 3% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Arapahoe Elementary?
Arapahoe Elementary is overseen by Fremont County School District #38 in Fremont County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.