Ashgrove Elementary

Ashgrove Elementary is an elementary school of modestly sized scale in Riverton, Wyoming, one of the schools within Fremont County School District #25, serveing 150 students in grades 1 through 3. That puts it 31% smaller than the typical public school in Wyoming, which averages around 216 students.

Within Fremont County School District #25, which oversees 8 schools and 2,504 students, Ashgrove Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ashgrove Elementary logs that 58% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 22% Native American, 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 71%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Ashgrove Elementary has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Fremont County put the typical household earns roughly $64,904 per year, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Ashgrove Elementary is one of 35 public schools in Fremont County (combined enrollment of about 6,606 students).

The closest other public school is Rendezvous Elementary, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ashgrove Elementary.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 6 years, enrollment at Ashgrove Elementary has shrank 7%, going from 162 students in 2018 to 150 in 2024. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 66% to 58%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 9.1:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.