Baldwin Creek Elementary

As a mid-sized elementary school in Lander, Wyoming, Baldwin Creek Elementary works with 210 students from grades 4 through 5, run under Fremont County School District # 1.

Within Fremont County School District # 1, which oversees 5 schools and 1,566 students, Baldwin Creek Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Baldwin Creek Elementary logs that nearly all students (81%) are White. Beyond that, the school reports 7% Native American, 5% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 71% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 10.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 37% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Fremont County (around 55%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Baldwin Creek Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.0%, the actual is 64.3%, a residual of +5.2 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Fremont County put median household earnings sit near $64,904, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Baldwin Creek Elementary is one of 35 public schools in Fremont County (combined enrollment of about 6,606 students).

Nearest neighbor: Lander Valley High School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Baldwin Creek Elementary comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 29.1%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Baldwin Creek Elementary has decreased 31%, going from 305 students in 2018 to 210 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share expanded from 74% to 81%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

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