Bar Nunn Elementary

Located at 2050 Siebke Drive, in Casper, Wyoming, Bar Nunn Elementary is a reasonably sized elementary school that caters to 227 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under Natrona County School District #1.

Natrona County School District #1 comprises 27 schools with combined enrollment of 12,352 students; Bar Nunn Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Bar Nunn Elementary records that 76% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 18% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 89%.

Looking at school resources, Bar Nunn Elementary shows 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.6:1 average. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Bar Nunn Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.9%.

In the surrounding community, Natrona County reports that median household earnings sit near $72,156, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Bar Nunn Elementary is one of 29 public schools in Natrona County (combined enrollment of about 12,650 students).

Lincoln Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bar Nunn Elementary at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 44.3%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 11%: 255 students in 2018 compared to 227 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 88% to 76% across the same window.

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