Enrollment
216
Elementary
DISTRICT 167 · STATE 216
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHERIDAN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT #1·NCES 560569000395
Big Horn Elementary
333 US Highway 335, Big Horn, WY 82833 · (307) 672-3497 · Sheridan County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL216 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 83% of Wyoming public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
13.5:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 10.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
27 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 42 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 29 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (39).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
75.2%
WY avg 56.0%
Math
79.6%
WY avg 51.3%
What this means: On the WY-TOPP, Wyoming's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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
77.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.5%
based on WY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Big Horn Elementary
Big Horn Elementary's state test result (77.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Horn Elementary this school | 216 | 12.5% | 77.9% |
| Wilson Elementary Wilson | 192 | 6.3% | 83.1% |
| Prairie Wind Elementary Cheyenne | 299 | 11.0% | N/A |
| Gilchrist Elementary Cheyenne | 129 | 22.5% | 66.1% |
| Sundance Elementary Sundance | 250 | 25.6% | 79.7% |
| Jessup Elementary Cheyenne | 118 | 15.3% | 84.3% |
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 Big Horn Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wyoming | In Sheridan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.9% | #5 of 116 | #1 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.6% | #7 of 121 | #2 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.2% | #5 of 121 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 216 | #98 of 187 | #7 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #94 of 109 | #7 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.3% | #101 of 109 | #6 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.5% | #137 of 139 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.4% | #14 of 24 | N/A |
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
216
-9 (-4%) vs 2020
+96% since 1990-91, when it was 110
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 216 | 16 | 13.5:1 | 13% (27) |
| 2023-24 | 214 | 16 | 13.4:1 | 13% (27) |
| 2022-23 | 208 | 16 | 13.0:1 | 11% (23) |
| 2020-21 | 225 | 17 | 13.2:1 | 14% (31) |
| 2017-18 | 205 | 15 | 13.7:1 | 18% (37) |
| 2015-16 | 182 | 14 | 13.0:1 | 12% (22) |
| 2010-11 | 196 | N/A | N/A | 19% (38) |
| 2000-01 | 163 | 13 | 12.5:1 | 18% (29) |
| 1990-91 | 110 | 9 | 12.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Big Horn Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (205 to 216); teachers up 7% (15 to 16).
About Big Horn Elementary
Big Horn Elementary, located in Big Horn, Wyoming, is a mid-sized elementary school. It had 216 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 5.
The district for Big Horn Elementary is Sheridan County School District #1, with 8 schools and 1,241 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Big Horn Elementary is White, at 91%. After that, the student body is 5% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. Among Sheridan County residents, the White share is about 91%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 17%.
Big Horn Elementary reports a ratio of 13.5 students per teacher, from 16 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 10.6:1 average for elementary schools in Wyoming is 2.9 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Big Horn Elementary, 13% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 39% average for public schools in Sheridan County is 26 points.
Big Horn Elementary holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 83% of Wyoming public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Big Horn Elementary, the prediction is 72.5% and the result is 77.9%.
The school is in Sheridan County, where median household income comes to about $71,388, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Sheridan County counts 21 public schools with about 4,781 students.
Big Horn High School is the nearest public school to Big Horn Elementary, less than a tenth of a mile away. Big Horn Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with 2 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 72.2% proficiency; Big Horn Elementary posts 77.9%.
Big Horn Elementary is coded as Rural: Distant in federal locale data.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 4%.
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Sheridan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
32,055
Census ACS
Median income
$71,388
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
4,781 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sheridan County School District #1
- Tongue River High SchoolHigh · 276 students
- Tongue River ElementaryElementary · 255 students
- Big Horn High SchoolHigh · 169 students
- Tongue River Middle SchoolMiddle · 152 students
- Big Horn Middle SchoolMiddle · 134 students
- Slack ElementaryElementary · 29 students
Other schools in Big Horn
- Big Horn High SchoolHigh · 169 students
- Big Horn Middle SchoolMiddle · 134 students
Nearby schools
- Big Horn High School0.1 mi · 169
- Big Horn Middle School0.1 mi · 134
- Woodland Park Elementary5.1 mi · 286
- John C. Schiffer Collaborative School6.1 mi · 70
- Meadowlark Elementary7.2 mi · 316
- Henry A. Coffeen Elementary7.6 mi · 325
Frequently asked questions
About Big Horn ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Big Horn Elementary?
Big Horn Elementary enrolls approximately 216 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Big Horn Elementary serve?
Big Horn Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Big Horn Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Big Horn Elementary is approximately 13.5:1 (16 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Big Horn Elementary?
Big Horn Elementary reports a student body of 91% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Big Horn Elementary in?
Big Horn Elementary is part of Sheridan County School District #1.
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