Enrollment
138
Elementary
DISTRICT 88 · STATE 216
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUBLETTE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT #9·NCES 560126000043
Big Piney Elementary
630 Budd Avenue, Big Piney, WY 83113 · (307) 276-3313 · Sublette County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL138 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
7.9:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 7.1:1 · STATE 10.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
70 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 | 14 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 19 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 20 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 23 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 27% |
| Grade 5 | 25 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (14) is 44% smaller than its 5th grade class (25).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · 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
Based on grade levels within Sublette County School District #9. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
WY-TOPP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
39.0%
WY avg 56.0%
Math
41.1%
WY avg 51.3%
What this means: On the WY-TOPP, Wyoming's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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
39.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.3%
based on WY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Piney Elementary
Big Piney Elementary's state test result (39.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Piney Elementary this school | 138 | 50.7% | 39.0% |
| Burlington Elementary Burlington | 119 | 52.1% | 68.7% |
| Laura Irwin Elementary Basin | 122 | 48.4% | 59.7% |
| Newcastle Elementary K-2 Newcastle | 163 | 46.6% | N/A |
| Pine Bluffs Elementary Pine Bluffs | 177 | 46.9% | 64.8% |
| Clark Elementary Evanston | 194 | 54.1% | N/A |
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 Piney Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wyoming |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #103 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #103 of 121 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #108 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 138 | #134 of 187 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.7% | #49 of 139 |
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
138
-14 (-9%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 209
Student : Teacher
7.9:1
was 9.5:1
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 | 138 | 17.5 | 7.9:1 | 51% (70) |
| 2023-24 | 145 | 17.1 | 8.5:1 | 52% (75) |
| 2022-23 | 149 | 17.3 | 8.6:1 | 34% (51) |
| 2020-21 | 152 | 16 | 9.5:1 | 37% (56) |
| 2017-18 | 188 | 17.2 | 10.9:1 | 20% (37) |
| 2015-16 | 208 | 21 | 9.9:1 | 36% (74) |
| 2010-11 | 238 | N/A | N/A | 24% (58) |
| 2000-01 | 169 | 15 | 11.3:1 | 56% (94) |
| 1990-91 | 209 | 14 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Big Piney Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (188 to 138); teachers up 1% (17.2 to 17.5).
About Big Piney Elementary
Big Piney Elementary is an elementary school located in Big Piney, Wyoming, in Sublette County. It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 138 students. That is 36% below the average of about 216 students for elementary schools in Wyoming.
Big Piney Elementary sits within Sublette County School District #9, which has 4 schools and 431 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Big Piney Elementary is White, at 86%. After that, the student body is 14% Hispanic. Among Sublette County residents, the White share is about 90%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 25%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 7.9:1. The school has 17.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 10.6:1 average for elementary schools in Wyoming is 2.7 students per teacher. In all, 51% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 31% average for public schools in Sublette County is 20 points.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 51.3% for Big Piney Elementary. The school posts 39.0%, 12.2 points below the prediction.
Sublette County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $83,597 a year, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Sublette County number 8, with about 1,425 students.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates Big Piney Elementary from the closest public school, Big Piney Middle School. A five-mile radius around the school includes 2 other public schools. Local comparison: Big Piney Elementary ranks 8th of 8 nearby schools, at 39.0% versus a 60.4% average.
Big Piney Elementary is coded as Rural: Remote in federal locale data.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 9%. By 2024-25, the school had 7.9 students per teacher, compared with 9.5 in 2020-21.
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Sublette County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
8,838
Census ACS
Median income
$83,597
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
1,425 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sublette County School District #9
- Big Piney High SchoolHigh · 150 students
- Big Piney Middle SchoolMiddle · 105 students
- La Barge ElementaryElementary · 38 students
Other schools in Big Piney
- Big Piney High SchoolHigh · 150 students
- Big Piney Middle SchoolMiddle · 105 students
Nearby schools
- Big Piney Middle School0.0 mi · 105
- Big Piney High School0.2 mi · 150
- La Barge Elementary19.5 mi · 38
- Pinedale Elementary26.1 mi · 424
- Pinedale High School26.4 mi · 316
- Pinedale Middle School26.5 mi · 255
Frequently asked questions
About Big Piney ElementaryHow many students attend Big Piney Elementary?
Big Piney Elementary enrolls approximately 138 students in grades KG-05.
Is Big Piney Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Big Piney Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Big Piney Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Big Piney Elementary is approximately 7.9:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Big Piney Elementary?
Student demographics at Big Piney Elementary are roughly 86% White, 14% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
What district is Big Piney Elementary in?
Big Piney Elementary is part of Sublette County School District #9.
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