Buffalo Ridge Elementary

Located at 5331 Pineridge Avenue, in Cheyenne, Wyoming, Buffalo Ridge Elementary is a cozy K-5 school that serves 153 students (grades K through 4), part of Laramie County School District #1. Compared to the state average of about 216 students per school, that is 29% smaller than typical.

Buffalo Ridge Elementary is one of 39 schools operated by Laramie County School District #1, a district that enrolls 13,426 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Buffalo Ridge Elementary logs that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 24% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.6:1, putting Buffalo Ridge Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 43% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Laramie County) reports that median household earnings sit near $80,173, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Laramie County's 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,606 students), Buffalo Ridge Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Cheyenne Classical Academy, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Buffalo Ridge Elementary.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Buffalo Ridge Elementary has declined 15%, going from 181 students in 2018 to 153 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 14% to 24% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 today.

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