Total enrollment
13,560
-422 (-3%) vs SY 2020-21
41 schools in Cheyenne
Wyoming · Public K-12
Cheyenne, Wyoming has 41 public K-12 schools in service today, teaching roughly 13,560 students (an average of 331 per school).
4-year change in Cheyenne
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
38
+1 (+3%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
Residents
65,239
all ages · ACS 5-yr
Students
13,560
public K-12 · NCES
Schools
41
public K-12
About Cheyenne
Cheyenne is a wide-reaching Wyoming city in terms of public-school footprint, with 41 schools and 13,560 students total.
On the school-mix side, the city is made up of 28 elementary, 6 middle, 6 high, and 1 other.
Per-school enrollment runs near 331, noticeably above the state mean of about 264.
Five-year track record. Total public-school enrollment in Cheyenne has fell 3% since SY 2020-21, moving from about 13,982 students to 13,560. The school count climbed from 37 to 38 across the same 4-year window.
In the discussion threads here, the community for Cheyenne discusses comparison threads between local schools and program reviews. Parents, students, and educators in the area can post or comment.