Enrollment
164
Elementary
DISTRICT 223 · STATE 216
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LARAMIE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT #1·NCES 560198000102
Cole Elementary
615 West 9th Street, Cheyenne, WY 82007 · (307) 771-2480 · Laramie County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL164 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% of Wyoming public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
10.4:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 10.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
106 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 15 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 28 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 20 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 15 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 26 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 19 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 20 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 21 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (28) is 33% larger than its 6th grade class (21).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
28.4%
WY avg 56.0%
Math
23.2%
WY avg 51.3%
What this means: On the WY-TOPP, Wyoming's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of WY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
26.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.5%
based on WY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 44% typical for Wyoming schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Cole Elementary
Cole Elementary's state test result (26.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Elementary this school | 164 | 64.6% | 26.5% |
| Hebard Elementary Cheyenne | 120 | 64.2% | 33.9% |
| Desert View Elementary Rock Springs | 181 | 69.6% | 25.6% |
| Arp Elementary Cheyenne | 332 | 67.8% | 30.3% |
| Alta Vista Elementary Cheyenne | 227 | 67.8% | 56.7% |
| Rossman Elementary Cheyenne | 305 | 67.5% | 25.6% |
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 Cole Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wyoming | In Laramie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.5% | #110 of 116 | #20 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.2% | #117 of 121 | #22 of 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #116 of 121 | #22 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 164 | #124 of 187 | #21 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.6% | #18 of 139 | #8 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.1% | #18 of 89 | #6 of 18 |
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
164
0 (0%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 199
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 9.1:1
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 | 164 | 15.8 | 10.4:1 | 65% (106) |
| 2023-24 | 163 | 17 | 9.6:1 | 49% (80) |
| 2022-23 | 172 | 18.3 | 9.4:1 | 65% (111) |
| 2020-21 | 164 | 18 | 9.1:1 | 66% (108) |
| 2017-18 | 222 | 16.8 | 13.2:1 | 80% (178) |
| 2015-16 | 211 | 20 | 10.6:1 | 75% (158) |
| 2010-11 | 199 | N/A | N/A | 78% (155) |
| 2000-01 | 234 | 20 | 11.7:1 | 99% (231) |
| 1990-91 | 199 | 18 | 11.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cole Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (222 to 164); teachers down 6% (16.8 to 15.8).
About Cole Elementary
Cole Elementary is an elementary school in Cheyenne, Wyoming, according to federal school records. It educates 164 students in pre-K through 6. The school's enrollment is 24% smaller than the 216 average for elementary schools in Wyoming.
Laramie County School District #1 enrolls 13,426 students in 39 schools, including Cole Elementary.
Federal enrollment data show Hispanic students as the largest group at Cole Elementary, at 47%. Enrollment also includes 45% White and 5% multiracial. Among people living in Laramie County, the Hispanic share is about 16%. The school's diversity index is 58%, meaning two students picked at random have a 58% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Cole Elementary counts 15.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 10.4 students for each one. That matches the 10.6:1 average for elementary schools in Wyoming fairly closely. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Laramie County is 44%.
Cole Elementary is graded F by allk12, scoring above 4% of Wyoming public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Cole Elementary is a bottom-10% school in Wyoming on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 26.5% against a predicted 43.5%.
Census estimates describe Laramie County this way: the median household income is $80,173, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 33% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. In all, Laramie County has 49 public schools and roughly 14,606 students.
Nearby, Goins Elementary is about 0.7 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Cole Elementary ranks 3rd of 7 nearby schools, at 26.5% versus a 30.5% average.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Small, or inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 164 to 164, a small change. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 9.1:1; by 2024-25 it was 10.4:1.
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Laramie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
101,060
Census ACS
Median income
$80,173
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
14,606 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Laramie County School District #1
- East High SchoolHigh · 1,566 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,270 students
- South High SchoolHigh · 1,112 students
- Carey Junior High SchoolMiddle · 800 students
- McCormick Junior High SchoolMiddle · 622 students
- Johnson Junior High SchoolMiddle · 574 students
Other schools in Cheyenne
- East High SchoolHigh · 1,566 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,270 students
- South High SchoolHigh · 1,112 students
- Carey Junior High SchoolMiddle · 800 students
- McCormick Junior High SchoolMiddle · 622 students
- Johnson Junior High SchoolMiddle · 574 students
Other Cole Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Cole Elementary. Cole Elementary is the 6th largest of the 6.
- Cole ElementaryAntioch, TN · 780 students
- Cole Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 769 students
- Cole ElementaryClovis, CA · 667 students
- Cole ElementaryHighland, CA · 380 students
- COLE ELEM.ST LOUIS, MO · 283 students
Nearby schools
- Goins Elementary0.7 mi · 299
- Hebard Elementary0.8 mi · 120
- Johnson Junior High School1.0 mi · 574
- South High School1.1 mi · 1,112
- PODER Academy1.3 mi · 214
- Alta Vista Elementary1.4 mi · 227
Frequently asked questions
About Cole ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Cole Elementary?
Cole Elementary enrolls approximately 164 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Cole Elementary serve?
Cole Elementary serves grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Cole Elementary?
Approximately 10.4:1 students per teacher at Cole Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Cole Elementary?
Student demographics at Cole Elementary are roughly 45% White, 47% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Two or more.
Is Cole Elementary public or private?
Cole Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Laramie County School District #1.
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