Cottonwood Elementary

As a moderately sized elementary school in Wright, Wyoming, Cottonwood Elementary serves 198 students from grades pre-K through 6, one of the schools within Campbell County School District #1.

Within Campbell County School District #1, which oversees 23 schools and 8,459 students, Cottonwood Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Cottonwood Elementary reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%); the rest is composed of 13% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Campbell County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.1:1. The state averages about 10.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 49% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Campbell County indicate median household income runs about $89,869, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Cottonwood Elementary is one of 25 public schools in Campbell County (combined enrollment of about 8,459 students).

Wright Jr. & Sr. High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus.

Cottonwood Elementary operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. Cottonwood Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 14% since 2018, when it stood at 229 (now 198). Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 in 2025.

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