Crest Hill Elementary

Set in Casper, Wyoming, Crest Hill Elementary is a mid-tier K-5 school, run under Natrona County School District #1. It hosts 234 students across grades K through 5.

Crest Hill Elementary is one of 27 schools operated by Natrona County School District #1, a district that serves 12,352 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Crest Hill Elementary lists that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

On the resource side, The school lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.0:1. The state averages around 10.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Crest Hill Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.5%; this one delivers 60.9%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Natrona County put the typical household earns roughly $72,156 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Natrona County's 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,650 students), Crest Hill Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is C Y Middle School, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Crest Hill Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 54.9%.

Crest Hill Elementary operates from a metropolitan location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 31%: 338 students in 2018 compared to 234 in 2025.

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