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Davis Elementary

6309 Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, WY 82009 · (307) 771-2600 · Laramie County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL210 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 35% of Wyoming public elementary schools
  • C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.

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

Enrollment
210
Elementary
DISTRICT 223 · STATE 216
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 10.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
84 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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten3718%
Grade 13617%
Grade 24120%
Grade 35225%
Grade 44421%

This year's kindergarten class (37) is 16% smaller than its 4th grade class (44).

Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 41% · US 70%
White
14268%
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 75% · US 43%
Hispanic
3919%
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 16% · US 30%
Black
31%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 1% · US 15%
Asian
31%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 1% · US 6%
Two+
2311%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 4% · US 5%
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
Male
10952%
Female
10148%

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Test scores

WY-TOPP 2024-25 . % Proficient + Advanced
English Language Arts
54.1%
WY avg 56.0%
Math
53.1%
WY avg 51.3%

What this means: On the WY-TOPP, Wyoming's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
54.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.2%
based on WY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.7pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% typical for Wyoming schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wyoming's top nor bottom 10%.

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 Davis Elementary

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Davis Elementary this school21040.0%54.5%
Buffalo Ridge Elementary
Cheyenne
15343.1%N/A
West Elementary
Wheatland
19543.6%56.4%
Aspen Elementary School
Riverton
28643.4%N/A
Libbey Elementary
Wheatland
19843.4%N/A
Anderson Elementary
Cheyenne
29235.3%76.5%
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 Davis Elementary ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn WyomingIn Laramie County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
54.5%#71 of 116#10 of 22
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
53.1%#81 of 121#10 of 23
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
54.1%#72 of 121#10 of 23
Enrollment
ranked largest first
210#103 of 187#19 of 33
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
10.8:1#36 of 109#5 of 19
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
49.6%#21 of 109#13 of 19
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
40.0%#96 of 139#17 of 26
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-41.5%#5 of 89#2 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 2024-25
Enrollment
210
-138 (-40%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 311
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 14.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2521019.410.8:140% (84)
2023-2432323.313.9:121% (67)
2022-2332724.813.2:132% (105)
2020-213482414.5:135% (123)
2017-1835926.113.8:135% (126)
2015-162892014.4:130% (86)
2010-11358N/AN/A27% (97)
2000-013151718.5:121% (66)
1990-913111619.4:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Davis Elementary.

Since 2017-18: students down 42% (359 to 210); teachers down 26% (26.1 to 19.4).

About Davis Elementary

Located in Cheyenne, Wyoming, Davis Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. The school runs kindergarten through 4 and enrolls 210 students.

Davis Elementary is one of the 39 schools that make up Laramie County School District #1 (13,426 students in total).

About 68% of the student body at Davis Elementary is White. Enrollment also includes 19% Hispanic and 11% multiracial. Among people living in Laramie County, the White share is about 80%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 50%.

Classroom staffing at Davis Elementary totals 19.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 10.8:1. That is in line with the 10.6:1 average for elementary schools in Wyoming. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Davis Elementary is about 40%.

On the allk12 Grade, Davis Elementary lands at C+, ahead of 35% of Wyoming public elementary schools.

On BeatsExpectations, Davis Elementary is 2.7 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Wyoming schools.

Looking at the county, Laramie County, median household income comes to about $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%. The county's public schools total 49, with about 14,606 students.

McCormick Junior High School is about 0.5 miles from Davis Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Davis Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 54.5% average proficiency ranks 6th among 9 nearby schools.

Davis Elementary falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.

The school's enrollment fell 40% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 14.5:1 to 10.8:1.

This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Davis Elementary. Members of the school community can share what they know.

Laramie County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Davis Elementary
District
Laramie County School District #1
Address
6309 Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, WY 82009
Phone
(307) 771-2600
County
Laramie County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–04
Total enrollment
210
Teachers (FTE)
19
Student–teacher ratio
10.8:1
Free and reduced lunch
84 (40%)
Locale
13-City: Small
NCES ID
560198000104
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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23 other US public schools in 17 states are named Davis Elementary. Davis Elementary is the 22nd largest of the 24.

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Frequently asked questions

About Davis Elementary
What is the total enrollment at Davis Elementary?
Davis Elementary enrolls approximately 210 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Davis Elementary serve?
Davis Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Davis Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Davis Elementary is approximately 10.8:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Davis Elementary?
At Davis Elementary, the student body is approximately 68% White, 19% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Davis Elementary public or private?
Davis Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Laramie County School District #1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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