Deming Elementary

Deming Elementary is a primary school of tight-knit scale in Cheyenne, Wyoming, overseen by Laramie County School District #1, teacheing 96 students in grades pre-K through 3. Compared to the state average of about 216 students per school, that is 56% smaller than typical.

Laramie County School District #1 comprises 39 schools with combined enrollment of 13,426 students; Deming Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Deming Elementary shows that 68% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 26% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Deming Elementary has 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.6:1 average. Roughly 43% of students at Deming Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Deming Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.7%; this one delivers 42.1%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Laramie County indicate median household income runs about $80,173, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Laramie County runs 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,606 students), of which Deming Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: PODER Academy Secondary School, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Deming Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Deming Elementary ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 57.5%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 10%: 107 students in 2018 compared to 96 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 83% to 68% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

On allk12, members of the Deming Elementary community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.