Desert Elementary

Desert Elementary, a very small primary school in Wamsutter, Wyoming, overseen by Sweetwater County School District #1, teaches 27 students, covering grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 88% below the state mean of about 216.

Sweetwater County School District #1 comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 4,789 students; Desert Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Desert Elementary records that the most-represented group is White (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder breaks down as 33% Hispanic, 22% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.6:1, putting Desert Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 74% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Sweetwater County's rate of about 44%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Sweetwater County indicate the typical household earns roughly $75,034 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Sweetwater County runs 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,075 students), of which Desert Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Desert Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 8%: 25 students in 2018 compared to 27 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 52% to 44% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 4.7:1 in 2018 to 8.3:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.