Douglas Upper Elementary School

Douglas Upper Elementary School operates as a reasonably sized K-5 school in Douglas, Wyoming, one of the schools within Converse County School District #1. Current enrollment sits at 251 students spanning grades 4 through 5.

Converse County School District #1 runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 1,639 students. Douglas Upper Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Douglas Upper Elementary School lists that nearly all students (81%) are White; the rest comes out to 15% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 92% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 10.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Douglas Upper Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.6%; this one delivers 49.9%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Converse County put median household income runs about $81,558, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Converse County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,273 students), Douglas Upper Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Douglas Intermediate School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Douglas Upper Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 55.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 248 students in 2018 compared to 251 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 88% to 81%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.