Dry Creek Elementary

Dry Creek Elementary is an elementary campus of one-room-style scale in Douglas, Wyoming, operated by Converse County School District #1, enrolling 8 students in grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 216 students per school, that is 96% below typical.

Across the 9 schools in Converse County School District #1 (1,639 students total), Dry Creek Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Dry Creek Elementary records that White students make up the majority at 75%. Beyond that, the school shows 25% Hispanic. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 92%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 3.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 10.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Converse County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $81,558 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Converse County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,273 students), Dry Creek Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Lance Creek Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 31.2 miles from this campus.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dry Creek Elementary has decreased 38%, going from 13 students in 2018 to 8 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 5.4:1 in 2018 to 3.6:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Dry Creek Elementary typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.