Enrollment
323
Elementary
DISTRICT 223 · STATE 216
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LARAMIE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT #1·NCES 560198000371
Freedom Elementary
4500 Happy Jack Road, Cheyenne, WY 82001 · (307) 771-2305 · Laramie County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL323 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 70% of Wyoming public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 10.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
112 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 59 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 41 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 44% larger than its 6th grade class (41).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 41% · US 70%
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
Test scores
WY-TOPP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
65.8%
WY avg 56.0%
Math
64.0%
WY avg 51.3%
What this means: On the WY-TOPP, Wyoming's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
66.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.2%
based on WY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Freedom Elementary
Freedom Elementary's state test result (66.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freedom Elementary this school | 323 | 34.7% | 66.0% |
| Ft. Caspar Academy Casper | 356 | 41.0% | 64.7% |
| PODER Academy Cheyenne | 214 | 50.0% | N/A |
| Dildine Elementary Cheyenne | 298 | 49.0% | 51.1% |
| Pioneer Park Elementary Cheyenne | 420 | 35.2% | 71.8% |
| Slade Elementary Laramie | 440 | 39.1% | 64.8% |
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 Freedom Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wyoming | In Laramie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #31 of 116 | #5 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #47 of 121 | #6 of 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.8% | #23 of 121 | #5 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 323 | #38 of 187 | #6 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #78 of 109 | #14 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.7% | #4 of 109 | #3 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.7% | #115 of 139 | #21 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.7% | #83 of 89 | #18 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 2024-25Enrollment
323
-67 (-17%) vs 2020
-2% since 2010-11, when it was 329
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 15.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 323 | 25.9 | 12.5:1 | 35% (112) |
| 2023-24 | 316 | 26.5 | 11.9:1 | 10% (31) |
| 2022-23 | 333 | 26 | 12.8:1 | 30% (101) |
| 2020-21 | 390 | 26 | 15.0:1 | 32% (123) |
| 2017-18 | 339 | 23.4 | 14.5:1 | 33% (113) |
| 2015-16 | 335 | 23 | 14.6:1 | 25% (83) |
| 2010-11 | 329 | N/A | N/A | 41% (136) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Freedom Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (339 to 323); teachers up 11% (23.4 to 25.9).
About Freedom Elementary
Freedom Elementary is one of the public schools in Cheyenne, Wyoming. It is a medium-sized elementary school. The school had 323 students in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Wyoming is about 216, so this school runs 50% above that.
The district, Laramie County School District #1, has 13,426 students enrolled across 39 schools.
White students are the majority at Freedom Elementary, with 61% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 15% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, and 8% Black. Among all residents of Laramie County, the White share is about 80%. Pick two students at random and there is a 59% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.5:1, with 25.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is higher than the 10.6:1 average for elementary schools in Wyoming. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Freedom Elementary is 35%. On average, public schools in Laramie County report 44%.
Freedom Elementary is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 70% of Wyoming public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Freedom Elementary scores 66.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 60.2%.
County data help place the school in context: in Laramie County, the median household income is $80,173, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Laramie County is home to 49 public schools and about 14,606 public school students.
Pioneer Park Elementary is the closest public school, about 1.0 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Freedom Elementary. By average proficiency, Freedom Elementary is 3rd among 8 schools close by.
Locale: Suburb: Small. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment has fallen by 67 students since 2020-21, to 323. By 2024-25, the school had 12.5 students per teacher, compared with 15.0 in 2020-21.
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Laramie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
Related schools
Other schools in Laramie County School District #1
- East High SchoolHigh · 1,566 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,270 students
- South High SchoolHigh · 1,112 students
- Carey Junior High SchoolMiddle · 800 students
- McCormick Junior High SchoolMiddle · 622 students
- Johnson Junior High SchoolMiddle · 574 students
Other schools in Cheyenne
- East High SchoolHigh · 1,566 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,270 students
- South High SchoolHigh · 1,112 students
- Carey Junior High SchoolMiddle · 800 students
- McCormick Junior High SchoolMiddle · 622 students
- Johnson Junior High SchoolMiddle · 574 students
Other Freedom Elementary schools
25 other US public schools in 15 states are named Freedom Elementary. Freedom Elementary is the 23rd largest of the 26.
- Freedom Elementary SchoolLawton, OK · 1,251 students
- FREEDOM ELEM.ST ROBERT, MO · 954 students
- FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLDELAND, FL · 786 students
- FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBRADENTON, FL · 736 students
- Freedom ElementaryModesto, CA · 713 students
Nearby schools
- Pioneer Park Elementary1.0 mi · 420
- PODER Academy Secondary School1.2 mi · 131
- Deming Elementary1.6 mi · 96
- Miller Elementary2.1 mi · 59
- Cole Elementary2.2 mi · 164
- Goins Elementary2.2 mi · 299
Frequently asked questions
About Freedom ElementaryHow large is Freedom Elementary?
Freedom Elementary enrolls approximately 323 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Freedom Elementary serve?
Freedom Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Freedom Elementary?
Approximately 12.5:1 students per teacher at Freedom Elementary.
How diverse is Freedom Elementary?
Freedom Elementary reports a student body of 61% White, 12% Hispanic, 8% Black, 2% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Who oversees Freedom Elementary?
Freedom Elementary is overseen by Laramie County School District #1 in Laramie County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.