Gannett Peak Elementary

Gannett Peak Elementary is one of the substantial elementary schools in Lander, Wyoming, run under Fremont County School District # 1, with 436 students on its rolls from grades K through 3. That puts it 102% larger than the typical public school in Wyoming, which averages around 216 students.

Within Fremont County School District # 1, which oversees 5 schools and 1,566 students, Gannett Peak Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Gannett Peak Elementary logs that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment; the rest reads as 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 7% Native American. That composition is broadly in line with Fremont County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Gannett Peak Elementary reports 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.5:1. The state averages about 10.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 40% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Fremont County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Gannett Peak Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.0%; this one delivers 57.1%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Fremont County indicate median household income runs about $64,904, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Fremont County's 35 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,606 students), Gannett Peak Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Pathfinder High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Gannett Peak Elementary comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 33.0%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 20%: 544 students in 2018 compared to 436 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 in 2025.

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