Goins Elementary

Goins Elementary is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary campuss in Cheyenne, Wyoming, one of the schools within Laramie County School District #1, with 299 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 216 students per school, that is 38% above typical.

Across the 39 schools in Laramie County School District #1 (13,426 students total), Goins Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Goins Elementary lists that 44% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 42% White, 7% multiracial, 6% Black. The wider county runs roughly 16% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 10.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Laramie County (around 44%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Goins Elementary is in the bottom 10% of Wyoming public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 41.9%; Goins Elementary posts 21.4%, -20.5 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Laramie County put median household earnings sit near $80,173, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Goins Elementary is one of 49 public schools in Laramie County (combined enrollment of about 14,606 students).

The closest other public school is Johnson Junior High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Goins Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Goins Elementary at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 40.4%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Goins Elementary has declined 20%, going from 374 students in 2018 to 299 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 59% to 42%. Class-load math has fell: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 in 2025.

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