Guernsey-Sunrise Elementary

Guernsey-Sunrise Elementary is an elementary school of compact scale in Guernsey, Wyoming, part of Platte County School District #2, enrolling 96 students in grades K through 6. By comparison, Wyoming's public schools average about 216 students each, so Guernsey-Sunrise Elementary sits 56% leaner than that benchmark.

Platte County School District #2 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 190 students; Guernsey-Sunrise Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Guernsey-Sunrise Elementary logs that White students make up the majority at 79%. The remainder reads as 18% Hispanic, 2% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Guernsey-Sunrise Elementary records 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.7:1. The state averages around 10.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Platte County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Guernsey-Sunrise Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.1%.

In the surrounding community, Platte County reports that median household income runs about $67,718, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Guernsey-Sunrise Elementary is one of 14 public schools in Platte County (combined enrollment of about 1,162 students).

The closest other public school is Guernsey-Sunrise High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Guernsey-Sunrise Elementary comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 46.1%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Guernsey-Sunrise Elementary's enrollment has fell 33% since 2018, when it stood at 144 (now 96). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 4% to 18%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 10.9:1 in 2018 to 8.7:1 today.

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