Enrollment
244
Elementary
DISTRICT 223 · STATE 216
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LARAMIE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT #1·NCES 560198000112
Henderson Elementary
2820 Henderson Drive, Cheyenne, WY 82001 · (307) 771-2550 · Laramie County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL244 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of Wyoming public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
12.1:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 10.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
142 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 | 29 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 28 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 24 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 39 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (29) is 26% smaller than its 6th grade class (39).
Student demographics
52%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
42.4%
WY avg 56.0%
Math
33.6%
WY avg 51.3%
What this means: On the WY-TOPP, Wyoming's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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
37.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.1%
based on WY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Henderson Elementary
Henderson Elementary's state test result (37.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henderson Elementary this school | 244 | 58.2% | 37.7% |
| North Evanston Elementary Evanston | 268 | 61.9% | 55.5% |
| Velma Linford Elementary Laramie | 250 | 56.8% | 64.5% |
| Greybull Elementary Greybull | 207 | 63.3% | 52.1% |
| Alta Vista Elementary Cheyenne | 227 | 67.8% | 56.7% |
| Lincoln Elementary Torrington | 238 | 47.5% | N/A |
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 Henderson Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wyoming | In Laramie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #104 of 116 | #15 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #109 of 121 | #17 of 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #101 of 121 | #15 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 244 | #84 of 187 | #14 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #70 of 109 | #12 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.9% | #18 of 109 | #11 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.2% | #34 of 139 | #12 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.1% | #43 of 89 | #10 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
244
-9 (-4%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 219
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 244 | 20.3 | 12.1:1 | 58% (142) |
| 2023-24 | 270 | 22.2 | 12.1:1 | 33% (89) |
| 2022-23 | 274 | 21 | 13.1:1 | 51% (141) |
| 2020-21 | 253 | 22 | 11.5:1 | 45% (113) |
| 2017-18 | 284 | 19.6 | 14.5:1 | 50% (141) |
| 2015-16 | 322 | 20 | 16.1:1 | 48% (155) |
| 2010-11 | 294 | N/A | N/A | 45% (131) |
| 2000-01 | 305 | 18 | 16.9:1 | 51% (155) |
| 1990-91 | 219 | 7 | 31.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Henderson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (284 to 244); teachers up 4% (19.6 to 20.3).
About Henderson Elementary
Henderson Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The latest federal count shows 244 students in kindergarten through 6.
Henderson Elementary reports to Laramie County School District #1, which has 39 schools and 13,426 students.
Roughly 62% of students at Henderson Elementary are White. Enrollment also includes 30% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Among people living in Laramie County, the White share is about 80%. The school's diversity index is 52%, meaning two students picked at random have a 52% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Dividing enrollment by its 20.3 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 12.1:1. That is 1.5 students per teacher above the 10.6:1 average for elementary schools in Wyoming. Henderson Elementary reports 58% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Laramie County average 44%.
Henderson Elementary is graded D by allk12, scoring above 10% of Wyoming public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 47.1% for Henderson Elementary. The school posts 37.7%, 9.4 points below the prediction.
Census estimates describe Laramie County this way: the median household income is $80,173, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Henderson Elementary, Laramie County has 48 other public schools.
The next-closest public school is East High School, about 0.3 miles away. Henderson Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Henderson Elementary ranks 5th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 37.7% against a local average of 41.8%.
In the federal locale system, Henderson Elementary is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment has fallen by 9 students since 2020-21, to 244.
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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 Henderson Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 6 states are named Henderson Elementary. Henderson Elementary is the 9th largest of the 9.
- Henderson Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 819 students
- HENDERSON ELEM.ST CHARLES, MO · 653 students
- Henderson Elementary SchoolMIDLAND, TX · 633 students
- Henderson Elementary SchoolFORNEY, TX · 580 students
- Henderson Elementary SchoolBRYAN, TX · 533 students
Nearby schools
- East High School0.3 mi · 1,566
- Carey Junior High School0.5 mi · 800
- Fairview Elementary0.6 mi · 94
- Lebhart Elementary0.9 mi · 105
- Alta Vista Elementary0.9 mi · 227
- Baggs Elementary0.9 mi · 336
Frequently asked questions
About Henderson ElementaryHow large is Henderson Elementary?
Henderson Elementary enrolls approximately 244 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Henderson Elementary serve?
Henderson Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Henderson Elementary?
Approximately 12.1:1 students per teacher at Henderson Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Henderson Elementary?
At Henderson Elementary, the student body is approximately 62% White, 30% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Two or more.
What district is Henderson Elementary in?
Henderson Elementary is part of Laramie County School District #1.
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