Henderson Elementary

Henderson Elementary is a moderately sized elementary campus in Cheyenne, Wyoming, run under Laramie County School District #1. The school works with 244 students in grades K through 6.

Laramie County School District #1 runs 39 schools in total, collectively educating 13,426 students. Henderson Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Henderson Elementary shows that 62% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 30% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.6:1 average. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Laramie County's rate of about 44%.

With demographic context factored in, Henderson Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.1%, the actual is 37.7%, a residual of -9.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Laramie County indicate median household earnings sit near $80,173, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Laramie County's 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,606 students), Henderson Elementary is one campus in the mix.

East High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Henderson Elementary at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 41.8%.

Henderson Elementary operates from a downtown location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Henderson Elementary has ticked down 14%, going from 284 students in 2018 to 244 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 20% to 30% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

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