Henry A. Coffeen Elementary

Henry A. Coffeen Elementary is one of the substantial elementary-level communitys in Sheridan, Wyoming, part of Sheridan County School District #2, with 325 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, Wyoming's public schools average about 216 students each, so Henry A. Coffeen Elementary sits 50% larger than that benchmark.

Henry A. Coffeen Elementary is one of 10 schools operated by Sheridan County School District #2, a district that enrolls 3,454 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Henry A. Coffeen Elementary records that the largest single group is White, at 80% of enrollment; the rest looks like 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 91%.

Looking at school resources, Henry A. Coffeen Elementary shows 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.6:1 average. About 64% 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 Sheridan County (around 39%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Henry A. Coffeen Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 43.9%; this one delivers 77.4%, a residual of +33.5 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Sheridan County indicate median household earnings sit near $71,388, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Henry A. Coffeen Elementary is one of 21 public schools in Sheridan County (combined enrollment of about 4,781 students).

Nearest neighbor: Meadowlark Elementary, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Henry A. Coffeen Elementary comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 69.9%.

Henry A. Coffeen Elementary operates from a town-center location.

Five-year trend. Henry A. Coffeen Elementary's enrollment has contracted 7% since 2018, when it stood at 349 (now 325). White enrollment moved from 84% to 80% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

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