Highland Park Elementary

Highland Park Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Sheridan, Wyoming, run under Sheridan County School District #2. The school educates 321 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 216 students per school, that is 49% above typical.

Sheridan County School District #2 comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 3,454 students; Highland Park Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Highland Park Elementary records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%); the rest looks like 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Sheridan County as a whole is about 91% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.6:1 average. Around 27% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Sheridan County (around 39%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Highland Park Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.2%, the actual is 72.8%, a residual of +8.6 points.

Around the school, census data for Sheridan County shows median household income runs about $71,388, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Highland Park Elementary is one of 21 public schools in Sheridan County (combined enrollment of about 4,781 students).

Nearest neighbor: Sheridan High School, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Highland Park Elementary at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 70.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Highland Park Elementary has ticked down 13%, going from 369 students in 2018 to 321 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 91% to 82%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

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