Enrollment
118
Elementary
DISTRICT 223 · STATE 216
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LARAMIE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT #1·NCES 560198000115
Jessup Elementary
6113 Evers Boulevard, Cheyenne, WY 82009 · (307) 771-2570 · Laramie County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL118 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% of Wyoming public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
10.2:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 10.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
18 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 | 24 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 19 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 23 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 27 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 25 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (24) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (25).
Student demographics
38%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
83.1%
WY avg 56.0%
Math
83.1%
WY avg 51.3%
What this means: On the WY-TOPP, Wyoming's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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
84.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.9%
based on WY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 Jessup Elementary
Jessup Elementary's state test result (84.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jessup Elementary this school | 118 | 15.3% | 84.3% |
| Gilchrist Elementary Cheyenne | 129 | 22.5% | 66.1% |
| Hobbs Elementary Cheyenne | 220 | 21.4% | 46.6% |
| Wilson Elementary Wilson | 192 | 6.3% | 83.1% |
| Big Horn Elementary Big Horn | 216 | 12.5% | 77.9% |
| Prairie Wind Elementary Cheyenne | 299 | 11.0% | 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 Jessup Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wyoming | In Laramie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.3% | #1 of 116 | #1 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.1% | #4 of 121 | #1 of 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.1% | #1 of 121 | #1 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 118 | #140 of 187 | #26 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.3% | #136 of 139 | #25 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -57.6% | #1 of 89 | #1 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
118
-149 (-56%) vs 2020
-65% since 1990-91, when it was 335
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 118 | 11.6 | 10.2:1 | 15% (18) |
| 2023-24 | 211 | 15.4 | 13.7:1 | 15% (31) |
| 2022-23 | 239 | 18.5 | 12.9:1 | 16% (38) |
| 2020-21 | 267 | 19 | 14.1:1 | 12% (31) |
| 2017-18 | 278 | 17.7 | 15.7:1 | 12% (32) |
| 2015-16 | 262 | 18 | 14.6:1 | 15% (40) |
| 2010-11 | 349 | N/A | N/A | 7% (23) |
| 2000-01 | 321 | 17 | 18.9:1 | 17% (56) |
| 1990-91 | 335 | 19 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jessup Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 58% (278 to 118); teachers down 34% (17.7 to 11.6).
About Jessup Elementary
Jessup Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school in Cheyenne, Wyoming, (ZIP code 82009). The school's enrollment of 118 students covers kindergarten through 4. Statewide, elementary schools in Wyoming average about 216 students each.
Jessup Elementary is one of 39 schools in Laramie County School District #1, which enrolls 13,426 students in total.
A majority of students at Jessup Elementary, 77%, are White. The remaining shares are 12% Hispanic and 9% multiracial. County-wide, about 80% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Jessup Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 38%.
Federal data list 11.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at Jessup Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 10.2:1. Elementary schools in Wyoming have a similar average ratio of 10.6:1. The lunch program counts 15% of students at Jessup Elementary as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Laramie County average 44%.
allk12 grades Jessup Elementary an A. The grade compares the school only with Wyoming public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Jessup Elementary would be expected to post about 70.9%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 84.3%.
Census estimates describe Laramie County this way: median household income is about $80,173, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 49 public schools in Laramie County, with a combined enrollment of about 14,606.
The next-closest public school is McCormick Junior High School, about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Jessup Elementary's average proficiency of 84.3% compares with 55.1% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The federal government classifies Jessup Elementary's location as City: Small.
The school counted 267 students in 2020-21 and 118 in 2024-25. A shift in the grades offered could account for part of the difference. The school's ratio fell from 14.1:1 to 10.2:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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 Jessup Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Jessup Elementary. Jessup Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Jessup ElementaryJessup, MD · 646 students
- Jessup Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 326 students
Nearby schools
- McCormick Junior High School0.4 mi · 622
- Central High School0.6 mi · 1,270
- Davis Elementary0.6 mi · 210
- Hobbs Elementary1.4 mi · 220
- Coyote Ridge1.8 mi · 415
- Deming Elementary2.0 mi · 96
Frequently asked questions
About Jessup ElementaryHow large is Jessup Elementary?
Jessup Elementary enrolls approximately 118 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does Jessup Elementary serve?
Jessup Elementary serves grades KG-04.
How many teachers does Jessup Elementary have?
Jessup Elementary employs 12 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Jessup Elementary?
Student demographics at Jessup Elementary are roughly 77% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 9% Two or more.
What district is Jessup Elementary in?
Jessup Elementary is part of Laramie County School District #1.
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