Kelly Elementary

Kelly Elementary is a rural-scale primary school in Kelly, Wyoming, part of Teton County School District #1. The school hosts 39 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 216 students per school, that is 82% smaller than typical.

Across the 10 schools in Teton County School District #1 (2,827 students total), Kelly Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Kelly Elementary logs that 79% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 13% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 3% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Teton County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Kelly Elementary lists 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.7:1. The state averages around 10.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 8% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Teton County runs at roughly 26%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Kelly Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 75.1%, the actual is 73.3%, a residual of -1.8 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Teton County) records that the typical household earns roughly $124,172 per year, 61% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Teton County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,827 students), Kelly Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Jackson Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 11.6 miles from this campus. On composite proficiency, Kelly Elementary comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 65.1%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Kelly Elementary has edged down 25%, going from 52 students in 2018 to 39 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 87% to 79%. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 8.7:1 in 2025.

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