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Lingle-Ft. Laramie Elementary

404 3rd Street, Lingle, WY 82223 · (307) 837-2254 · Goshen County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL112 STUDENTS
Enrollment
112
Elementary
DISTRICT 143 · STATE 216
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 10.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
53 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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten2018%
Grade 12018%
Grade 21917%
Grade 31312%
Grade 41816%
Grade 52220%
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 41% · US 70%
White
10190%
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 75% · US 43%
Hispanic
76%
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 16% · US 30%
Black
11%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 1% · US 15%
Two+
33%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 4% · US 5%
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
Male
6054%
Female
5246%

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Test scores

WY-TOPP 2024-25 . % Proficient + Advanced
English Language Arts
59.5%
WY avg 56.0%
Math
71.2%
WY avg 51.3%

What this means: On the WY-TOPP, Wyoming's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
60.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.1%
based on WY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.4pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 →

Where Lingle-Ft. Laramie Elementary ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Wyoming
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
60.5%#51 of 116
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
71.2%#22 of 121
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
59.5%#48 of 121
Enrollment
ranked largest first
112#142 of 187
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
47.3%#71 of 139
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.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
112
+12 (+12%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 148
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 11.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-25112912.4:147% (53)
2023-241159.212.6:142% (48)
2022-231169.212.6:136% (42)
2020-21100911.1:126% (26)
2017-1813011.311.6:146% (60)
2015-161321013.2:144% (58)
2010-1196N/AN/A45% (43)
2000-01127914.1:181% (103)
1990-911481212.3:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lingle-Ft. Laramie Elementary.

About Lingle-Ft. Laramie Elementary

Lingle-Ft. Laramie Elementary is an elementary school in Lingle, Wyoming, reachable at (307) 837-2254. The school's enrollment of 112 students covers kindergarten through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Wyoming average about 216 students.

Federal data list 12 schools in Goshen County School District #1, with 1,617 students enrolled.

The large majority of students at Lingle-Ft. Laramie Elementary, 90%, are White. Next come 6% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. County-wide, about 87% of residents are White. Lingle-Ft. Laramie Elementary has a diversity index of 18%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.

Teachers at the school number 9 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 12.4:1. The 10.6:1 average for elementary schools in Wyoming is lower than this school's figure. Roughly 47% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. That is close to the 47% average for public schools in Goshen County.

Lingle-Ft. Laramie Elementary scores 60.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 53.1%.

Among Goshen County residents, median household income is about $58,929, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 13 public schools in Goshen County, with a combined enrollment of about 1,617.

Lingle-Ft. Laramie High School is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. Lingle-Ft. Laramie Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with 2 others within five miles. Lingle-Ft. Laramie Elementary comes in 1st of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.

NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Distant. That means it sits in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Lingle-Ft. Laramie Elementary went from 100 students to 112. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 11.1:1 to 12.4:1.

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Goshen County at a glance

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Population
12,605
Census ACS
Median income
$58,929
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
1,617 students

Quick facts

School name
Lingle-Ft. Laramie Elementary
District
Goshen County School District #1
Address
404 3rd Street, Lingle, WY 82223
Phone
(307) 837-2254
County
Goshen County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–05
Total enrollment
112
Teachers (FTE)
9
Student–teacher ratio
12.4:1
Free and reduced lunch
53 (47%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
560299000172
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Other schools in Goshen County School District #1
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Frequently asked questions

About Lingle-Ft. Laramie Elementary
What is the total enrollment at Lingle-Ft. Laramie Elementary?
Lingle-Ft. Laramie Elementary enrolls approximately 112 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Lingle-Ft. Laramie Elementary serve?
Lingle-Ft. Laramie Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Lingle-Ft. Laramie Elementary have?
Lingle-Ft. Laramie Elementary employs 9 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Lingle-Ft. Laramie Elementary?
Student demographics at Lingle-Ft. Laramie Elementary are roughly 90% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Lingle-Ft. Laramie Elementary in?
Lingle-Ft. Laramie Elementary is part of Goshen County School District #1.
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