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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARBON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT #1·NCES 560103000124

Little Snake River Valley School

333 North Street, Baggs, WY 82321 · (307) 383-2185 · Carbon County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED33-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL195 STUDENTS
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This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work

Enrollment
195
Combined
DISTRICT 327 · STATE 130
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 8.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
52 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 47%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten158%
Grade 1147%
Grade 2158%
Grade 31910%
Grade 4147%
Grade 5158%
Grade 6126%
Grade 7126%
Grade 82211%
Grade 963%
Grade 10147%
Grade 112312%
Grade 12147%

This year's kindergarten class (15) is 32% smaller than its 8th grade class (22).

Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 41% · US 70%
White
15177%
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 75% · US 43%
Hispanic
4121%
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 16% · US 30%
Black
11%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 1% · US 15%
Two+
21%
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
10654%
Female
8946%

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Test scores

WY-TOPP 2024-25 . % Proficient + Advanced
English Language Arts
66.7%
WY avg 56.0%
Math
67.5%
WY avg 51.3%

What this means: On the WY-TOPP, Wyoming's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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
65.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.6%
based on WY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Little Snake River Valley School

Little Snake River Valley School's state test result (65.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Little Snake River Valley School this school19526.7%65.5%
Encampment K-12 School
Encampment
12041.7%53.1%
Kaycee School
Kaycee
11537.4%52.4%
Hulett School
Hulett
16848.2%61.5%
Ten Sleep K-12
Ten Sleep
10442.3%66.3%
Midwest School
Midwest
12769.3%42.5%
Matched among Wyoming K-12 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 Little Snake River Valley School ranks

Among K-12 schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Wyoming
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
65.5%#2 of 6
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
67.5%#2 of 6
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
66.7%#1 of 6
Enrollment
ranked largest first
195#1 of 9
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
26.7%#7 of 7
Ranked against other public K-12 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 2024-25
Enrollment
195
-2 (-1%) vs 2020
+9% since 2000-01, when it was 179
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 9.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2519519.110.2:127% (52)
2023-2418919.39.8:131% (59)
2022-2318720.49.2:134% (64)
2020-21197219.4:115% (29)
2017-1819820.59.7:134% (67)
2015-16168198.8:122% (37)
2010-11160N/AN/A31% (50)
2000-011791511.9:139% (69)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Little Snake River Valley School.

Since 2017-18: students down 2% (198 to 195); teachers down 7% (20.5 to 19.1).

About Little Snake River Valley School

Little Snake River Valley School is a high-enrollment combined-grade school in Baggs, Wyoming. Its 195 students are spread across kindergarten through 12. The typical figure for combined schools in Wyoming is about 130 students.

Carbon County School District #1 has 1,633 students in 5 schools, and Little Snake River Valley School is one of those schools.

White students account for 77% of enrollment at Little Snake River Valley School. Other groups make up 21% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Little Snake River Valley School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 36%.

Staffing totals 19.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 10.2:1. That ratio is over the 8.1:1 average for combined schools in Wyoming. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Little Snake River Valley School is 27%. The 42% average for public schools in Carbon County is 15 points higher.

When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Little Snake River Valley School is within a point of its prediction. Actual: 65.5%. Predicted: 64.6%.

Little Snake River Valley School is located in Carbon County, where median household income is about $70,511, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Little Snake River Valley School is one of 12 public schools in Carbon County, which together enroll about 2,206 students.

Rawlins Elementary is the public school closest to Little Snake River Valley School, about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 4 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Little Snake River Valley School places 1st out of 8 schools in its immediate area.

Little Snake River Valley School is coded as Town: Remote in federal locale data.

Compared with 2020-21, when it had 197 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 195.

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Carbon County at a glance

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Population
14,463
Census ACS
Median income
$70,511
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
2,206 students

Quick facts

School name
Little Snake River Valley School
District
Carbon County School District #1
Address
333 North Street, Baggs, WY 82321
Phone
(307) 383-2185
County
Carbon County
Level
Combined
Grade range
KG–12
Total enrollment
195
Teachers (FTE)
19
Student–teacher ratio
10.2:1
Free and reduced lunch
52 (27%)
Locale
33-Town: Remote
NCES ID
560103000124
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Little Snake River Valley School
How many students attend Little Snake River Valley School?
Little Snake River Valley School enrolls approximately 195 students in grades KG-12.
What age range does Little Snake River Valley School serve?
Little Snake River Valley School serves students from grade KG through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Little Snake River Valley School?
Approximately 10.2:1 students per teacher at Little Snake River Valley School.
How diverse is Little Snake River Valley School?
Little Snake River Valley School reports a student body of 77% White, 21% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Little Snake River Valley School?
Little Snake River Valley School is overseen by Carbon County School District #1 in Carbon County.
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