Little Snake River Valley School

Set in Baggs, Wyoming, Little Snake River Valley School is a high-enrollment all-grades campus, run under Carbon County School District #1. It teaches 195 students across grades K through 12. By comparison, Wyoming's public schools average about 130 students each, so Little Snake River Valley School sits 50% larger than that benchmark.

Little Snake River Valley School is one of 5 schools operated by Carbon County School District #1, a district that hosts 1,633 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Little Snake River Valley School lists that White students make up the majority at 77%. The remainder breaks down as 21% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Little Snake River Valley School has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 8.1:1, putting Little Snake River Valley School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 27% of students at Little Snake River Valley School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Carbon County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Little Snake River Valley School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.6%, the actual is 65.5%, a residual of +0.8 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Carbon County shows the typical household earns roughly $70,511 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Little Snake River Valley School is one of 12 public schools in Carbon County (combined enrollment of about 2,206 students).

Nearest neighbor: Rawlins Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Little Snake River Valley School. On composite proficiency, Little Snake River Valley School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 50.3%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Little Snake River Valley School has showed little movement, going from 198 students in 2018 to 195 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.