Enrollment
309
Elementary
DISTRICT 236 · STATE 216
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BIG HORN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT #2·NCES 560146000056
Lovell Elementary
520 Shoshone, Lovell, WY 82431 · (307) 548-2247 · Big Horn County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL309 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 38% of Wyoming public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
11.4:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 10.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
171 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Big Horn County School District #2. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
WY-TOPP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
49.4%
WY avg 56.0%
Math
58.7%
WY avg 51.3%
What this means: On the WY-TOPP, Wyoming's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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
51.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on WY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Lovell Elementary
Lovell Elementary's state test result (51.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lovell Elementary this school | 309 | 55.3% | 51.4% |
| Sunflower Elementary Gillette | 311 | 58.5% | 54.0% |
| Journey Elementary Casper | 348 | 56.6% | 40.6% |
| Eastside Elementary Cody | 294 | 49.0% | N/A |
| Oregon Trail Elementary Casper | 272 | 49.3% | 51.3% |
| Aspen Elementary Evanston | 287 | 49.8% | 59.3% |
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 Lovell Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wyoming |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #79 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #61 of 121 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #84 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 309 | #48 of 187 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #54 of 109 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.6% | #88 of 109 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.3% | #40 of 139 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.3% | #68 of 89 |
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
309
-26 (-8%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 390
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 309 | 27 | 11.4:1 | 55% (171) |
| 2023-24 | 292 | 26.5 | 11.0:1 | 53% (154) |
| 2022-23 | 308 | 25.5 | 12.1:1 | 48% (147) |
| 2020-21 | 335 | 27 | 12.4:1 | 51% (171) |
| 2017-18 | 337 | 27 | 12.5:1 | 47% (158) |
| 2015-16 | 328 | 27 | 12.2:1 | 44% (143) |
| 2010-11 | 339 | N/A | N/A | 50% (169) |
| 2000-01 | 308 | 27 | 11.4:1 | 82% (254) |
| 1990-91 | 390 | 25 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lovell Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (337 to 309); teachers unchanged (27 to 27).
About Lovell Elementary
Lovell Elementary is a public mid-sized elementary school in Lovell, Wyoming. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 309 students. The school is 43% larger than the average for elementary schools in Wyoming.
The 3 schools of Big Horn County School District #2, including Lovell Elementary, enroll 708 students.
By race and ethnicity, Lovell Elementary is 86% White. The remaining shares are 11% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. In Big Horn County overall, the White share is about 88%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 25, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lovell Elementary is 11.4:1, based on 27 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Wyoming is 10.6:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Lovell Elementary counts 55% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Lovell Elementary lands at C+, ahead of 38% of Wyoming public elementary schools.
Lovell Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 51.4%, compared with a predicted 48.7%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Wyoming schools on BeatsExpectations.
For Big Horn County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $62,101, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county has 14 public schools and about 2,657 students.
Lovell High School is about 0.4 miles from Lovell Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes 5 other public schools. Lovell Elementary places 5th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Remote: in rural territory far from an urban area.
In 2020-21, Lovell Elementary enrolled 335 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 309.
Lovell Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Big Horn County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
11,828
Census ACS
Median income
$62,101
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
2,657 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Big Horn County School District #2
- Lovell High SchoolHigh · 226 students
- Lovell Middle SchoolMiddle · 173 students
Other schools in Lovell
- Lovell High SchoolHigh · 226 students
- Lovell Middle SchoolMiddle · 173 students
Other Lovell Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Lovell Elementary. Lovell Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- LOVELL ELEMENTARYAPOPKA, FL · 655 students
Nearby schools
- Lovell High School0.4 mi · 226
- Lovell Middle School0.4 mi · 173
- Rocky Mountain Middle School4.4 mi · 250
- Rocky Mountain High School4.4 mi · 439
- Rocky Mountain Elementary4.8 mi · 322
- Powell High School17.8 mi · 573
Frequently asked questions
About Lovell ElementaryHow large is Lovell Elementary?
Lovell Elementary enrolls approximately 309 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Lovell Elementary serve?
Lovell Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Lovell Elementary have?
Lovell Elementary employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Lovell Elementary?
Student demographics at Lovell Elementary are roughly 86% White, 11% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is Lovell Elementary public or private?
Lovell Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Big Horn County School District #2.
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