Meadowlark Elementary

Set in Cheyenne, Wyoming, Meadowlark Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack intermediate school, operated by Laramie County School District #1. It works with 453 students across grades 5 through 6. That puts it 42% above the typical public school in Wyoming, which averages around 319 students.

Laramie County School District #1 runs 39 schools in total, collectively educating 13,426 students. Meadowlark Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Meadowlark Elementary logs that 74% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 16% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Meadowlark Elementary lists 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.3:1 average. An estimated 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Laramie County (around 44%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Laramie County) reports that median household earnings sit near $80,173, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Laramie County runs 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,606 students), of which Meadowlark Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Anderson Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Meadowlark Elementary operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 14%: 529 students in 2018 compared to 453 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 80% to 74% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Meadowlark Elementary typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.