Northpark Elementary

Northpark Elementary operates as a tight-knit elementary-level community in Rock Springs, Wyoming, operated by Sweetwater County School District #1. Current enrollment sits at 165 students spanning grades K through 3. Compared to the state average of about 216 students per school, that is 24% below typical.

Northpark Elementary is one of 15 schools operated by Sweetwater County School District #1, a district that caters to 4,789 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Northpark Elementary reports that White students make up the majority at 74%; the rest breaks down as 21% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Northpark Elementary reports 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.1:1. The state averages about 10.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Northpark Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.5%, the actual is 56.5%, a residual of +5.1 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Sweetwater County) records that the typical household earns roughly $75,034 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Sweetwater County runs 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,075 students), of which Northpark Elementary is one.

Stagecoach Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Northpark Elementary comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 45.2%.

Northpark Elementary operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Northpark Elementary has ticked down 46%, going from 304 students in 2018 to 165 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 today.

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