Notch Peak Elementary

Notch Peak Elementary is a K-5 school of one-room-style scale in Wheatland, Wyoming, one of the schools within Albany County School District #1, instructing 3 students in grades K through 8. By comparison, Wyoming's public schools average about 216 students each, so Notch Peak Elementary sits 99% below that benchmark.

Albany County School District #1 runs 18 schools in total, collectively educating 3,967 students. Notch Peak Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Notch Peak Elementary reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (100%). That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 3.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 10.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Albany County indicate the typical household earns roughly $61,917 per year, 55% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Albany County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,967 students), of which Notch Peak Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Antelope Creek School, roughly 18.1 miles away.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Notch Peak Elementary has ticked up 200%, going from 1 students in 2018 to 3 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 1.0:1 in 2018 to 3.0:1 in 2025.

On allk12, the feed for Notch Peak Elementary typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.