Paintbrush Elementary

Paintbrush Elementary is one of the mid-sized elementary campuss in Gillette, Wyoming, part of Campbell County School District #1, with 266 students on its rolls from grades K through 6. That puts it 23% above the typical public school in Wyoming, which averages around 216 students.

Across the 23 schools in Campbell County School District #1 (8,459 students total), Paintbrush Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Paintbrush Elementary reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). The remainder breaks down as 10% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Paintbrush Elementary has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 32% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Campbell County (around 42%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Paintbrush Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.7%, the actual is 59.4%, a residual of -2.2 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Campbell County put the typical household earns roughly $89,869 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Campbell County runs 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,459 students), of which Paintbrush Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Sage Valley Junior High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Paintbrush Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 55.7%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Paintbrush Elementary has shrank 24%, going from 351 students in 2018 to 266 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 91% to 85%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.