Enrollment
202
Elementary
DISTRICT 200 · STATE 216
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PARK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT # 1·NCES 560516000281
Parkside Elementary
125 South Douglas Street, Powell, WY 82435 · (307) 764-6182 · Park County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL202 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 85% of Wyoming public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
10.0:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 10.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
129 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 39 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 25 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 35 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (35).
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
Parkside Elementary→Powell Middle School
Based on grade levels within Park County School District # 1. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
WY-TOPP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
64.3%
WY avg 56.0%
Math
65.6%
WY avg 51.3%
What this means: On the WY-TOPP, Wyoming's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
63.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.0%
based on WY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 44% typical for Wyoming schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Wyoming's top 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 Parkside Elementary
Parkside Elementary's state test result (63.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkside Elementary this school | 202 | 63.9% | 63.4% |
| North Evanston Elementary Evanston | 268 | 61.9% | 55.5% |
| Douglas Primary School Douglas | 210 | 61.0% | N/A |
| Cottonwood Elementary Casper | 347 | 67.1% | N/A |
| Velma Linford Elementary Laramie | 250 | 56.8% | 64.5% |
| Manor Heights Elementary Casper | 299 | 59.2% | 53.8% |
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 Parkside Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wyoming | In Park County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.4% | #40 of 116 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.6% | #40 of 121 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #30 of 121 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 202 | #109 of 187 | #6 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.0:1 | #13 of 109 | #1 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.3% | #55 of 109 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.9% | #23 of 139 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.5% | #89 of 89 | #6 of 6 |
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
202
+12 (+6%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 365
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 202 | 20.2 | 10.0:1 | 64% (129) |
| 2023-24 | 209 | 20.6 | 10.1:1 | 60% (126) |
| 2022-23 | 210 | 18.9 | 11.1:1 | 48% (101) |
| 2020-21 | 190 | 17 | 11.2:1 | 51% (96) |
| 2017-18 | 203 | 17.4 | 11.7:1 | 46% (94) |
| 2015-16 | 223 | 17 | 13.1:1 | 48% (108) |
| 2010-11 | 238 | N/A | N/A | 45% (106) |
| 2000-01 | 254 | 15 | 16.9:1 | 75% (191) |
| 1990-91 | 365 | 18 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Parkside Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (203 to 202); teachers up 16% (17.4 to 20.2).
About Parkside Elementary
Parkside Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school serving families in Powell, Wyoming. It serves 202 students in kindergarten through 5.
The district, Park County School District # 1, operates 7 schools serving 1,778 students.
A majority of students at Parkside Elementary, 79%, are White. The rest of enrollment is 16% Hispanic. Among all residents of Park County, the White share is about 88%. The chance that two students picked at random at Parkside Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 35%.
Its 20.2 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 10.0:1. Elementary schools in Wyoming average about 10.6:1, a similar figure. The school's lunch program data list 64% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 43% average for public schools in Park County is 21 points.
Measured against Wyoming public elementary schools, Parkside Elementary receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Compared with Wyoming schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Parkside Elementary does better than predicted by 19.4 points. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 63.4%; the prediction is 44.0%.
Park County census figures show that median household income is about $73,035, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. A total of 17 public schools operate in Park County, serving about 3,884 students.
The nearest public school is Powell Middle School, at about 0.5 miles. Parkside Elementary has 5 other public schools within five miles. Parkside Elementary comes in 3rd of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal data place Parkside Elementary in the Town: Remote locale, which means it is in a town far from an urbanized area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Parkside Elementary went from 190 students to 202. The ratio was 11.2:1 in 2020-21 and 10.0:1 in 2024-25.
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Park County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
30,449
Census ACS
Median income
$73,035
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
3,884 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Park County School District # 1
- Powell High SchoolHigh · 573 students
- Powell Middle SchoolMiddle · 387 students
- Westside ElementaryElementary · 296 students
- Southside ElementaryElementary · 287 students
- Shoshone Learning CenterHigh · 19 students
- Clark ElementaryElementary · 14 students
Other schools in Powell
- Powell High SchoolHigh · 573 students
- Powell Middle SchoolMiddle · 387 students
- Westside ElementaryElementary · 296 students
- Southside ElementaryElementary · 287 students
- Shoshone Learning CenterHigh · 19 students
- Clark ElementaryElementary · 14 students
Other Parkside Elementary schools
26 other US public schools in 19 states are named Parkside Elementary. Parkside Elementary is the 26th largest of the 27.
- Parkside ElementaryFredericksburg, VA · 946 students
- Parkside Elementary SchoolGEORGETOWN, TX · 807 students
- Parkside Elementary SchoolColumbus, IN · 733 students
- Parkside ElementaryMorrisville, NC · 730 students
- PARKSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCORAL SPRINGS, FL · 713 students
Nearby schools
- Powell Middle School0.5 mi · 387
- Shoshone Learning Center0.5 mi · 19
- Southside Elementary0.6 mi · 287
- Westside Elementary0.6 mi · 296
- Powell High School1.2 mi · 573
- Rocky Mountain Elementary17.0 mi · 322
Frequently asked questions
About Parkside ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Parkside Elementary?
Parkside Elementary enrolls approximately 202 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Parkside Elementary serve?
Parkside Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Parkside Elementary have?
Parkside Elementary employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Parkside Elementary?
At Parkside Elementary, the student body is approximately 79% White, 16% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Parkside Elementary?
Parkside Elementary is overseen by Park County School District # 1 in Park County.
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