Pine Bluffs Elementary

Pine Bluffs Elementary is one of the small elementary-level communitys in Pine Bluffs, Wyoming, overseen by Laramie County School District #2, with 177 students on its rolls from grades K through 6.

Pine Bluffs Elementary is one of 6 schools operated by Laramie County School District #2, a district that enrolls 1,030 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Pine Bluffs Elementary records that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest consists of 18% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.6:1, putting Pine Bluffs Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Pine Bluffs Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 64.8%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Laramie County indicate median household earnings sit near $80,173, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Pine Bluffs Elementary is one of 49 public schools in Laramie County (combined enrollment of about 14,606 students).

Nearest neighbor: Pine Bluffs Jr & Sr High School, around 0.1 miles off. On composite proficiency, Pine Bluffs Elementary comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 51.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Looking at the recent track record. Pine Bluffs Elementary's enrollment has ticked up 16% since 2018, when it stood at 153 (now 177). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 13% to 18% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 10.6:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Pine Bluffs Elementary community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.