Pioneer Park Elementary

Located at 1407 Cosgriff Court, in Cheyenne, Wyoming, Pioneer Park Elementary is a roomy elementary-level community that educates 420 students (grades pre-K through 6), part of Laramie County School District #1. That puts it 94% larger than the typical public school in Wyoming, which averages around 216 students.

Within Laramie County School District #1, which oversees 39 schools and 13,426 students, Pioneer Park Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Pioneer Park Elementary logs that White students make up the majority at 76%. Other groups include 15% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.6:1, putting Pioneer Park Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Laramie County (around 44%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Pioneer Park Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.8%, the actual is 71.8%, a residual of +12.0 points.

In the broader community, census data for Laramie County shows median household income runs about $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%. Across Laramie County's 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,606 students), Pioneer Park Elementary is one campus in the mix.

PODER Academy Secondary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Pioneer Park Elementary. On composite proficiency, Pioneer Park Elementary comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 50.4%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Five-year trend. Pioneer Park Elementary's enrollment has ticked up 22% since 2018, when it stood at 345 (now 420). The White share of enrollment ticked up from 71% to 76% over that span.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.