Prairie Wind Elementary

Prairie Wind Elementary is a heavily attended primary school in Gillette, Wyoming, run under Campbell County School District #1. The school hosts 404 students in grades K through 6. That puts it 87% above the typical public school in Wyoming, which averages around 216 students.

Campbell County School District #1 comprises 23 schools with combined enrollment of 8,459 students; Prairie Wind Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Prairie Wind Elementary shows that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 9% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Campbell County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.6:1, putting Prairie Wind Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 44% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Campbell County indicate the typical household earns roughly $89,869 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Prairie Wind Elementary is one of 25 public schools in Campbell County (combined enrollment of about 8,459 students).

Wagonwheel Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 6%: 382 students in 2018 compared to 404 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.