Rawlins Elementary

Rawlins Elementary operates as an expansive elementary-level community in Rawlins, Wyoming, overseen by Carbon County School District #1. Current enrollment sits at 666 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Wyoming's public schools average about 216 students each, so Rawlins Elementary sits 208% larger than that benchmark.

Within Carbon County School District #1, which oversees 5 schools and 1,633 students, Rawlins Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Rawlins Elementary reports that White students make up the majority at 60%. Beyond that, the school logs 33% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Rawlins Elementary shows 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.6:1 average. About 49% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Rawlins Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.2%, the actual is 47.4%, a residual of -4.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Carbon County) logs that median household earnings sit near $70,511, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Carbon County runs 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,206 students), of which Rawlins Elementary is one.

Little Snake River Valley School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Rawlins Elementary at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 52.9%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Rawlins Elementary's enrollment has shrank 11% since 2018, when it stood at 751 (now 666).

On allk12, members of the Rawlins Elementary community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.