Recluse School

Recluse School is an elementary school of one-room-style scale in Recluse, Wyoming, one of the schools within Campbell County School District #1, enrolling 16 students in grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 93% below the state mean of about 216.

Within Campbell County School District #1, which oversees 23 schools and 8,459 students, Recluse School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Recluse School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%); the rest comes out to 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Campbell County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Recluse School has 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 4.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.6:1, putting Recluse School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 25% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Campbell County's rate of about 42%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Campbell County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $89,869 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Campbell County runs 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,459 students), of which Recluse School is one.

Little Powder Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 18.7 miles from this campus.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Recluse School has ticked down 16%, going from 19 students in 2018 to 16 in 2025.

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