Enrollment
322
Elementary
DISTRICT 221 · STATE 216
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BIG HORN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT #1·NCES 560142000365
Rocky Mountain Elementary
101 South Division, Cowley, WY 82420 · (307) 548-2211 · Big Horn County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL322 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 23% of Wyoming public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wyoming public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 10.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
173 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 47%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 10 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 41% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
WY-TOPP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
46.2%
WY avg 56.0%
Math
46.9%
WY avg 51.3%
What this means: On the WY-TOPP, Wyoming's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wyoming schools, those numbers are about 56 and 51.
Source: WY-TOPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
46.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.6%
based on WY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% typical for Wyoming schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wyoming's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Rocky Mountain Elementary
Rocky Mountain Elementary's state test result (46.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Mountain Elementary this school | 322 | 53.7% | 46.9% |
| Southside Elementary Powell | 287 | 58.5% | 61.3% |
| Velma Linford Elementary Laramie | 250 | 56.8% | 64.5% |
| Sagebrush Elementary Sheridan | 330 | 57.6% | 70.3% |
| Lakeview Elementary Gillette | 378 | 58.5% | 41.5% |
| Manor Heights Elementary Casper | 299 | 59.2% | 53.8% |
Matched among Wyoming elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Rocky Mountain Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wyoming |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.9% | #93 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.9% | #96 of 121 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.2% | #93 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 322 | #39 of 187 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #91 of 109 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.5% | #38 of 109 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.7% | #44 of 139 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.6% | #24 of 24 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
322
-361 (-53%) vs 2020
+38% since 2010-11, when it was 233
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 24.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 322 | 24.3 | 13.3:1 | 54% (173) |
| 2023-24 | 350 | 24.9 | 14.1:1 | 41% (144) |
| 2022-23 | 370 | 25.2 | 14.7:1 | 42% (157) |
| 2020-21 | 683 | 28 | 24.4:1 | 35% (241) |
| 2017-18 | 320 | 22.7 | 14.1:1 | 39% (125) |
| 2015-16 | 333 | 22 | 15.1:1 | 40% (134) |
| 2010-11 | 233 | N/A | N/A | 45% (106) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rocky Mountain Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (320 to 322); teachers up 7% (22.7 to 24.3).
About Rocky Mountain Elementary
Cowley, Wyoming, is home to Rocky Mountain Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. It reported 322 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 216 students for elementary schools in Wyoming.
Big Horn County School District #1 has 6 schools and 1,251 students, and Rocky Mountain Elementary is one of those schools.
White students are 74% of those enrolled at Rocky Mountain Elementary. Next come 18% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. That compares with about 88% White among all Big Horn County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 42%.
Teacher count: 24.3 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 13.3:1. Compared with the 10.6:1 average for elementary schools in Wyoming, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 54%.
Rocky Mountain Elementary holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 23% of Wyoming public elementary schools.
Rocky Mountain Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 46.9%, compared with a predicted 49.6%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Wyoming schools on BeatsExpectations.
For the population of Big Horn County, median household income comes to about $62,101, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Big Horn County counts 14 public schools with about 2,657 students.
Rocky Mountain Elementary is about 0.4 miles from Rocky Mountain High School, its nearest public school. Rocky Mountain Elementary has 5 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Rocky Mountain Elementary at 6th of 8.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Remote: in rural territory far from an urban area.
Rocky Mountain Elementary had 683 students in 2020-21 and 322 in 2024-25, according to federal records. Those counts may cover different grade spans. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 24.4:1 to 13.3:1.
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Big Horn County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
11,828
Census ACS
Median income
$62,101
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
2,657 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Big Horn County School District #1
- Rocky Mountain High SchoolHigh · 439 students
- Rocky Mountain Middle SchoolMiddle · 250 students
- Burlington ElementaryElementary · 119 students
- Burlington High SchoolHigh · 69 students
- Burlington Middle SchoolMiddle · 52 students
Other schools in Cowley
- Rocky Mountain High SchoolHigh · 439 students
- Rocky Mountain Middle SchoolMiddle · 250 students
Other Rocky Mountain Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 2 states are named Rocky Mountain Elementary. Rocky Mountain Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Rocky Mountain Elementary SchoolCLIFTON, CO · 395 students
- Rocky Mountain Elementary SchoolWESTMINSTER, CO · 318 students
- Rocky Mountain Elementary SchoolLONGMONT, CO · 315 students
Nearby schools
- Rocky Mountain High School0.4 mi · 439
- Rocky Mountain Middle School0.4 mi · 250
- Lovell High School4.5 mi · 226
- Lovell Elementary4.8 mi · 309
- Lovell Middle School4.8 mi · 173
- Powell High School15.8 mi · 573
Frequently asked questions
About Rocky Mountain ElementaryHow large is Rocky Mountain Elementary?
Rocky Mountain Elementary enrolls approximately 322 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Rocky Mountain Elementary serve?
Rocky Mountain Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Rocky Mountain Elementary?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at Rocky Mountain Elementary.
How diverse is Rocky Mountain Elementary?
Rocky Mountain Elementary reports a student body of 74% White, 18% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Rocky Mountain Elementary?
Rocky Mountain Elementary is overseen by Big Horn County School District #1 in Big Horn County.
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