Rocky Mountain Elementary

Set in Cowley, Wyoming, Rocky Mountain Elementary is a moderately sized elementary campus, run under Big Horn County School District #1. It works with 322 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Wyoming's public schools average about 216 students each, so Rocky Mountain Elementary sits 49% bigger than that benchmark.

Big Horn County School District #1 runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 1,251 students. Rocky Mountain Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Rocky Mountain Elementary reports that 74% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Big Horn County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. The state averages around 10.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Rocky Mountain Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.6%, the actual is 46.9%, a residual of -2.7 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Big Horn County put median household income runs about $62,101, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Big Horn County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,657 students), Rocky Mountain Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Rocky Mountain High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Rocky Mountain Elementary comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 55.4%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Rocky Mountain Elementary's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 320 (now 322). The White share of enrollment contracted from 82% to 74% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.