Rossman Elementary

Rossman Elementary is an elementary school of medium-sized scale in Cheyenne, Wyoming, run under Laramie County School District #1, hosting 305 students in grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 41% above the state mean of about 216.

Within Laramie County School District #1, which oversees 39 schools and 13,426 students, Rossman Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Rossman Elementary records that White students make up the majority at 56%. The remainder is composed of 36% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Rossman Elementary lists 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.5:1. The state averages around 10.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Laramie County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Rossman Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 41.9%; this one comes in at 25.6%, -16.3 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Laramie County shows median household income runs about $80,173, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Laramie County's 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,606 students), Rossman Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Triumph High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Rossman Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Rossman Elementary at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 30.4%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Rossman Elementary's enrollment has contracted 16% since 2018, when it stood at 362 (now 305). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 20% to 36%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 today.

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