Sagewood Elementary

Sagewood Elementary operates as a big elementary campus in Casper, Wyoming, part of Natrona County School District #1. Current enrollment sits at 340 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 57% larger than the typical public school in Wyoming, which averages around 216 students.

Natrona County School District #1 runs 27 schools in total, collectively educating 12,352 students. Sagewood Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Sagewood Elementary shows that 78% of the student body identifies as White; the rest reads as 14% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 89%.

On the income-and-resources front, Sagewood Elementary lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.6:1, putting Sagewood Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 56% of students at Sagewood Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Natrona County (around 46%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Sagewood Elementary sits in the top 10% of Wyoming schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 48.5%; actual is 62.5%, +14.0 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, census data for Natrona County shows median household earnings sit near $72,156, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Sagewood Elementary is one of 29 public schools in Natrona County (combined enrollment of about 12,650 students).

The closest other public school is Manor Heights Elementary, roughly 1.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sagewood Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 50.6%.

Sagewood Elementary operates from a downtown location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 10%: 308 students in 2018 compared to 340 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.