Snowy Range Academy

Snowy Range Academy is an elementary school of mid-sized scale in Laramie, Wyoming, part of Albany County School District #1, enrolling 260 students in grades K through 8. By comparison, Wyoming's public schools average about 216 students each, so Snowy Range Academy sits 20% larger than that benchmark.

Albany County School District #1 comprises 18 schools with combined enrollment of 3,967 students; Snowy Range Academy is among them.

In terms of who attends, Snowy Range Academy lists that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 12% Asian, 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.0:1. The state averages about 10.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 30% of students at Snowy Range Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Snowy Range Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.8%, the actual is 74.8%, a residual of +12.0 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Albany County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $61,917 per year, about 55% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Snowy Range Academy is one of 19 public schools in Albany County (combined enrollment of about 3,967 students).

Nearest neighbor: Laramie High School, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Snowy Range Academy comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 64.8%.

The school occupies a small-town site. Snowy Range Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Snowy Range Academy's enrollment has expanded 27% since 2018, when it stood at 204 (now 260). Class-load math has rose: from 9.9:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2025.

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