Southridge Elementary

Southridge Elementary is a medium-sized primary school in Casper, Wyoming, operated by Natrona County School District #1. The school serves 322 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 49% bigger than the typical public school in Wyoming, which averages around 216 students.

Natrona County School District #1 comprises 27 schools with combined enrollment of 12,352 students; Southridge Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Southridge Elementary logs that nearly all students (84%) are White. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Southridge Elementary reports 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.6:1 average. An estimated 45% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Southridge Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.4%, the actual is 67.5%, a residual of +13.1 points.

Across the wider county, Natrona County reports that 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%. In all, Natrona County runs 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,650 students), of which Southridge Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Journey Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Southridge Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 50.3%.

Southridge Elementary operates from a city-core location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 322 students in 2018 compared to 322 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Southridge Elementary typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.