Enrollment
287
Elementary
DISTRICT 200 · STATE 216
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PARK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT # 1·NCES 560516000282
Southside Elementary
278 East Monroe Street, Powell, WY 82435 · (307) 764-6183 · Park County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL287 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 73% of Wyoming public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wyoming public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 10.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
168 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 47%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (54).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 41% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Southside Elementary→Powell Middle School
Based on grade levels within Park County School District # 1. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
WY-TOPP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
59.0%
WY avg 56.0%
Math
59.6%
WY avg 51.3%
What this means: On the WY-TOPP, Wyoming's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wyoming schools, those numbers are about 56 and 51.
Source: WY-TOPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
61.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.9%
based on WY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 47% typical for Wyoming schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Wyoming's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Southside Elementary
Southside Elementary's state test result (61.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southside Elementary this school | 287 | 58.5% | 61.3% |
| Velma Linford Elementary Laramie | 250 | 56.8% | 64.5% |
| North Evanston Elementary Evanston | 268 | 61.9% | 55.5% |
| Journey Elementary Casper | 348 | 56.6% | 40.6% |
| Sagebrush Elementary Sheridan | 330 | 57.6% | 70.3% |
| Manor Heights Elementary Casper | 299 | 59.2% | 53.8% |
Matched among Wyoming elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Southside Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wyoming | In Park County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #48 of 116 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.6% | #55 of 121 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #50 of 121 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 287 | #63 of 187 | #4 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #47 of 109 | #5 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.7% | #44 of 109 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.5% | #31 of 139 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.2% | #63 of 89 | #2 of 6 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
287
-5 (-2%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 277
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 11.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 287 | 26 | 11.0:1 | 59% (168) |
| 2023-24 | 310 | 26.6 | 11.6:1 | 57% (177) |
| 2022-23 | 302 | 26.5 | 11.4:1 | 47% (143) |
| 2020-21 | 292 | 25 | 11.7:1 | 52% (153) |
| 2017-18 | 316 | 24.6 | 12.8:1 | 48% (152) |
| 2015-16 | 323 | 24 | 13.5:1 | 46% (150) |
| 2010-11 | 334 | N/A | N/A | 49% (165) |
| 2000-01 | 242 | 13 | 18.6:1 | 75% (182) |
| 1990-91 | 277 | 13 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southside Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (316 to 287); teachers up 6% (24.6 to 26).
About Southside Elementary
Southside Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Powell, Wyoming, administered by Park County School District # 1. It had 287 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in Wyoming enroll about 216 students on average.
Park County School District # 1 is made up of 7 schools with 1,778 students in all.
White students are 75% of those enrolled at Southside Elementary. Beyond that, enrollment is 17% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. In Park County overall, about 88% of residents are White. A diversity index of 41% means there is a 41% chance two randomly chosen students at Southside Elementary are from different groups.
Southside Elementary lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 11.0 students per teacher. The average ratio among elementary schools in Wyoming is similar, at 10.6:1. About 59% of students at Southside Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 43% average among public schools in Park County.
Southside Elementary earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 73% of Wyoming public elementary schools.
Southside Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Wyoming schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 61.3%. Predicted: 46.9%. Difference: 14.4 points.
In the surrounding county, Park County, median household income comes to about $73,035, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 17, with about 3,884 students.
Parkside Elementary is the nearest public school to Southside Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles of Southside Elementary, there are 5 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 61.3% is above the 56.7% average for nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put Southside Elementary in a town far from an urbanized area (Town: Remote).
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (292) and 2024-25 (287).
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Southside Elementary. You can also rate the school on this page.
Park County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
30,449
Census ACS
Median income
$73,035
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
3,884 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Park County School District # 1
- Powell High SchoolHigh · 573 students
- Powell Middle SchoolMiddle · 387 students
- Westside ElementaryElementary · 296 students
- Parkside ElementaryElementary · 202 students
- Shoshone Learning CenterHigh · 19 students
- Clark ElementaryElementary · 14 students
Other schools in Powell
- Powell High SchoolHigh · 573 students
- Powell Middle SchoolMiddle · 387 students
- Westside ElementaryElementary · 296 students
- Parkside ElementaryElementary · 202 students
- Shoshone Learning CenterHigh · 19 students
- Clark ElementaryElementary · 14 students
Other Southside Elementary schools
32 other US public schools in 20 states are named Southside Elementary. Southside Elementary is the 30th largest of the 33.
- Southside Elementary SchoolCLEVELAND, TX · 1,016 students
- Southside Elementary SchoolColumbus, IN · 891 students
- SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSOUTHSIDE, AR · 852 students
- Southside ElementaryLebanon, TN · 806 students
- SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBUFFALO, NY · 772 students
Nearby schools
- Parkside Elementary0.6 mi · 202
- Shoshone Learning Center0.6 mi · 19
- Powell Middle School0.7 mi · 387
- Westside Elementary1.2 mi · 296
- Powell High School1.3 mi · 573
- Rocky Mountain Elementary16.9 mi · 322
Frequently asked questions
About Southside ElementaryHow many students attend Southside Elementary?
Southside Elementary enrolls approximately 287 students in grades KG-05.
Is Southside Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Southside Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Southside Elementary have?
Southside Elementary employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.0:1.
How diverse is Southside Elementary?
Southside Elementary reports a student body of 75% White, 17% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Southside Elementary?
Southside Elementary is overseen by Park County School District # 1 in Park County.
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