Southside Elementary

Southside Elementary is one of the mid-sized elementary-level communitys in Powell, Wyoming, one of the schools within Park County School District # 1, with 287 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, Wyoming's public schools average about 216 students each, so Southside Elementary sits 33% larger than that benchmark.

Southside Elementary is one of 7 schools operated by Park County School District # 1, a district that enrolls 1,778 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Southside Elementary records that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 17% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 88%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.0:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 59% 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, Park County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Southside Elementary sits in the top 10% of Wyoming schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 46.9%; actual is 61.3%, +14.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Park County put median household earnings sit near $73,035, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Park County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,884 students), Southside Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Parkside Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Southside Elementary comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 56.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Over the past 7-year window. Southside Elementary's enrollment has shrank 9% since 2018, when it stood at 316 (now 287). White enrollment moved from 81% to 75% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 today.

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