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Stagecoach Elementary
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 113 | 29% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 24% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 107 | 27% |
Test scores
WY-TOPP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedWhat this means: On the WY-TOPP, Wyoming's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wyoming schools, those numbers are about 56 and 51.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for Wyoming schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wyoming's top nor bottom 10%.
Where Stagecoach Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wyoming | In Sweetwater County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.6% | #35 of 116 | #2 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.3% | #33 of 121 | #3 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.9% | #39 of 121 | #2 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 394 | #15 of 187 | #1 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #83 of 109 | #6 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.4% | #23 of 109 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.5% | #50 of 139 | #3 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +31.3% | #4 of 24 | N/A |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 394 | 30.9 | 12.7:1 | 51% (199) |
| 2023-24 | 395 | 35.7 | 11.1:1 | 46% (181) |
| 2022-23 | 433 | 35.2 | 12.3:1 | 45% (197) |
| 2020-21 | 262 | 28 | 9.4:1 | 33% (86) |
| 2017-18 | 300 | 27.3 | 11.0:1 | 40% (120) |
| 2015-16 | 357 | 32 | 11.2:1 | 43% (154) |
About Stagecoach Elementary
Stagecoach Elementary is a large elementary school based in Rock Springs, Wyoming. The school counts 394 students across kindergarten through 3. The school's enrollment is 82% above the 216 average for elementary schools in Wyoming.
District-wide, Sweetwater County School District #1 has 15 schools and 4,789 students.
Stagecoach Elementary's enrollment is 67% White. Other groups include 28% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Sweetwater County residents are about 81% White. By the diversity index, Stagecoach Elementary comes in at 47%.
Stagecoach Elementary's 30.9 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 12.7:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Wyoming average 10.6:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 51%.
Stagecoach Elementary is 13.2 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (64.6% versus 51.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Wyoming.
Stagecoach Elementary is located in Sweetwater County, where median household income is about $75,034, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 26 public schools in Sweetwater County, with a combined enrollment of about 7,075.
The shortest distance from Stagecoach Elementary to another public school is about 0.4 miles, to Pilot Butte Elementary. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Stagecoach Elementary ranks 1st in a group of 7 nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Remote.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, reported enrollment went from 262 to 394. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served. The ratio was 9.4:1 in 2020-21 and 12.7:1 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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