Story Elementary

Story Elementary is a minimally staffed elementary school in Story, Wyoming, part of Sheridan County School District #2. The school serves 23 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Wyoming's public schools average about 216 students each, so Story Elementary sits 89% smaller than that benchmark.

Sheridan County School District #2 comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 3,454 students; Story Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Story Elementary reports that nearly all students (100%) are White. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 91%.

On the resource side, On paper, Story Elementary has 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 6.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.6:1 average. About 39% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Sheridan County shows median household income runs about $71,388, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Story Elementary is one of 21 public schools in Sheridan County (combined enrollment of about 4,781 students).

Nearest neighbor: Big Horn Elementary, around 9.1 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Story Elementary's enrollment has ticked up 21% since 2018, when it stood at 19 (now 23). Over the same period, the White share expanded from 89% to 100%. Class-load math has fell: from 8.3:1 in 2018 to 6.6:1 in 2025.

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