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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Summit Elementary School?
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Enrollment
437
Elementary
DISTRICT 298 · STATE 216
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NATRONA COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT #1·NCES 560451000451
Summit Elementary School
2210 Waterford Street, Casper, WY 82609 · (307) 253-3000 · Natrona County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL437 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% of Wyoming public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
16.1:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 10.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
103 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 47%
Community
1
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 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
Test scores
WY-TOPP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
68.1%
WY avg 56.0%
Math
70.4%
WY avg 51.3%
What this means: On the WY-TOPP, Wyoming's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
68.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.3%
based on WY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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%.
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 Summit Elementary School
Summit Elementary School's state test result (68.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Elementary School this school | 437 | 23.6% | 68.1% |
| Pinedale Elementary Pinedale | 424 | 29.0% | 68.8% |
| Mountain View K-8 Mountain View | 454 | 24.9% | 59.8% |
| Pronghorn Elementary Gillette | 334 | 27.5% | 68.8% |
| Verda James Elementary Casper | 448 | 29.7% | 61.7% |
| Highland Park Elementary Sheridan | 321 | 27.4% | 72.8% |
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 Summit Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wyoming | In Natrona County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.1% | #24 of 116 | #1 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.4% | #27 of 121 | #3 of 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.1% | #17 of 121 | #1 of 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 437 | #6 of 187 | #2 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #108 of 109 | #16 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.3% | #90 of 109 | #17 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.6% | #132 of 139 | #18 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.9% | #23 of 24 | #6 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
437
+14 (+3%) vs 2020
+199% since 2010-11, when it was 146
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 437 | 27.1 | 16.1:1 | 24% (103) |
| 2023-24 | 436 | 27.5 | 15.8:1 | 13% (58) |
| 2022-23 | 443 | 27 | 16.4:1 | 12% (55) |
| 2020-21 | 423 | 26 | 16.3:1 | 13% (53) |
| 2017-18 | 433 | 27 | 16.0:1 | 11% (46) |
| 2015-16 | 445 | 27 | 16.5:1 | 22% (96) |
| 2010-11 | 146 | N/A | N/A | 22% (32) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Summit Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (433 to 437); teachers unchanged (27 to 27.1).
About Summit Elementary School
Summit Elementary School sits in Casper, Wyoming, and is classified as an elementary school. It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 437 students. It has 102% more students than the average for elementary schools in Wyoming (about 216).
A total of 27 schools make up Natrona County School District #1, with 12,352 students enrolled.
The share of students at Summit Elementary School who are White is 87%. Other groups make up 9% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Natrona County residents are about 89% White, a similar share. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 24%.
With 27.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 16.1:1. Elementary schools in Wyoming have an average ratio of 10.6:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Summit Elementary School, 24% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 46% average for public schools in Natrona County.
Summit Elementary School 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 66% of Wyoming public elementary schools.
Summit Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 68.1%, compared with a predicted 66.3%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Wyoming schools on BeatsExpectations.
The school's county is Natrona County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $72,156, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 29 public schools in the county, enrolling about 12,650, Summit Elementary School among them.
A public school about 0.5 miles away, Centennial Middle School, is the closest to Summit Elementary School. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Summit Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Summit Elementary School as City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 3%.
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Natrona County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
79,977
Census ACS
Median income
$72,156
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
12,650 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Natrona County School District #1
- Kelly Walsh High SchoolHigh · 2,002 students
- Natrona County High SchoolHigh · 1,703 students
- C Y Middle SchoolMiddle · 766 students
- Centennial Middle SchoolMiddle · 755 students
- Dean Morgan Middle SchoolMiddle · 613 students
- Casper Classical AcademyMiddle · 516 students
Other schools in Casper
- Kelly Walsh High SchoolHigh · 2,002 students
- Natrona County High SchoolHigh · 1,703 students
- C Y Middle SchoolMiddle · 766 students
- Centennial Middle SchoolMiddle · 755 students
- Dean Morgan Middle SchoolMiddle · 613 students
- Casper Classical AcademyMiddle · 516 students
Other Summit Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 11 states are named Summit Elementary. Summit Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 12.
- Summit Elementary SchoolBloomington, IN · 617 students
- Summit Elementary SchoolCincinnati, OH · 512 students
- Summit ElementaryOconomowoc, WI · 504 students
- SUMMIT ELEMENTARYJEROME, ID · 460 students
- Summit Elementary SchoolAshland, KY · 425 students
Nearby schools
- Centennial Middle School0.5 mi · 755
- Manor Heights Elementary0.9 mi · 299
- Kelly Walsh High School0.9 mi · 2,002
- Verda James Elementary1.0 mi · 448
- Woods Learning Center1.2 mi · 170
- Pineview Elementary1.4 mi · 258
Frequently asked questions
About Summit Elementary SchoolHow large is Summit Elementary School?
Summit Elementary School enrolls approximately 437 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Summit Elementary School serve?
Summit Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Summit Elementary School?
Approximately 16.1:1 students per teacher at Summit Elementary School.
How diverse is Summit Elementary School?
Summit Elementary School reports a student body of 87% White, 9% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Summit Elementary School public or private?
Summit Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Natrona County School District #1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.