Enrollment
311
Elementary
DISTRICT 262 · STATE 216
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAMPBELL COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT #1·NCES 560147000436
Sunflower Elementary
2500 South Dogwood Avenue, Gillette, WY 82718 · (307) 686-0631 · Campbell County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL311 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 10.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
182 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 58 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 36 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 61% larger than its 6th grade class (36).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
53.0%
WY avg 56.0%
Math
58.0%
WY avg 51.3%
What this means: On the WY-TOPP, Wyoming's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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
54.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.9%
based on WY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Sunflower Elementary
Sunflower Elementary's state test result (54.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunflower Elementary this school | 311 | 58.5% | 54.0% |
| Lakeview Elementary Gillette | 378 | 58.5% | 41.5% |
| Lovell Elementary Lovell | 309 | 55.3% | 51.4% |
| Manor Heights Elementary Casper | 299 | 59.2% | 53.8% |
| Sagebrush Elementary Sheridan | 330 | 57.6% | 70.3% |
| Henry A. Coffeen Elementary Sheridan | 325 | 64.0% | 77.4% |
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 Sunflower Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wyoming | In Campbell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #72 of 116 | #5 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #65 of 121 | #4 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #75 of 121 | #5 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 311 | #47 of 187 | #8 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #79 of 109 | #9 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.4% | #86 of 109 | #9 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.5% | #32 of 139 | #4 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.2% | #34 of 89 | #6 of 12 |
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
311
-5 (-2%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 528
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 311 | 24.6 | 12.6:1 | 59% (182) |
| 2023-24 | 311 | 23.6 | 13.2:1 | 48% (148) |
| 2022-23 | 294 | 24.1 | 12.2:1 | 43% (125) |
| 2020-21 | 316 | 25 | 12.6:1 | 43% (137) |
| 2017-18 | 371 | 26.7 | 13.9:1 | 47% (176) |
| 2015-16 | 434 | 31 | 14.0:1 | 39% (169) |
| 2010-11 | 445 | N/A | N/A | 40% (180) |
| 2000-01 | 404 | 26 | 15.5:1 | 61% (247) |
| 1990-91 | 528 | 31 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunflower Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (371 to 311); teachers down 8% (26.7 to 24.6).
About Sunflower Elementary
Sunflower Elementary is one of the public schools in Gillette, Wyoming. It is a mid-sized elementary school. The school counted 311 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 6. The school is 44% larger than the average for elementary schools in Wyoming.
Campbell County School District #1 counts 8,459 students in its 23 schools, and Sunflower Elementary is one of them.
The share of White students at Sunflower Elementary is 86%. Enrollment also includes 9% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. In Campbell County overall, the White share is about 86%. The diversity index for Sunflower Elementary is 25%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school's 24.6 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Wyoming average 10.6:1. Income data for the school show 59% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Campbell County report 42%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Sunflower Elementary falls in the middle 80% of Wyoming schools: 54.0% actual against 46.9% predicted.
In the surrounding county, Campbell County, median household income comes to about $89,869, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The county's public schools total 25, with about 8,459 students.
Sunflower Elementary is about 0.5 miles from Westwood High School, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Sunflower Elementary is behind the 54.6% nearby average, ranking 4th of 8.
The federal government classifies Sunflower Elementary's location as Town: Remote.
Enrollment went from 316 in 2020-21 to 311 in 2024-25, a change of 5 students.
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Campbell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
47,240
Census ACS
Median income
$89,869
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
8,459 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Campbell County School District #1
- Campbell County High SchoolHigh · 1,212 students
- Thunder Basin High SchoolHigh · 1,206 students
- Twin Spruce Junior High SchoolMiddle · 667 students
- Sage Valley Junior High SchoolMiddle · 589 students
- Stocktrail ElementaryElementary · 554 students
- Buffalo Ridge ElementaryElementary · 413 students
Other schools in Gillette
- Campbell County High SchoolHigh · 1,212 students
- Thunder Basin High SchoolHigh · 1,206 students
- Twin Spruce Junior High SchoolMiddle · 667 students
- Sage Valley Junior High SchoolMiddle · 589 students
- Stocktrail ElementaryElementary · 554 students
- Buffalo Ridge ElementaryElementary · 413 students
Other Sunflower Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 3 states are named Sunflower Elementary. Sunflower Elementary is the 8th largest of the 9.
- Sunflower Elementary SchoolLiberal, KS · 570 students
- Sunflower ElementaryLawrence, KS · 444 students
- Sunflower ElementaryEl Centro, CA · 427 students
- Sunflower ElemLenexa, KS · 390 students
- Sunflower ElemPaola, KS · 373 students
Nearby schools
- Westwood High School0.5 mi · 150
- Sage Valley Junior High School0.6 mi · 589
- Paintbrush Elementary0.7 mi · 266
- Thunder Basin High School0.9 mi · 1,206
- Twin Spruce Junior High School1.1 mi · 667
- Campbell County High School1.1 mi · 1,212
Frequently asked questions
About Sunflower ElementaryHow large is Sunflower Elementary?
Sunflower Elementary enrolls approximately 311 students in grades KG-06.
Is Sunflower Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sunflower Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Sunflower Elementary?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at Sunflower Elementary.
How diverse is Sunflower Elementary?
Sunflower Elementary reports a student body of 86% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Sunflower Elementary in?
Sunflower Elementary is part of Campbell County School District #1.
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