Enrollment
315
Elementary
DISTRICT 223 · STATE 216
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LARAMIE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT #1·NCES 560198000396
Sunrise Elementary
5021 East 13th Street, Cheyenne, WY 82001 · (307) 771-2280 · Laramie County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL315 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 28% of Wyoming public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
11.7:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 10.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
225 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 48 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 15% smaller than its 6th grade class (48).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
48.2%
WY avg 56.0%
Math
40.8%
WY avg 51.3%
What this means: On the WY-TOPP, Wyoming's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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
43.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.8%
based on WY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Sunrise Elementary
Sunrise Elementary's state test result (43.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunrise Elementary this school | 315 | 71.4% | 43.2% |
| Baggs Elementary Cheyenne | 336 | 64.6% | 44.4% |
| Bain Elementary Cheyenne | 221 | 71.5% | 37.3% |
| Rossman Elementary Cheyenne | 305 | 67.5% | 25.6% |
| Afflerbach Elementary Cheyenne | 352 | 68.2% | 28.9% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Casper | 433 | 71.4% | 45.0% |
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 Sunrise Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wyoming | In Laramie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #99 of 116 | #14 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #104 of 121 | #14 of 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.2% | #89 of 121 | #14 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 315 | #46 of 187 | #7 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #62 of 109 | #8 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.6% | #9 of 109 | #6 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.4% | #6 of 139 | #2 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.3% | #52 of 89 | #12 of 18 |
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
315
-27 (-8%) vs 2020
-11% since 2010-11, when it was 355
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 315 | 27 | 11.7:1 | 71% (225) |
| 2023-24 | 321 | 28.1 | 11.4:1 | 39% (126) |
| 2022-23 | 343 | 25.6 | 13.4:1 | 57% (196) |
| 2020-21 | 342 | 29 | 11.8:1 | 56% (193) |
| 2017-18 | 359 | 27.2 | 13.2:1 | 50% (178) |
| 2015-16 | 372 | 27 | 13.8:1 | 49% (183) |
| 2010-11 | 355 | N/A | N/A | 39% (139) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunrise Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (359 to 315); teachers down 1% (27.2 to 27).
About Sunrise Elementary
Sunrise Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Cheyenne, Wyoming, one of the schools in Laramie County School District #1. Federal data show 315 students enrolled in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 216 students for elementary schools in Wyoming.
The 39 schools in Laramie County School District #1 enroll 13,426 students altogether, Sunrise Elementary among them.
About 57% of the student body at Sunrise Elementary is White. The remaining students are 31% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 4% Black. Among people living in Laramie County, the White share is about 80%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 57, compared with 70 nationally.
Based on 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, Sunrise Elementary has a ratio of 11.7:1. Across elementary schools in Wyoming, the average ratio is 10.6:1. Income data for the school show 71% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Laramie County, the average eligibility rate is 44%.
Among Wyoming public elementary schools, Sunrise Elementary outscored 28%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at Sunrise Elementary are 3.4 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (43.2% actual, 39.8% predicted).
For the population of Laramie County, the median household earns about $80,173 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 33% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Sunrise Elementary shares Laramie County with 48 other public schools.
Sunrise Elementary is about 0.6 miles from Bain Elementary, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Sunrise Elementary ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Small.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 8%, from 342 to 315.
People can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Laramie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
101,060
Census ACS
Median income
$80,173
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
14,606 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Laramie County School District #1
- East High SchoolHigh · 1,566 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,270 students
- South High SchoolHigh · 1,112 students
- Carey Junior High SchoolMiddle · 800 students
- McCormick Junior High SchoolMiddle · 622 students
- Johnson Junior High SchoolMiddle · 574 students
Other schools in Cheyenne
- East High SchoolHigh · 1,566 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,270 students
- South High SchoolHigh · 1,112 students
- Carey Junior High SchoolMiddle · 800 students
- McCormick Junior High SchoolMiddle · 622 students
- Johnson Junior High SchoolMiddle · 574 students
Other Sunrise Elementary schools
29 other US public schools in 15 states are named Sunrise Elementary. Sunrise Elementary is the 28th largest of the 30.
- SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLOCALA, FL · 1,402 students
- Sunrise ElementaryRancho Cordova, CA · 1,235 students
- Sunrise ElementaryBLAINE, MN · 1,015 students
- SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPALM BAY, FL · 907 students
- SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLKISSIMMEE, FL · 906 students
Nearby schools
- Bain Elementary0.6 mi · 221
- Baggs Elementary1.0 mi · 336
- Lebhart Elementary1.3 mi · 105
- Dildine Elementary1.3 mi · 298
- Carey Junior High School1.4 mi · 800
- Saddle Ridge Elementary1.5 mi · 333
Frequently asked questions
About Sunrise ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Sunrise Elementary?
Sunrise Elementary enrolls approximately 315 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Sunrise Elementary serve?
Sunrise Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Sunrise Elementary have?
Sunrise Elementary employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Sunrise Elementary?
Student demographics at Sunrise Elementary are roughly 57% White, 31% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Sunrise Elementary?
Sunrise Elementary is overseen by Laramie County School District #1 in Laramie County.
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