Sunrise Elementary

Sunrise Elementary is a primary school of reasonably sized scale in Cheyenne, Wyoming, run under Laramie County School District #1, teacheing 315 students in grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 216 students per school, that is 46% bigger than typical.

Laramie County School District #1 comprises 39 schools with combined enrollment of 13,426 students; Sunrise Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Sunrise Elementary shows that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 31% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Sunrise Elementary has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.6:1, putting Sunrise Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Laramie County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Sunrise Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.2%.

In the area at large, Laramie County reports that median household income runs about $80,173, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Laramie County's 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,606 students), Sunrise Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Bain Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Sunrise Elementary comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 45.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 12%: 359 students in 2018 compared to 315 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 70% to 57% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.

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