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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PARK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT # 6·NCES 560207000521

Sunset Elementary

3101 East Sheridan Avenue, Cody, WY 82414 · (307) 587-4279 · Park County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL290 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% of Wyoming public elementary schools
  • BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • BBeats 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

Enrollment
290
Elementary
DISTRICT 179 · STATE 216
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.9:1 · STATE 10.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
127 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten5419%
Grade 14415%
Grade 24014%
Grade 34817%
Grade 45017%
Grade 55419%

This year's kindergarten class (54) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (54).

Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 41% · US 70%
White
25287%
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 75% · US 43%
Hispanic
228%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 16% · US 30%
Black
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 15%
Asian
21%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 1% · US 6%
Two+
114%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
21%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 3% · US 1%
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
Male
14149%
Female
14951%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Sunset Elementary→Cody Middle School
Based on grade levels within Park County School District # 6. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

WY-TOPP 2024-25 . % Proficient + Advanced
English Language Arts
62.4%
WY avg 56.0%
Math
64.7%
WY avg 51.3%

What this means: On the WY-TOPP, Wyoming's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
61.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.1%
based on WY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.3pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Sunset Elementary

Sunset Elementary's state test result (61.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Sunset Elementary this school29043.8%61.5%
Glenn Livingston Elementary
Cody
28641.3%74.6%
Conestoga Elementary
Gillette
34841.1%50.9%
Tongue River Elementary
Ranchester
25546.7%68.1%
Southridge Elementary
Casper
32245.0%67.5%
Eastside Elementary
Cody
29449.0%N/A
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 Sunset Elementary ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn WyomingIn Park County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
61.5%#47 of 116N/A
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
64.7%#45 of 121N/A
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
62.4%#37 of 121N/A
Enrollment
ranked largest first
290#61 of 187#3 of 9
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
10.1:1#17 of 109#2 of 6
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
23.8%#91 of 109#5 of 6
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
43.8%#83 of 139#4 of 6
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-7.1%#73 of 89#3 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 2024-25
Enrollment
290
-5 (-2%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 413
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 10.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2529028.610.1:144% (127)
2023-2429927.910.7:134% (102)
2022-2331128.610.9:128% (87)
2020-212952910.2:124% (70)
2017-1831228.610.9:132% (100)
2015-163172711.7:132% (100)
2010-11305N/AN/A40% (123)
2000-012942014.7:163% (184)
1990-914132119.7:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunset Elementary.

Since 2017-18: students down 7% (312 to 290); teachers unchanged (28.6 to 28.6).

About Sunset Elementary

Sunset Elementary runs as a medium-sized elementary school in Cody, Wyoming. The school's enrollment of 290 students covers kindergarten through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Wyoming average about 216 students each.

Sunset Elementary is in Park County School District # 6, a district with 2,008 students across 8 schools.

Sunset Elementary enrolls a student body that is 87% White. After that, the student body is 8% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. For comparison, Park County is about 88% White. Sunset Elementary has a diversity index of 24%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.

The school reported 28.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 10.1:1. Elementary schools in Wyoming have a similar average ratio of 10.6:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 44%. Across public schools in Park County, the average is about the same, 43%.

Sunset Elementary is graded B by allk12, scoring above 62% of Wyoming public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.

Compared with Wyoming schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Sunset Elementary's results are 6.3 points above predicted: 61.5% against 55.1%.

Federal survey data for Park County show that median household income is about $73,035, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sunset Elementary is among the 17 public schools in Park County.

The closest public school to Sunset Elementary is Cody Middle School, about 0.4 miles away. Within five miles of Sunset Elementary, there are 5 other public schools. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Sunset Elementary ranks 5th on average proficiency.

Sunset Elementary is in a town far from an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Remote.

Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 295 to 290.

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Park County at a glance

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Population
30,449
Census ACS
Median income
$73,035
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
3,884 students

Quick facts

School name
Sunset Elementary
District
Park County School District # 6
Address
3101 East Sheridan Avenue, Cody, WY 82414
Phone
(307) 587-4279
County
Park County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–05
Total enrollment
290
Teachers (FTE)
29
Student–teacher ratio
10.1:1
Free and reduced lunch
127 (44%)
Locale
33-Town: Remote
NCES ID
560207000521
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

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Other Sunset Elementary schools

23 other US public schools in 13 states are named Sunset Elementary. Sunset Elementary is the 19th largest of the 24.

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Frequently asked questions

About Sunset Elementary
How many students attend Sunset Elementary?
Sunset Elementary enrolls approximately 290 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Sunset Elementary serve?
Sunset Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Sunset Elementary?
Approximately 10.1:1 students per teacher at Sunset Elementary.
How diverse is Sunset Elementary?
Sunset Elementary reports a student body of 87% White, 8% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Sunset Elementary public or private?
Sunset Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Park County School District # 6.
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