Thayne Elementary

Thayne Elementary is a sizable elementary school in Thayne, Wyoming, part of Lincoln County School District #2. The school caters to 344 students in grades K through 3. That puts it 59% bigger than the typical public school in Wyoming, which averages around 216 students.

Within Lincoln County School District #2, which oversees 9 schools and 2,924 students, Thayne Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Thayne Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%). Beyond that, the school reports 13% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 92% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Thayne Elementary lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. The state averages around 10.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 34% of students at Thayne Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Thayne Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.7%; this one delivers 74.2%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Lincoln County put median household income runs about $89,330, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Lincoln County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,599 students), Thayne Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Etna Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 7.5 miles from this campus. On composite proficiency, Thayne Elementary comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 65.0%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Thayne Elementary's enrollment has declined 7% since 2018, when it stood at 371 (now 344). White enrollment moved from 96% to 83% across the same window.

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