Enrollment
255
Elementary
DISTRICT 167 · STATE 216
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHERIDAN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT #1·NCES 560569000314
Tongue River Elementary
1351 Dayton Street, Ranchester, WY 82839 · (307) 655-2206 · Sheridan County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL255 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 87% of Wyoming public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
12.8:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 10.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
119 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 | 62 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 28 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 29% larger than its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
64.5%
WY avg 56.0%
Math
69.3%
WY avg 51.3%
What this means: On the WY-TOPP, Wyoming's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
68.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.5%
based on WY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 54% typical for Wyoming schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Wyoming's top 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 Tongue River Elementary
Tongue River Elementary's state test result (68.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue River Elementary this school | 255 | 46.7% | 68.1% |
| Eastside Elementary Cody | 294 | 49.0% | N/A |
| Sunset Elementary Cody | 290 | 43.8% | 61.5% |
| Ralph Witters Elementary Thermopolis | 214 | 47.7% | 61.8% |
| Crest Hill Elementary Casper | 234 | 46.6% | 60.9% |
| Rozet Elementary Rozet | 225 | 48.4% | 45.9% |
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 Tongue River Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wyoming | In Sheridan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.1% | #25 of 116 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.3% | #32 of 121 | #6 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.5% | #28 of 121 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 255 | #77 of 187 | #6 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #84 of 109 | #4 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.1% | #77 of 109 | #4 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.7% | #75 of 139 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.5% | #16 of 24 | N/A |
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
255
+18 (+8%) vs 2020
+29% since 1990-91, when it was 198
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 255 | 20 | 12.8:1 | 47% (119) |
| 2023-24 | 236 | 18 | 13.1:1 | 45% (107) |
| 2022-23 | 230 | 18 | 12.8:1 | 39% (89) |
| 2020-21 | 237 | 19 | 12.5:1 | 37% (88) |
| 2017-18 | 244 | 20 | 12.2:1 | 34% (84) |
| 2015-16 | 252 | 21 | 12.0:1 | 39% (98) |
| 2010-11 | 215 | N/A | N/A | 41% (88) |
| 2000-01 | 196 | 18 | 10.9:1 | 41% (81) |
| 1990-91 | 198 | 14 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tongue River Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (244 to 255); teachers unchanged (20 to 20).
About Tongue River Elementary
Tongue River Elementary sits in Ranchester, Wyoming, and is classified as an elementary school. The latest federal count shows 255 students in kindergarten through 5.
Sheridan County School District #1 runs 8 schools with a combined 1,241 students. Tongue River Elementary is one of them.
Tongue River Elementary enrolls a student body that is 84% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 7% multiracial, 6% Native American, and 3% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Tongue River Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 28%.
Teacher staffing is 20 full-time equivalents, or about 12.8 students per teacher. The 10.6:1 average for elementary schools in Wyoming is lower than this school's figure. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 47%. Across public schools in Sheridan County, the average is 39%.
The allk12 Grade for Tongue River Elementary is A. Compared with Wyoming public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 87% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Tongue River Elementary is 53.5%. It actually posts 68.1%, which is 14.6 points higher and in the top 10% of Wyoming schools.
County data help place the school in context: in Sheridan County, median household income is about $71,388, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The public schools of Sheridan County number 21 and enroll about 4,781.
The next-closest public school is Slack Elementary, less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, 2 other public schools sit within five miles of Tongue River Elementary. Its average proficiency rate of 68.1% is below the 70.7% average for nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put Tongue River Elementary in rural territory far from an urban area (Rural: Remote).
Tongue River Elementary had 237 students in 2020-21 and 255 in 2024-25, an 8% rise.
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Sheridan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
32,055
Census ACS
Median income
$71,388
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
4,781 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sheridan County School District #1
- Tongue River High SchoolHigh · 276 students
- Big Horn ElementaryElementary · 216 students
- Big Horn High SchoolHigh · 169 students
- Tongue River Middle SchoolMiddle · 152 students
- Big Horn Middle SchoolMiddle · 134 students
- Slack ElementaryElementary · 29 students
Other schools in Ranchester
- Tongue River Middle SchoolMiddle · 152 students
- Slack ElementaryElementary · 29 students
Nearby schools
- Slack Elementary0.0 mi · 29
- Tongue River Middle School0.9 mi · 152
- Tongue River High School6.0 mi · 276
- The Bridge School6.0 mi · 10
- Sheridan High School10.9 mi · 1,001
- Sagebrush Elementary11.0 mi · 330
Frequently asked questions
About Tongue River ElementaryHow large is Tongue River Elementary?
Tongue River Elementary enrolls approximately 255 students in grades KG-05.
Is Tongue River Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Tongue River Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Tongue River Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Tongue River Elementary is approximately 12.8:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Tongue River Elementary?
At Tongue River Elementary, the student body is approximately 84% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Tongue River Elementary in?
Tongue River Elementary is part of Sheridan County School District #1.
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