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
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
255
+11 (+5%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 12.2:1
% White
84%
was 91%
% Hispanic
3%
was 0%
% Black
0%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Tongue River Elementary
As a reasonably sized elementary school in Ranchester, Wyoming, Tongue River Elementary enrolls 255 students from grades K through 5, overseen by Sheridan County School District #1.
Sheridan County School District #1 comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 1,241 students; Tongue River Elementary is among them.
On the student-mix side, Tongue River Elementary lists that nearly all students (84%) are White. The remainder looks like 7% multiracial, 6% Native American, 3% Hispanic.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Tongue River Elementary has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. The state averages around 10.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 47% of students at Tongue River Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Sheridan County's rate of about 39%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Tongue River Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 53.5%; this one delivers 68.1%, a residual of +14.6 points.
In the broader community, Sheridan County reports that the typical household earns roughly $71,388 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Sheridan County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,781 students), of which Tongue River Elementary is one.
Slack Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Tongue River Elementary at 4th of 4; the average score across the group is 70.7%.
Geographically, the school is in a rural area.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Tongue River Elementary has expanded 5%, going from 244 students in 2018 to 255 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 91% to 84% across the same window.
On allk12, members of the Tongue River Elementary community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.