Trail Elementary

Set in Torrington, Wyoming, Trail Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school, run under Goshen County School District #1. It instructs 239 students across grades 3 through 5.

Trail Elementary is one of 12 schools operated by Goshen County School District #1, a district that serves 1,617 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Trail Elementary reports that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 20% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.6:1, putting Trail Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 47% of students at Trail Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Trail Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.2%, the actual is 45.3%, a residual of -7.9 points.

Across the wider county, Goshen County reports that the typical household earns roughly $58,929 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Trail Elementary is one of 13 public schools in Goshen County (combined enrollment of about 1,617 students).

Lincoln Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Trail Elementary. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Trail Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 51.3%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 13%: 276 students in 2018 compared to 239 in 2025.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.