Truman Elementary

Truman Elementary is one of the mid-tier elementary-level communitys in Green River, Wyoming, part of Sweetwater County School District #2, with 263 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 22% bigger than the state mean of about 216.

Within Sweetwater County School District #2, which oversees 9 schools and 2,286 students, Truman Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Truman Elementary records that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder breaks down as 14% Hispanic. Compared to Sweetwater County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Truman Elementary has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 49% of students at Truman Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Truman Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.0%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Sweetwater County put the typical household earns roughly $75,034 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Sweetwater County runs 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,075 students), of which Truman Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Lincoln Middle School, around 0.4 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Truman Elementary comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 56.0%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Truman Elementary's enrollment has declined 15% since 2018, when it stood at 310 (now 263). White enrollment moved from 86% to 82% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 today.

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