Valley Elementary

Set in Cody, Wyoming, Valley Elementary is a very small elementary school, operated by Park County School District # 6. It teaches 6 students across grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 97% leaner than the state mean of about 216.

Park County School District # 6 comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 2,008 students; Valley Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Valley Elementary reports that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 17% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 5.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.6:1 average.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Park County put median household earnings sit near $73,035, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Park County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,884 students), Valley Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Wapiti Elementary, roughly 18.4 miles away.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Valley Elementary has shrank 14%, going from 7 students in 2018 to 6 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 100% to 83%.

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