Verda James Elementary

Verda James Elementary is an expansive elementary campus in Casper, Wyoming, part of Natrona County School District #1. The school caters to 448 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 107% bigger than the typical public school in Wyoming, which averages around 216 students.

Across the 27 schools in Natrona County School District #1 (12,352 students total), Verda James Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Verda James Elementary shows that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.7:1. The state averages around 10.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 30% of students at Verda James Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Natrona County runs at roughly 46%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Verda James Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.9%, the actual is 61.7%, a residual of -1.2 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Natrona County put the typical household earns roughly $72,156 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Natrona County's 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,650 students), Verda James Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Woods Learning Center, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Verda James Elementary at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 51.5%.

Verda James Elementary operates from a downtown location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 5%: 426 students in 2018 compared to 448 in 2025.

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