West Side Elementary

West Side Elementary is a modestly sized elementary campus in Worland, Wyoming, part of Washakie County School District #1. The school works with 158 students in grades 4 through 5. That puts it 27% below the typical public school in Wyoming, which averages around 216 students.

Across the 6 schools in Washakie County School District #1 (1,092 students total), West Side Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, West Side Elementary logs that 75% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 20% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, West Side Elementary records 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 42% of students at West Side Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, West Side Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.2%, the actual is 63.5%, a residual of +7.2 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Washakie County) records that median household earnings sit near $65,714, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Washakie County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,196 students), of which West Side Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: South Side Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts West Side Elementary at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 61.8%.

West Side Elementary operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 19%: 195 students in 2018 compared to 158 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked down from 27% to 20% over that span.

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