Westside Elementary

Westside Elementary, a reasonably sized primary school in Powell, Wyoming, operated by Park County School District # 1, teaches 296 students, covering grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 216 students per school, that is 37% above typical.

Westside Elementary is one of 7 schools operated by Park County School District # 1, a district that serves 1,778 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Westside Elementary reports that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Park County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.6:1 average. Roughly 39% of students at Westside Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Westside Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Wyoming public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 57.6%; Westside Elementary posts 74.0%, +16.4 points above that line.

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

The closest other public school is Parkside Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Westside Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Westside Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 54.9%.

Westside Elementary operates from a town-center location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Westside Elementary has shrank 3%, going from 304 students in 2018 to 296 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

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