Willow Creek Elementary

Willow Creek Elementary is a moderately sized K-5 school in Riverton, Wyoming, part of Fremont County School District #25. The school caters to 269 students in grades K through 4. By comparison, Wyoming's public schools average about 216 students each, so Willow Creek Elementary sits 25% above that benchmark.

Fremont County School District #25 runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 2,504 students. Willow Creek Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Willow Creek Elementary lists that 62% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 26% Native American, 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 71% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Willow Creek Elementary has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.6:1, putting Willow Creek Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Fremont County (around 55%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Willow Creek Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.7%, the actual is 58.7%, a residual of +1.0 points.

Around the school, Fremont County reports that median household earnings sit near $64,904, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Willow Creek Elementary is one of 35 public schools in Fremont County (combined enrollment of about 6,606 students).

The closest other public school is Jackson Elementary, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Willow Creek Elementary. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Willow Creek Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 49.1%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Willow Creek Elementary has ticked up 45%, going from 185 students in 2018 to 269 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 10.0:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

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