Enrollment
135
Elementary
DISTRICT 71 · STATE 216
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FREMONT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT # 6·NCES 560283000160
Wind River Elementary
223 North Cherry Street, Pavillion, WY 82523 · (307) 856-7970 · Fremont County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL135 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of Wyoming public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wyoming public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
7.4:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 5.4:1 · STATE 10.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
96 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 47%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 17 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 26 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 25 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 21 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 19 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 27 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (17) is 37% smaller than its 5th grade class (27).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 41% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Wind River Elementary→Wind River Middle School
Based on grade levels within Fremont County School District # 6. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
WY-TOPP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
57.3%
WY avg 56.0%
Math
66.1%
WY avg 51.3%
What this means: On the WY-TOPP, Wyoming's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wyoming schools, those numbers are about 56 and 51.
Source: WY-TOPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
58.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.9%
based on WY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 40% typical for Wyoming schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Wyoming's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Wind River Elementary
Wind River Elementary's state test result (58.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wind River Elementary this school | 135 | 71.1% | 58.7% |
| Rawhide Elementary Gillette | 107 | 67.3% | 47.8% |
| Douglas Primary School Douglas | 210 | 61.0% | N/A |
| Parkside Elementary Powell | 202 | 63.9% | 63.4% |
| Henry A. Coffeen Elementary Sheridan | 325 | 64.0% | 77.4% |
| Greybull Elementary Greybull | 207 | 63.3% | 52.1% |
Matched among Wyoming elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Wind River Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wyoming | In Fremont County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #59 of 116 | #3 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.1% | #39 of 121 | #1 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.3% | #54 of 121 | #2 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 135 | #135 of 187 | #12 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.1% | #8 of 139 | #4 of 11 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
135
-24 (-15%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 173
Student : Teacher
7.4:1
was 8.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 135 | 18.3 | 7.4:1 | 71% (96) |
| 2023-24 | 154 | 18.3 | 8.4:1 | 58% (89) |
| 2022-23 | 154 | 18.3 | 8.4:1 | 40% (62) |
| 2020-21 | 159 | 20 | 8.0:1 | 47% (75) |
| 2017-18 | 172 | 17.2 | 10.0:1 | 52% (90) |
| 2015-16 | 161 | 19 | 8.5:1 | 52% (83) |
| 2010-11 | 163 | N/A | N/A | 38% (62) |
| 2000-01 | 133 | 14 | 9.5:1 | 94% (125) |
| 1990-91 | 173 | 21 | 8.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wind River Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (172 to 135); teachers up 6% (17.2 to 18.3).
About Wind River Elementary
Wind River Elementary, located in Pavillion, Wyoming, is a low-enrollment elementary school. The school reports 135 students in pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 38% smaller than the 216 average for elementary schools in Wyoming.
The 5 schools in Fremont County School District # 6 enroll 342 students altogether, Wind River Elementary among them.
At 71%, White students outnumber all other groups at Wind River Elementary combined. Other students are 12% Native American, 10% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. The county population is about 71% White, within a few points of the school. The chance that two students picked at random at Wind River Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 47%.
The school employs the equivalent of 18.3 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 7.4:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Wyoming is 10.6:1, higher than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Wind River Elementary is 71%. For comparison, public schools in Fremont County average 55%.
allk12 grades Wind River Elementary a B+. The grade compares the school only with Wyoming public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Wind River Elementary ranks in the top 10% in Wyoming. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 58.7%, against a prediction of 39.9%.
Federal survey data for Fremont County show that median household income is about $64,904, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 27% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. A total of 35 public schools operate in Fremont County, serving about 6,606 students.
The nearest public school is Wind River Learning Academy, at less than a tenth of a mile. There are 3 other public schools within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Wind River Elementary ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Remote: in rural territory far from an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 159 to 135.
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Fremont County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
39,533
Census ACS
Median income
$64,904
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
35
6,606 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fremont County School District # 6
- Wind River High SchoolHigh · 117 students
- Wind River Middle SchoolMiddle · 75 students
- Wind River Learning AcademyHigh · 8 students
- Crowheart ElementaryElementary · 7 students
Other schools in Pavillion
- Wind River High SchoolHigh · 117 students
- Wind River Middle SchoolMiddle · 75 students
- Wind River Learning AcademyHigh · 8 students
Nearby schools
- Wind River Learning Academy0.0 mi · 8
- Wind River Middle School0.1 mi · 75
- Wind River High School0.1 mi · 117
- Wyoming Indian Middle School15.8 mi · 143
- Wyoming Indian High School16.6 mi · 180
- Wyoming Indian Elementary18.7 mi · 250
Frequently asked questions
About Wind River ElementaryHow many students attend Wind River Elementary?
Wind River Elementary enrolls approximately 135 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Wind River Elementary serve?
Wind River Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Wind River Elementary?
Approximately 7.4:1 students per teacher at Wind River Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Wind River Elementary?
Student demographics at Wind River Elementary are roughly 71% White, 6% Hispanic, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Wind River Elementary?
Wind River Elementary is overseen by Fremont County School District # 6 in Fremont County.
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