Wyoming Indian Elementary

Wyoming Indian Elementary, a reasonably sized K-5 school in Ethete, Wyoming, run under Fremont County School District #14, enrolls 250 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Wyoming Indian Elementary is one of 3 schools operated by Fremont County School District #14, a district that educates 573 students overall.

On demographics, Wyoming Indian Elementary reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Native American (96%). The remainder breaks down as 2% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Wyoming Indian Elementary has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.6:1 average. Roughly 77% of students at Wyoming Indian Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Fremont County (around 55%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Wyoming Indian Elementary is in the bottom 10% of Wyoming public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 36.6%; Wyoming Indian Elementary posts 8.8%, -27.7 points below that line.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Fremont County put median household earnings sit near $64,904, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Wyoming Indian Elementary is one of 35 public schools in Fremont County (combined enrollment of about 6,606 students).

Nearest neighbor: Wyoming Indian High School, around 2.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Wyoming Indian Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Wyoming Indian Elementary ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 30.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Wyoming Indian Elementary's enrollment has contracted 25% since 2018, when it stood at 333 (now 250). Class-load math has tightened: from 10.9:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.