📍 101 South Division, Cowley, Big Horn County, 82420
Rocky Mountain Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Cowley, Big Horn County. The school has 370 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Big Horn County School District #1 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 25.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.7:1. 57% of students are proficient in reading. 42% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Rocky Mountain Elementary enrolls 370 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 25.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 78% White, 14% Hispanic or Latino and 4.6% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 288 | 78% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 53 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 17 | 4.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 6 | 1.6% |
| Black or African American | 4 | 1.1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
157 of the school's 370 students (42%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 89 qualify for free lunch and 68 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Rocky Mountain Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Remote). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district WY At-Large, state senate district 19, state house district 26.
Rocky Mountain Elementary is one of 6 schools in Big Horn County School District #1, based in Cowley, Wyoming. The district serves 1,251 students district-wide and employs 86 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 370 students, Rocky Mountain Elementary is larger than the district average of about 209 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Remote
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