📍 1514 East 16th Street, Cheyenne, Laramie County, 82001
Alta Vista Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Cheyenne, Laramie County. The school has 228 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Laramie County School District #1 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 9.3:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 37% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Alta Vista Elementary enrolls 228 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 9.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 58% White, 30% Hispanic or Latino and 7.9% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 132 | 58% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 69 | 30% |
| Two or more races | 18 | 7.9% |
| Black or African American | 3 | 1.3% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | 1.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
155 of the school's 228 students (68%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 107 qualify for free lunch and 48 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.
Alta Vista Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). 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 7, state house district 11.
Alta Vista Elementary is one of 38 schools in Laramie County School District #1, based in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The district serves 13,426 students district-wide and employs 1,017 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 228 students, Alta Vista Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 353 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small
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