📍 5021 East 13th Street, Cheyenne, Laramie County, 82001
Sunrise Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Cheyenne, Laramie County. The school has 343 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Laramie County School District #1 school district. It serves grades K–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 25.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Sunrise Elementary enrolls 343 students across grades K–6. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 25.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 60% White, 28% Hispanic or Latino and 8.2% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 206 | 60% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 95 | 28% |
| Two or more races | 28 | 8.2% |
| Black or African American | 11 | 3.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
196 of the school's 343 students (57%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 154 qualify for free lunch and 42 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.
Sunrise 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 43.
Sunrise 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 343 students, Sunrise Elementary is close to the district average of about 353 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small