📍 11400 Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, Laramie County, 82009
Prairie Wind Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Cheyenne, Laramie County. The school has 469 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Laramie County School District #1 school district. It serves grades K–6 in a rural setting. The school employs 27.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.3:1. 61% of students are proficient in reading. 51% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Prairie Wind Elementary enrolls 469 students across grades K–6. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 27.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 80% White, 11% Hispanic or Latino and 6.8% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 374 | 80% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 50 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 32 | 6.8% |
| Black or African American | 8 | 1.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
53 of the school's 469 students (11%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 40 qualify for free lunch and 13 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.
Prairie Wind Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district WY At-Large, state senate district 4, state house district 7.
Prairie Wind 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 469 students, Prairie Wind Elementary is larger than the district average of about 353 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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