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Lander, Wyoming - 6 schools
An equity score of 66/100 ranks Fremont County School District # 1 #11 of 44 districts in Wyoming (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $19,662 per pupil, Fremont County School District # 1 ranks #26 of 48 Wyoming districts by per-pupil spending (Wyoming districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,727
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$19,662
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Fremont County School District # 1 operates 6 public schools serving 1,727 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Wyoming. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 2 high, 1 middle schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Fremont County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $19,662 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 48 Wyoming districts by per-pupil spending. See how Wyoming compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 19.2% local, 63.7% state, and 17.1% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 66/100, ranked #11 of 44 in Wyoming against a state average of 51, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (6 AP courses district-wide), a 183.4:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 56.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 73.7% White, 7.6% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Pathfinder High School, with a diversity index of 57.0/100.
Its largest campus is Lander Valley High School, enrolling 538 students (34% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Jeffrey City Elementary, at 4 students, a 135x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Lander Valley High School accounts for 31.2% of all Fremont County School District # 1 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Fremont County School District # 1-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Fremont County School District # 1 school enrollment varies 135× across entities
Fremont County School District # 1 school enrollment ranges from 4 students (lowest) to 538 students (highest), a spread of 534 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Fremont County School District # 1 student-counselor ratio is 183:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Fremont County School District # 1 chronic absenteeism rate is 56.4% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Comparisons are relative to Fremont County School District # 1's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Fremont County School District # 1?
Fremont County School District # 1 has 6 schools, including 2 high, 3 elementary, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 1,727 students.
How much does Fremont County School District # 1 spend per student?
Fremont County School District # 1 spends $19,662 per student. The district has an equity score of 66/100, ranking #11 in Wyoming.
What is the demographic composition of Fremont County School District # 1?
Fremont County School District # 1 students are 73.7% White, 7.6% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% Asian, 0.4% African American, averaged across 6 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Fremont County School District # 1?
Fremont County School District # 1 has an equity score of 66/100, ranking #11 out of 44 districts in Wyoming.