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Clearmont, Wyoming - 1 schools
At $35,219 per pupil, Sheridan County School District #3 ranks #5 of 48 Wyoming districts by per-pupil spending (Wyoming districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Sheridan County School District #3 operates 1 public schools serving 82 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Wyoming. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined 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 Sheridan County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $35,219 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 5 of 48 Wyoming districts by per-pupil spending. See how Wyoming compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 17.9% local, 75.0% state, and 7.1% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 86:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 44.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 90.7% White, 8.1% Hispanic or Latino, 1.2% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Clearmont K-12 School, enrolling 86 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Clearmont K-12 School accounts for 100.0% of all Sheridan County School District #3 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Sheridan County School District #3 a distant remainder — means Sheridan County School District #3-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Sheridan County School District #3 student-counselor ratio is 86:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Sheridan County School District #3 chronic absenteeism rate is 44.2% — 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 Sheridan County School District #3'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 Sheridan County School District #3?
Sheridan County School District #3 has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 82 students.
How much does Sheridan County School District #3 spend per student?
Sheridan County School District #3 spends $35,219 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Sheridan County School District #3?
Sheridan County School District #3 students are 90.7% White, 8.1% Hispanic or Latino, 1.2% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.