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Big Piney, Wyoming - 4 schools
An equity score of 64/100 ranks Sublette County School District #9 #12 of 44 districts in Wyoming (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $22,825 per pupil, Sublette County School District #9 ranks #12 of 48 Wyoming districts by per-pupil spending (Wyoming districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
441
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$22,825
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Sublette County School District #9 operates 4 public schools serving 441 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Wyoming. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 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 Sublette County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $22,825 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 48 Wyoming districts by per-pupil spending. See how Wyoming compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 84.3% local, 7.1% state, and 8.6% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 64/100, ranked #12 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 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 462.2:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 42.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 87.0% White, 10.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Big Piney High School, with a diversity index of 34.5/100.
Its largest campus is Big Piney High School, enrolling 150 students (35% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is La Barge Elementary, at 38 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Big Piney High School accounts for 34.0% of all Sublette County School District #9 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Sublette County School District #9-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.
Sublette County School District #9 school enrollment varies 3.9× across entities
Sublette County School District #9 school enrollment ranges from 38 students (lowest) to 150 students (highest), a spread of 112 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Sublette County School District #9 student-counselor ratio is 462:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Sublette County School District #9 chronic absenteeism rate is 42.6% — 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 Sublette County School District #9'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 Sublette County School District #9?
Sublette County School District #9 has 4 schools, including 1 high, 2 elementary, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 441 students.
How much does Sublette County School District #9 spend per student?
Sublette County School District #9 spends $22,825 per student. The district has an equity score of 64/100, ranking #12 in Wyoming.
What is the demographic composition of Sublette County School District #9?
Sublette County School District #9 students are 87.0% White, 10.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% Asian, 0.2% African American, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Sublette County School District #9?
Sublette County School District #9 has an equity score of 64/100, ranking #12 out of 44 districts in Wyoming.