Elementary school (grades K-5) · Horse Creek, WY

Clawson Elementary

Federal NCES profile for Clawson Elementary, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 63/100.

2024-25 NCES dataElementary school (grades K-5)NCES 560198000114
0/100100/10063/100
👥 S:T ratio
64
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
95
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Clawson Elementary earns 63/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 75% of Wyoming schools.

63
Resource Index · Higher
9:1
small classes for Wyoming
9
students enrolled

Clawson Elementary has class sizes smaller than 75% of Wyoming schools. Computed live against every Wyoming school reporting to NCES.

Enrollment

9

Wyoming · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

1.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

9:1

vs 11.4:1 Wyoming avg

-21% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Clawson Elementary compares with Wyoming and U.S. medians

Smaller classes than state median

Source: NCES Common Core of Data As of 2024-25 federal staff survey Total enrollment ÷ full-time-equivalent classroom teachers

What stands out at Clawson Elementary

Clawson Elementary is a small elementary school in Horse Creek, Wyoming, enrolling 9 students.

Class sizes run a bit leaner than typical: 9:1 puts it in the smaller third of Wyoming schools by student-teacher ratio.

This is a small campus: fewer students than 93% of Wyoming schools, with 9 enrolled.

Its Resource Investment Index outscores 95% of the 347 Wyoming schools with a score on record, a top-tier result on this measure.

Its student body is led by White (78%) and Hispanic or Latino (22%) (diversity index 35/100).

Counselor coverage is strong, about 27 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.

The surrounding Laramie County School District #1 spends $17,457 per pupil, 22% below the Wyoming average, a leaner-resourced district than most.

Laramie County School District #1 also operates East High School (1,566 students) and Central High School (1,270 students) alongside Clawson Elementary.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Clawson Elementary compares

Clawson Elementary on the metrics families compare, against Wyoming and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Wyoming Wyoming avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 9:1 ▼ 21% 11.4:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 9 top 93% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

9:1
Leaner classes than 93% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
9
Bigger than 1% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Staffing depth
9:1
students per teacher - 21% below state mean
Top 25% in Wyoming - lower ratio than 75% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Funding equity
$17,457
per pupil, district-wide - below Wyoming avg of $22,313
Somewhat above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors0.3 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

White 77.8%
Hispanic or Latino 22.2%

Largest group: White at 77.8% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 34.5/100

Simpson diversity index - at 34.5, Clawson Elementary is about as mixed as the Wyoming school average of 33.2.

Programs

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Laramie County School District #1, which includes Clawson Elementary.

$17,457
Per student
-22%
vs Wyoming
Avg $22,313
+5%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 26.1%
State 59.3%
Federal 14.6%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

How Clawson Elementary Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
East High School Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
Central High School Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
South High School Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
Carey Junior High School Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
Mccormick Junior High School Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio

Comparisons are relative to Clawson Elementary's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Laramie County School District #1 · 5 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar elementary schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Wyoming, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Clawson Elementary's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Clawson Elementary

How many students attend Clawson Elementary?

Clawson Elementary has 9 students enrolled. It is an elementary school in Horse Creek, WY.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Clawson Elementary?

The student-teacher ratio at Clawson Elementary is 9:1, which is 21% lower than the Wyoming average of 11.4:1 and 43% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Clawson Elementary?

The largest demographic group at Clawson Elementary is White at 77.8% of enrollment, in Horse Creek, WY.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Clawson Elementary?

Clawson Elementary has a Resource Investment Index of 63/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

Is Clawson Elementary a good school?

Clawson Elementary earns 63/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 75% of Wyoming schools. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Laramie County School District #1?

Besides Clawson Elementary, Laramie County School District #1 also operates East High School (1,566 students), Central High School (1,270 students), and South High School (1,112 students). See the Laramie County School District #1 district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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