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Laramie County School District #1


At a glance
26thof 44 Wyoming districts▲ 6
Better than 40% of Wyoming districts
2810 House Avenue
Cheyenne, WY 82001
·(307) 771-2100·All Wyoming district rankings →
Statewide performance 2018–2026
2026: better than 40.9% of districts
38
Schools
13,367
Students
3
5-star schools
Top rankedPODER Academy Secondary School1st of 81 Wyoming high schools
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Biggest riser
Alta Vista Elementary up 35 spots statewide this year
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Smallest classes
Hebard Elementary 8 students per teacher
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Newly ranked this year
Deming Elementary
SchoolDigger ratings
5★
4★
3★
2★
1★
0★
5 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)
Summary:

Laramie County School District #1 includes 38 schools—28 elementary, five middle and five high schools—serving students from elementary through high school in Cheyenne and surrounding Laramie County. The latest reported proficiency results vary widely even among schools serving the same grade: grade 10 ELA, for example, ranges from 83.3% at one school to 11.1% at another, while fourth-grade science spans 92.2% to 19.1%. The most important finding for families is that school-level results are far from uniform across the district.

PODER Academy is a top elementary performer: its SchoolDigger statewide rank was 3 of 148 in 2025–2026, and its grade 5 ELA was 83.3%, 22 percentage points above Wyoming’s 61.3%; its grade 6 ELA was 90.9%. PODER Academy Secondary School leads the listed grade 7–10 results, including 83.3% in grade 10 ELA versus 54.7% statewide, and SchoolDigger ranked it 1 of 81 high schools. Other subject standouts include Anderson Elementary, with 92.2% in fourth-grade science, and Jessup Elementary, with 81.8% in third-grade ELA. At the lower end, Goins Elementary recorded 8.1% in fifth-grade math, while Johnson Junior High had the lowest listed results in each grade 7–8 test; Triumph High had 11.1% in grade 10 ELA.

Recent results show gains and setbacks rather than a consistent districtwide trend. Central High improved in all five reported grade 9–10 subject results from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026; its grade 10 ELA rose 7.5 points to 66.4%. Across five high schools, average grade 10 ELA rose 3.5 points, but Wyoming’s result rose 4.3 points. SchoolDigger rankings offer another comparison: Alta Vista Elementary advanced from the 18th to the 73rd percentile, while PODER Academy Secondary remained at the 99th percentile. School size or reported income measures do not provide a simple guide to results: PODER Academy Secondary had 38.2% free/reduced-lunch eligibility and a 100% graduation rate, while Johnson’s student–teacher ratio was 10.1 alongside low test results. These figures are school-level observations, not explanations of achievement; results are not available for every school, grade or subject.

Ranking:
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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Wyoming Department of Education.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.

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