Elementary · Wyoming
Ralph Witters Elementary
Ralph Witters Elementary, a public elementary school in Thermopolis, Wyoming: grades pre-k–4, 214 students, 11.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Hot Springs County School District #1.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 214
- Teachers (FTE)
- 19.0
- Students per teacher
- 11.3
- Grades
- Pre-K–4
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 61% of elementary schools in Wyoming
Median 10.8 · 186 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 84% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 53% of elementary schools in Wyoming
Median 226 · 186 schools compared
Smaller than 86% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Wyoming's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Wyoming: 57%60%proficient
+2.0 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 62% of elementary schools in Wyoming
Median 56% · 151 elementary schools compared
90 students tested, grades 3, 4 · WY-TOPP; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
Math
Wyoming: 54%66%proficient
+4.6 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 67% of elementary schools in Wyoming
Median 59% · 151 elementary schools compared
90 students tested, grades 3, 4 · WY-TOPP; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–4
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Remote rural area
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Hot Springs County School District #1.
Location
- Address
- 215 Springview, Thermopolis, WY 82443
- Phone
- (307)864-6561
- City or town
- Thermopolis
- County
- Hot Springs County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Big Horn Basin Children's CenterSpecial education | K–8 | 0 | — |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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