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Laramie County · Wyoming

Cheyenne, WY public schools

Enrollment, school count, staffing and per-pupil spending for Laramie County School District #1 — federal education data, not a star rating.

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Quick answer

Laramie County School District #1 is the primary public district for Cheyenne, WY. It enrolls 13,821 students in 38 schools with 1,017 full-time-equivalent teachers, and spends $19,189 per pupil, 11% above the $17,320 median across the metros covered here.

Students enrolled
13,821NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22
Schools in the district
38Operating school count
Students per teacher
13.6Enrollment ÷ FTE teachers, not class size
Spending per pupil
$19,189Total current expenditure, FY2020

Who pays for schools in Cheyenne

Where the district's money comes from, FY2020.

Local revenue
24.9%
$70,324,000
State revenue
61.3%
$173,229,000
Federal revenue
13.8%
$38,914,000

Local revenue is mostly property tax, which is why the Cheyenne property tax rate and school funding move together. Of every dollar spent, about 55 cents reaches instruction — teacher salaries, benefits and classroom materials — with the rest covering transport, buildings, food service and administration.

Reading the Cheyenne numbers

What the 2021-22 NCES and FY2020 Census finance numbers say about this district.

Spending of $19,189 per pupil sits close to the $17,320 metro median — within 11 percent of it, so budget is not what sets this district apart. Instruction takes 55 cents of each dollar — $10,560 per student — with the remainder on transport, buildings, food service and administration.

The state carries this district: 61.3% of revenue arrives from WY state aid and only 24.9% is raised locally. Budget swings here follow state formula changes, not local property values. Federal aid contributes 13.8%, near the typical share for a large urban district.

13,821 students across 38 schools averages 364 students per building, and the district is smaller than the typical district covered here (44,998 students). That is a small-building district; neighbourhood elementary schools dominate the count. The 13.6:1 student-to-teacher ratio is ordinary for this set of districts (median 15.2:1). It counts all FTE teachers district-wide, so actual class sizes run higher.

What this data covers

Read this before comparing districts.

Laramie County School District #1 is a county-scale district, so its catchment reaches well past the Cheyenne city limits and these figures describe that wider area. Independently authorised charter schools, private schools and regional vocational programs are counted separately by NCES and are not in these totals. Enrollment is the 2021-22 NCES collection; dollars are the FY2020 Census F-33 survey, the latest complete national release. The two years differ, so per-pupil spending is a stable indicator rather than a live budget line.

Other Cheyenne datasets on this site.

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data + Census F-33, via Urban Institute Education Data · rates as published for 2021-22 / FY2020

NCES LEAID 5601980. Finance figures are Census Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33) totals as redistributed by the Urban Institute Education Data API.