Regular local school district · Niobrara County
Niobrara County School District #1, WY: schools, enrollment and spending
Niobrara County School District #1 runs 4 public schools with 935 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.8 students per teacher is about the same as the Wyoming figure of 12.4.
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 935
- Teachers (FTE)
- 73
- Students per teacher
- 12.8
- WY: 12.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 619 West 5th, Lusk, WY 82225
- Phone
- (307)334-3793
- County
- Niobrara County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5604230
- State district ID
- WY-1401000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 123
- School counselors (FTE)
- 5.0About 187 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 2.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.8
Wyoming12.4
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (1,397), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $15.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.2 million
- State revenue
- $8.9 million
- Local revenue
- $4.8 million
- Total spending
- $14.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $10,091
- Salaries
- $7.5 million53.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 8.1%
- State: 59.5%
- Local: 32.3%
Wyoming overall
- Federal: 12.1%
- State: 50.5%
- Local: 37.4%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$10,091
Wyoming$20,151
United States$16,826
Schools in Niobrara County School District #1
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Lance Creek Elementary | Elementary | K to 6 | 6 | 3.0 |
| Lusk Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 292 | 11.7 |
| Lusk Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 250 | 12.5 |
| Niobrara County High School | High | 9 to 12 | 387 | 15.5 |
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.