Regular local school district · Sheridan County
Sheridan County School District #1, WY: schools, enrollment and spending
Sheridan County School District #1 runs 8 public schools with 1,241 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 13.1 students per teacher is 0.7 higher than the Wyoming figure of 12.4.
At a glance
- Schools
- 8
- Students
- 1,241
- Teachers (FTE)
- 95
- Students per teacher
- 13.1
- WY: 12.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1127 Dayton Street, Ranchester, WY 82839
- Phone
- (307)655-9541
- County
- Sheridan County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5605690
- State district ID
- WY-1701000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 198
- School counselors (FTE)
- 5.0About 248 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 6.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.1
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 (1,203), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $19.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.5 million
- State revenue
- $13.6 million
- Local revenue
- $4.8 million
- Total spending
- $19.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $16,108
- Salaries
- $9.8 million50.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 7.6%
- State: 68.2%
- Local: 24.1%
Wyoming overall
- Federal: 12.1%
- State: 50.5%
- Local: 37.4%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$16,108
Wyoming$20,151
United States$16,826
Schools in Sheridan County School District #1
By level: 3 high, 2 middle, 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Big Horn Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 216 | 13.5 |
| Big Horn High School | High | 9 to 12 | 169 | 13.0 |
| Big Horn Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 134 | 12.2 |
| Slack Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 29 | 14.5 |
| The Bridge School | High | 6 to 12 | 10 | 3.3 |
| Tongue River Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 255 | 12.8 |
| Tongue River High School | High | 9 to 12 | 276 | 16.2 |
| Tongue River Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 152 | 12.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Sheridan County
- Sheridan County School District #2 3,454 students
- Sheridan County School District #3 86 students
More in Wyoming
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.