About Platte County School District #1
Platte County School District #1 is a public school system serving Platte County, Wyoming, based in Wheatland. It serves 882 students across 7 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a rural: remote district. By enrollment it is the #26 largest of Wyoming’s 51 school systems.
Size and structure
Platte County School District #1 enrolls 882 students in 7 schools — an average of about 126 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #26 of 51 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Platte County School District #1, from the NCES Common Core of Data (882 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Platte County School District #1 employs about 77 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 11.4:1 — below the Wyoming average of about 12.2:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 187.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Wyoming funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Platte County School District #1 are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Wyoming rates schools under the Wyoming Accountability in Education Act (WAEA), assigning each a level from Exceeding to Not Meeting Expectations across growth, achievement, equity, English-language proficiency and (for high schools) readiness and graduation. Look up Platte County School District #1 in the Wyoming School Performance Reports.
Accreditation status
Wyoming accredits its public districts itself: the State Board of Education accredits every district annually under W.S. 21-2-304, with the Department of Education running the Chapter 6 process (a five-year on-site peer review, which may use the state team or an approved provider such as Cognia). See the Wyoming accreditation pages.
Platte County School District #1 vs. Wyoming
See every Wyoming district side by side in the Wyoming directory.
Look up Platte County School District #1’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):