Sweetwater County School District Number 1

Sweetwater County School District #1 is a public school district based in Rock Springs, Wyoming, United States.

Geography

Sweetwater County School District #1 serves the northeastern portion of Sweetwater County, including the following communities:

• Incorporated places
• City of Rock Springs
• Town of Superior
• Town of Wamsutter though high school students attend Rawlins High School which is much closer.
• Census-designated places (Note: All census-designated places are unincorporated.)
• Arrowhead Springs
• Clearview Acres
• Eden
• Farson
• North Rock Springs
• Point of Rocks
• Purple Sage
• There is an area that was, of the 2000 U.S. census, defined as part of the Purple Sage CDP, but not as such in the 2010 U.S. census and beyond. Part of that area lies in Sweetwater County School District Two.
• Reliance
• Sweeney Ranch (former CDP, partial)
• Table Rock
• Unincorporated places
• Blairtown

Schools

• Grades 9–12
• Rock Springs High School
• Independence High School (Alternative)
• Grades 7–8
• Rock Springs Junior High School
• Grades 5–6
• Pilot Butte Elementary School
• Lincoln Elementary School
• Grades K-4
• Desert View Elementary School
• Northpark Elementary School
• Overland Elementary School
• Sage Elementary School
• Walnut Elementary School
• Westridge Elementary School
• Grades K-8
• Desert School (Wamsutter, WY)
• Middle School (7–8)
• Elementary School (K-6)
• Grades K-12
• Farson-Eden School
• High School (9–12)
• Middle School (6–8)
• Elementary School (K-5)

Student demographics

The following figures are as of October 1, 2008.

• Total District Enrollment: 4,957
• Student enrollment by gender
• Male: 2,579 (52.03%)
• Female: 2,378 (47.97%)
• Student enrollment by ethnicity
• White (not Hispanic): 3,867 (78.01%)
• Hispanic: 898 (18.12%)
• Black (not Hispanic): 84 (1.69%)
• American Indian or Alaskan Native: 57 (1.15%)
• Asian or Pacific Islander: 51 (1.03%)

See also

• List of school districts in Wyoming

References

External links

• Official Facebook page