Big Horn County School District Number 1 Explained

Big Horn County School District #1 is a public school district based in Cowley, Wyoming, United States. The superintendent is Ben Smith. The district was consolidated in the 1980s from smaller districts in Burlington, Byron, Cowley, Deaver-Frannie.

Geography

Big Horn County School District #1 serves the northwestern portion of Big Horn County as well as a very small portion of northeastern Park County,^[1] including the following communities:

• Incorporated places
  • Town of Burlington
  • Town of Byron
  • Town of Cowley
  • Town of Deaver
  • Town of Frannie
• Unincorporated places
  • Otto

Schools

High schools

• Grades 9-12
  • Burlington High School
  • Rocky Mountain High School

Middle/Junior High Schools

• Grades 7-8
  • Burlington Junior High School
• Grades 6-8
  • Rocky Mountain Middle School

Elementary schools

• Grades PK-6
  • Burlington Elementary School
• Grades PK-5
  • Rocky Mountain Elementary School

Student demographics

The following figures are as of October 1, 2009.^[2]

• Total District Enrollment: 610
• Student enrollment by gender
  • Male: 320 (52.46%)
  • Female: 290 (47.54%)
• Student enrollment by ethnicity
  • American Indian or Alaska Native: 7 (1.15%)
  • Asian: 1 (0.16%)
  • Black or African American: 3 (0.49%)
  • Hispanic or Latino: 77 (12.62%)
  • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander: 3 (0.49%)
  • Two or More Races: 8 (1.31%)
  • White: 511 (83.77%)

See also

• List of school districts in Wyoming

External links

• Big Horn County School District #1 – official site.

Notes and References

1. Web site: School Districts (Map), State of Wyoming . Wyoming Department of Revenue, Property Tax Division . 2006-03-08 . 2009-12-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061231070220/http://revenue.state.wy.us/PortalVBVS/MAPS_GIS/Stascd06.pdf . December 31, 2006 .
2. Web site: School District Profiles . Wyoming Education Statistics . Wyoming Department of Education . 2010-04-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060926194651/https://wdesecure.k12.wy.us/pls/warehouse/wde.district_profile.menu . September 26, 2006 .