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,^[1] 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 (most)
- Reliance
- Sweeney Ranch (partial)
- Table Rock
Unincorporated places
- Blairtown

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^[2] (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)

The following figures are as of October 1, 2008.^[3]

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%)

↑ "School Districts (Map), State of Wyoming" (PDF). Wyoming Department of Revenue, Property Tax Division. 2006-03-08. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
↑ Upon the completion of 8th grade, Desert School students attend Rawlins High School (part of Carbon County School District #1) by agreement of the respective boards of trustees.
↑ "School District Profiles". Wyoming Education Statistics. Wyoming Department of Education. Retrieved 2009-12-31.

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