Table of contents
•	Title page
•	Introduction
•	Acknowledgments
•	National Summary
	State Profiles
	-	Alabama
	-	Alaska
	-	Arizona
	-	Arkansas
	-	California
	-	Colorado
	-	Connecticut
	-	Delaware
	-	District of Columbia
	-	Florida
	-	Georgia
	-	Hawaii
	-	Idaho
	-	Illinois
	-	Indiana
	-	Iowa
	-	Kansas
	-	Kentucky
	-	Louisiana
	-	Maine
	-	Maryland
	-	Massachusetts
	-	Michigan
	-	Minnesota
	-	Mississippi
	-	Missouri
	-	Montana
	-	Nebraska
	-	Nevada
	-	New Hampshire
	-	New Jersey
	-	New Mexico
	-	New York
	-	North Carolina
	-	North Dakota
	-	Ohio
	-	Oklahoma
	-	Oregon
	-	Pennsylvania
	-	Puerto Rico
	-	Rhode Island
	-	South Carolina
	-	South Dakota
	-	Tennessee
	-	Texas
	-	Utah
	-	Vermont
	-	Virginia
	-	Washington
	-	West Virginia
	-	Wisconsin
	-	Wyoming
•	Sources
•	Appendix A
•	Appendix B
•	Appendix C
•	Full report in PDF format (956K)

State Education Indicators With a Focus on Title I

A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n

Wyoming
http://www.k12.wy.us/

School and Teacher Demographics
Student Demographics
Statewide Accountability Information
Title I Schools
Assessment Information
Student Achievement 1998-1999
NAEP State Results
Printable version of this profile (PDF format)

School and Teacher Demographics

Number of districts
(CCD, 1998-99)

Number of public schools in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
226	75	70	11	2

Student/teacher ratio
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High
15:1	14:1	15:1

Number of FTE teachers in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
3,045	1,523	1,876	123	1

Public school enrollment
	1989-90	1998-99
K-8 (CCD)	70,130	63,743
9-12 (CCD)	27,042	31,201
Pre-K (by state definition)	n/a	n/a

Sources of funding
District average
(CCD, 1996-97)

State 47.0%, Local 38.4%, Federal 6.7%, Intermediate 7.8%

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Student Demographics

Race/ethnicity
(CCD, K-12)
	1989-90	1998-99
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	n/a	2.9%
Asian/Pacific Islander	n/a	0.8
Black	n/a	1.0
Hispanic	n/a	6.7
(CDD, K-12) White	n/a	88.6

Students with disabilities
(OSEP, K-12)
1990-91	1998-99
9.4%	12.3%

Limited English proficient
(USED/NCBE, K-12)
1989-90	1996-97
2,272	1,850

Migrant
(OME, K-12)
1993-94	1998-99
483	445

High school dropout rate
(CCD, event)
1993-94	1997-98
6.7%	6.4%

Postsecondary enrollment
(IPEDS, High school grads enrolled in college)
1994-95	1997-98
53%	49%

All schools by percent of students eligible to participate in the Free Lunch Program*
(CCD, 1998-99)

For 0 to 34%, 307 schools; 35 to 49%, 43 schools; 50 to 74%, 15 schools; and 75 to 100%, 9 schools.

*10 schools did not report.

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Statewide Accountability Information

Statewide Goal for Schools on State Assessment
District accreditation: Districts set performance standards

Expected School Improvement on Assessment
None

Indicators for School Accountability
CRT (WyCAS) scores, total and sub groups-LEP, low-inc..,disabled, migrant, mobility

Title I Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for Schools
Annual growth to close gap to 100% proficient in 10 years, total and for each subgroup

Schools Meeting Title I AYP Goal
113(78.5%)

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Title I Schools

Title I enrollment
(USED)
	1998-99
K-8	14,174
9-12	353
Pre-K	n/a

Race/ethnicity
(USED, K-12)
	Schoolwide	Targeted Assistance
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	1,623	76
Asian/Pacific Islander	80	29
Black	188	23
Hispanic	1,032	402
White	5,698	3,342

Title I allocation
(Includes Basic, Concentration, and LEA grants, Capital Expenditures, Even Start, Migrant Education, and Neglected & Delinquent, USED, 1998-99)

$17,369,667

Number of schools with Title I programs
Schoolwide vs. targeted assistance (USED)

In 1996, 15 schools with schoolwide programs and 138 schools with targeted assistance; in 1998, 30 schoolwide, 106 targeted assistance; in 1999, 40 schoolwide, 104 targeted assistance

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Assessment Information

Assessment Reported
Wyoming Comprehensive Assessment

Progress Toward Assessment Aligned with Standards
Performance standards met review criteria of the U.S. Department of Education.

State Definition of "Proficient"
See Appendix A

Definition of Title I Targeted Assistance
All students in Title I Schools at tested grade are included in the assessment results.

Exclusion from Assessment
Schools are not required to include all students.

Other Assessments
None

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Student Achievement 1998-1999

Percentage of students meeting state proficiency levels

Grade 3

Reading/ Language Arts
		Novice	Partially Proficient	Proficient	Advanced
All Students
Title I Schoolwide		23.8%	22.0%	28.0%	26.3%
Title I Targeted		15.0	23.3	35.4	26.4
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students
Migrant students

Mathematics
		Novice	Partially Proficient	Proficient	Advanced
All Students
Title I Schoolwide		17.9%	17.6%	26.5%	37.9%
Title I Targeted		13.2	18.7	34.3	33.7
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students
Migrant students

Grade 7

Reading/Language Arts
		Novice	Partially Proficient	Proficient	Advanced
All Students
Title I Schoolwide		37.8%	44.9%	17.3%	0.0%
Title I Targeted		21.1	28.0	27.1	23.7
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students
Migrant students

Mathematics
		Novice	Partially Proficient	Proficient	Advanced
All Students
Title I Schoolwide		77.6%	13.3%	9.2%	0.0%
Title I Targeted		22.0	24.9	29.4	23.7
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students
Migrant students

Grade

Reading/Language Arts
	Novice	Partially Proficient	Proficient	Advanced
All Students
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted

Mathematics
	Novice	Partially	Proficient	Advanced
All Students
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted

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NAEP State Results
	Grade 4	Grade 8
Reading, 1998:
Proficient level and above	30%	29%
Basic level and above	65%	76%
Math, 2000:
Proficient level and above	25%	25%
Basic level and above	73%	70%