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Only 6 of 48 Districts Have Recovered from COVID
Wyoming reopened its schools faster than almost any state in the country. Yet five years after the pandemic, only 6 of 48 comparable districts have returned to their pre-COVID enrollment levels.
Casper's Enrollment Decline Has Accelerated for Three Straight Years
Natrona County School District #1 lost 443 students in the 2025-26 school year — its largest non-pandemic drop on record, and the third consecutive year of accelerating decline.
Cheyenne's 8-School Closure Plan: The Largest District Hits the Wall
Laramie County School District #1 is planning to close eight elementary schools in phases through 2035 — the most dramatic consolidation in Wyoming's history.
One-Third of Wyoming Districts Hit All-Time Lows in 2026
Seventeen of Wyoming's 51 school districts are at their lowest enrollment in the entire 26-year data record. That is one-third of the state's districts, up from five just a decade ago.
One Student: Glendo High School and Wyoming's Vanishing Rural Schools
Glendo High School in Platte County enrolled one student in the 2025-26 school year.
Wyoming's Worst Year: 2026 Decline Shatters 26-Year Record
Wyoming lost 2,483 students in the 2025-26 school year — the largest single-year decline in the state's 26-year enrollment record.
Wyoming Publishes 2025-26 Enrollment Data
Last year, Wyoming lost 1,069 students. The year before that, 1,343. Both felt like they might be the worst of a post-energy-boom slide that started when enrollment peaked at 94,002 in 2016. The decli...