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. March 8, 2006. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
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. Archived from the original on September 26, 2006. Retrieved December 31, 2009.

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