Sweetwater County School District Number 1

Sweetwater County School District Number 1
Sweetwater County School District Number 1
Address
	3550 Foothill Blvd Rock Springs, Sweetwater, Wyoming, 82901; United States
Coordinates	41°59′00″N 109°25′29″W / 41.98333°N 109.42472°W
District information
Type	Public Coed
Grades	K–12
Superintendent	Kelly McGovern
Asst. superintendent(s)	Nicole Bolton
NCES District ID	5605302
Students and staff
Students	2021–22; 5,054 District
Other information
Website	http://www.sweetwater1.org/

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,^[2] 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.^{[citation needed]}
Census-designated places (Note: All census-designated places are unincorporated.)
- Arrowhead Springs
- Clearview Acres
- Eden
- Farson
- North Rock Springs
- Point of Rocks
- Purple Sage
  - There is an area that was, of the 2000 U.S. Census, defined as part of the Purple Sage CDP, but not as such in the 2010 U.S. Census and beyond.^[3] Part of that area lies in Sweetwater County School District Two.^[4]
- Reliance
- Sweeney Ranch (former CDP, partial)^[5]
- 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^[6] (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.^[7]

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%)

^ "Sweetwater County School District #1". NCES. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
^ "School Districts (Map), State of Wyoming" (PDF). Wyoming Department of Revenue, Property Tax Division. March 8, 2006. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
^
- "CENSUS 2000 BLOCK MAP: PURPLE SAGE CDP" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
- "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Purple Sage CDP, WY" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
- "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Purple Sage CDP, WY" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Sweetwater County, WY" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 1 (PDF p. 2/3). Retrieved December 6, 2024. - Text list - 2010 map, 2010 list - For the shape of the 2000 Census definition of Purple Sage, one would need to compare it with the maps.
^ "CENSUS 2000 BLOCK MAP: SWEENEY RANCH CDP" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved December 6, 2024. - Compare with the school district maps.
^ 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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