Velma Linford Elementary Primary School
120 South Johnson
Laramie WY, 82070, Albany County
Phone: 307-721-4439
Ranking: 
(150 out of 230, bottom 35%)*
(150 out of 230, bottom 35%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 6
School District: Albany County School District 1
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 36 | NA | NA | 33 | NA | NA | 32 | 33 | 34 | |||||
| Total Students: | 403 | 417 | 417 | 381 | 358 | 343 | 342 | |||||||
| Prekindergarten: | 32 | 7.9% | 36 | 8.6% | 24 | 5.8% | 24 | 6.3% | 14 | 3.9% | 13 | 3.8% | 14 | 4.1% |
| Kindergarten: | 64 | 15.9% | 63 | 15.1% | 63 | 15.1% | 49 | 12.9% | 58 | 16.2% | 57 | 16.6% | 52 | 15.2% |
| Grade 1: | 46 | 11.4% | 60 | 14.4% | 58 | 13.9% | 69 | 18.1% | 48 | 13.4% | 54 | 15.7% | 59 | 17.3% |
| Grade 2: | 65 | 16.1% | 48 | 11.5% | 75 | 18.0% | 43 | 11.3% | 58 | 16.2% | 56 | 16.3% | 46 | 13.5% |
| Grade 3: | 46 | 11.4% | 68 | 16.3% | 42 | 10.1% | 60 | 15.7% | 51 | 14.2% | 45 | 13.1% | 45 | 13.2% |
| Grade 4: | 60 | 14.9% | 35 | 8.4% | 52 | 12.5% | 56 | 14.7% | 45 | 12.6% | 41 | 12.0% | 39 | 11.4% |
| Grade 5: | 43 | 10.7% | 52 | 12.5% | 63 | 15.1% | 42 | 11.0% | 43 | 12.0% | 40 | 11.7% | 42 | 12.3% |
| Grade 6: | 47 | 11.7% | 55 | 13.2% | 40 | 9.6% | 38 | 10.0% | 41 | 11.5% | 37 | 10.8% | 45 | 13.2% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 226 | 56.1% | 236 | 56.6% | 233 | 55.9% | 212 | 55.6% | 197 | 55.0% | 191 | 55.7% | 192 | 56.1% |
| Female: | 177 | 43.9% | 181 | 43.4% | 184 | 44.1% | 169 | 44.4% | 161 | 45.0% | 144 | 42.0% | 146 | 42.7% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 4 | 1.0% | 10 | 2.4% | 10 | 2.4% | 3 | 0.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | 0.9% | 6 | 1.8% |
| Asian: | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.5% | 2 | 0.5% | 2 | 0.5% | 1 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.9% | 4 | 1.2% |
| Hispanic: | 114 | 28.3% | 127 | 30.5% | 119 | 28.5% | 115 | 30.2% | 109 | 30.4% | 94 | 27.4% | 103 | 30.1% |
| Black: | 8 | 2.0% | 5 | 1.2% | 6 | 1.4% | 7 | 1.8% | 2 | 0.6% | 4 | 1.2% | 3 | 0.9% |
| White: | 267 | 66.3% | 263 | 63.1% | 266 | 63.8% | 245 | 64.3% | 242 | 67.6% | 239 | 69.7% | 226 | 66.1% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 9 | 2.2% | 10 | 2.4% | 13 | 3.1% | 9 | 2.4% | 4 | 1.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 154 | 38.2% | 172 | 41.2% | 168 | 40.3% | 144 | 37.8% | 153 | 42.7% | 133 | 38.8% | 109 | 31.9% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 32 | 7.9% | 35 | 8.4% | 40 | 9.6% | 41 | 10.8% | 39 | 10.9% | 49 | 14.3% | 42 | 12.3% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 11.19 | NA | NA | 12.50 | NA | NA | 10.87 | 10.40 | 10.10 | |||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| PAWS | ||||||
| 2006 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 66% | 76% | 75% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91% | > 95.0% | 91.6% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 68.2% | 84.1% | 83.4% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 70.21% | 86% | 80.9% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 66% | 79.86% | 69.44% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80% | 86.91% | 87.88% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 3rd Grade | % met std | > 95.0% | 91% | 91% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 48% | 64% | 61% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 65.9% | 82.2% | 75.4% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 52.3% | 69.4% | 61.7% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 51.06% | 61.8% | 53.71% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 58% | 61.22% | 47.22% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 60% | 64.36% | 57.58% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 74.42% | 75.29% | 69.56% |
| 2006 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 57% | 46% | 41% |
| 2007 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 63.6% | 78.3% | 65.6% |
| 2008 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 20.9% | 42.6% | 41% |
| 2009 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 55.32% | 66.8% | 55.36% |
| 2010 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 74% | 81.63% | 69.44% |
| 2011 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 72.73% | 79.64% | 75.76% |
| 2004 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % proficient | 29% | 44% | 39% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % proficient | 43% | 50% | 39% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 51% | 80% | 73% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.1% | 91% | 86.5% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.3% | 86.3% | 76.8% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.57% | 79.7% | 75.3% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.49% | 80.68% | 91% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 85.96% | 84.35% | 80.77% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.13% | 87.36% | 82.18% |
| 2004 | Reading | 4th Grade | % proficient | 37% | 44% | 47% |
| 2005 | Reading | 4th Grade | % proficient | 50% | 54% | 47% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 41% | 67% | 64% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 67.4% | 83.7% | 76.6% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 64.3% | 82.5% | 73.4% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.81% | 79.9% | 71.05% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.61% | 80.92% | 85.37% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 82.46% | 86.35% | 84.62% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.68% | 88.73% | 83.16% |
| 2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 38.1% | 66.2% | 50.9% |
| 2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 52.38% | 59.3% | 50.47% |
| 2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 48.78% | 64.02% | 39.02% |
| 2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 64.91% | 65.65% | 53.85% |
| 2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.47% | 75.09% | 63.29% |
| 2004 | Writing | 4th Grade | % proficient | 50% | 42% | 40% |
| 2005 | Writing | 4th Grade | % proficient | 33% | 45% | 38% |
| 2006 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 53% | 55% | 47% |
| 2007 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 58.7% | 69.6% | 64.2% |
| 2008 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 48.8% | 64.1% | 52.8% |
| 2009 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 47.62% | 45.1% | 45.06% |
| 2010 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.49% | 83.97% | > 95.0% |
| 2011 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 66.67% | 77.82% | 78.85% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 60% | 74% | 66% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 70.8% | 79% | 77.3% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 58.1% | 74.6% | 71% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 62.5% | 76.7% | 72% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.19% | 74.01% | 65.85% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.09% | 88.42% | 69.39% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 71.93% | 85.87% | 81.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 45% | 72% | 66% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 68.8% | 79.7% | 74.2% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 58.1% | 74.2% | 65.7% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 50% | 72% | 62.77% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 66.67% | 73.8% | 56.1% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.55% | 84.11% | 77.55% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 70.18% | 83.04% | 79.06% |
| 2006 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 24% | 38% | 38% |
| 2007 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 62.5% | 64.1% | 54.7% |
| 2008 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 34.9% | 42.7% | 37.2% |
| 2009 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 45% | 56% | 57.32% |
| 2010 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 85.71% | 86.03% | 73.17% |
| 2011 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 91% | 91% | 87.76% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 50% | 75% | 72% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 75.6% | 88.3% | 80.7% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 81.6% | 86% | 78.2% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 81.08% | 84.7% | 77.25% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 85% | 86.99% | 82.93% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 87.8% | 89.08% | 88% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 85% | 89.33% | 82.42% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 41% | 70% | 63% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 58.5% | 83.5% | 75% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 61.2% | 79.9% | 70.1% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 69.44% | 77.6% | 70.26% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 65% | 80.67% | 63.41% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 75.61% | 85.96% | 82% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 91% | 89.33% | 83.86% |
| 2006 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 25% | 56% | 46% |
| 2007 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 53.7% | 70.6% | 65.3% |
| 2008 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 57.1% | 58.7% | 47.4% |
| 2009 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 58.33% | 54.7% | 52.98% |
| 2010 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 67.5% | 75.09% | 70.73% |
| 2011 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 73.17% | 85.09% | 87.76% |
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* Velma Linford Elementary Primary School was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.