Wyoming has 14 districts with slow internet – here are the 10 slowest

Entry to high-speed web in colleges has come a great distance within the final decade. In 2013, 70% of U.S. colleges lacked an web connection of 100 Kbps per pupil, the minimal pace the Federal Communication Fee set to satisfy fundamental classroom wants. By 2018, fewer than 2% of faculties failed to satisfy that threshold.

As extra colleges combine know-how into the classroom, the necessity for quick, dependable web is even higher. In 2020, the FCC upped the bandwidth minimal to 1 Mbps per pupil—10 instances quicker than the earlier minimal. Almost 6 in 10 faculty districts met or exceeded that benchmark in 2021—a 25% enhance yr over yr, in line with an evaluation from Join Okay-12.

Nonetheless, practically 28 million U.S. college students lack ample web speeds to successfully and commonly have interaction in digital classroom studying.

Stacker compiled an inventory of college districts in Wyoming with the slowest web speeds utilizing information from Join Okay-12. Faculty districts are ranked by web pace in Mbps. Ties are damaged by the variety of college students within the faculty district.

#10. Johnson Co Faculty District 1

– Bandwidth per pupil: 0.85 Mbps

– Whole college students: 1,184

– Value per Mbps: $1.76

– Whole month-to-month value: $1,760.18

#9. Washakie County Faculty District 1

– Bandwidth per pupil: 0.75 Mbps

– Whole college students: 1,329

– Value per Mbps: $5.9

– Whole month-to-month value: $5,899.99

#8. Goshen Co Faculty District #1

– Bandwidth per pupil: 0.6 Mbps

– Whole college students: 1,662

– Value per Mbps: $1.89

– Whole month-to-month value: $1,892.54

#7. Converse Co Faculty District 1

– Bandwidth per pupil: 0.56 Mbps

– Whole college students: 1,782

– Value per Mbps: $1.8

– Whole month-to-month value: $1,800.67

#6. Fremont County Faculty District # 1

– Bandwidth per pupil: 0.54 Mbps

– Whole college students: 1,842

– Value per Mbps: $1.8

– Whole month-to-month value: $1,804.73

#5. Park County Faculty District 6

– Bandwidth per pupil: 0.5 Mbps

– Whole college students: 2,034

– Value per Mbps: $1.24

– Whole month-to-month value: $1,237.73

#4. Fremont County Faculty District #25

– Bandwidth per pupil: 0.43 Mbps

– Whole college students: 2,457

– Value per Mbps: $0.17

– Whole month-to-month value: $166.38

#3. Lincoln County Faculty District #2

– Bandwidth per pupil: 0.38 Mbps

– Whole college students: 2,784

– Value per Mbps: $3.59

– Whole month-to-month value: $3,586.52

#2. Sheridan Co Faculty District 02

– Bandwidth per pupil: 0.31 Mbps

– Whole college students: 3,579

– Value per Mbps: $1.34

– Whole month-to-month value: $1,342.35

#1. Sweetwater Co Faculty District 01

– Bandwidth per pupil: 0.24 Mbps

– Whole college students: 5,482

– Value per Mbps: $6.13

– Whole month-to-month value: $6,806.47