Wyoming Homeschool Groups by City: Cheyenne, Casper, Laramie, and Beyond

One of the first things families realize after deciding to homeschool in Wyoming is that "finding a co-op" is not as simple as a Google search. The organizations that matter most operate through Facebook groups, email chains, and word of mouth — not polished websites with easy contact forms. This guide cuts through that friction with a city-by-city breakdown of active homeschool groups across Wyoming's major population centers.

But first: if your child is currently enrolled in a Wyoming public school, you need to complete the legal withdrawal before you can meaningfully participate in most co-ops. Wyoming requires an in-person meeting with a school district counselor or administrator under W.S. § 21-4-102(c), and the written consent form must include a specific National Guard disclosure provision. Generic withdrawal letters from Etsy or out-of-state homeschool guides don't cover this. Get that step right first — the Wyoming Legal Withdrawal Blueprint walks you through it — then use this guide to find your community.

Cheyenne Homeschool Groups (Laramie County)

Cheyenne is Wyoming's largest city and home to its most organized secular homeschooling community. The two primary organizations serve genuinely different populations:

Cheyenne Secular Homeschoolers is one of the few explicitly secular options in the state. This group is intentionally welcoming to non-religious families and runs regular park days, field trip coordination, and subject-specific learning groups. If you've searched for homeschool community in Cheyenne and found mostly faith-based results, this is the group to look for first.

Southern Wyoming Christian Home Educators serves faith-based families across the broader southern Wyoming region, not just Cheyenne proper. They organize curriculum events, family activities, and connections to the statewide HOW network.

Cheyenne families who are affiliated with F.E. Warren Air Force Base should note that military families homeschool at roughly double the civilian rate nationally — about 12% of active-duty families — and several of the Cheyenne-area groups have significant military family membership. The base's School Liaison office can also point families toward local resources during the PCS transition.

Casper Homeschool Groups (Natrona County)

Casper is the state's second-largest city and the geographic home of Wyoming's most significant annual homeschool event — the Homeschool Wyoming Family Discipleship Conference, scheduled for May 1–2, 2026 at the Ramkota Hotel and Conference Center.

Local active organizations include:

Homeschoolers of Casper — the main hub for Casper-area families. This group coordinates field trips, co-op classes, and social events. For high school families, they're particularly useful for laboratory science instruction that's difficult to replicate solo at home.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Wyoming — this is an underutilized resource that specifically offers homeschool physical education programs. PE is one of the logistical gaps that single-family homeschooling doesn't solve well, and a structured P.E. option through an established institution is worth knowing about.

Casper's energy-sector employment base means a notable share of homeschooling families here are accommodating non-standard work schedules — rotating 12-hour shifts, extended periods away on location. Co-ops in Casper tend to be flexible about attendance patterns for this reason.

Laramie Homeschool Co-ops (Albany County)

Laramie is home to the University of Wyoming, which shapes the local homeschool community in a distinct way. The population skews more academically focused than other Wyoming cities, and the co-ops here reflect that.

Laramie Area Progressive Homeschoolers (LAPH) is the primary secular option. LAPH is one of the most active progressive and secular homeschool organizations in the state — a genuine alternative to faith-based groups for families who want rigorous academics without a religious framework.

Laramie Homeschool Village takes a community-focused approach with an emphasis on mixed-age learning and collaborative projects.

Common Ground Homeschoolers rounds out the Laramie options with additional co-op class offerings and social programming.

Laramie families thinking about college prep should know that homeschooled students applying to the University of Wyoming must submit a "Home School Credit Evaluation Form" documenting courses, curriculum providers, and grades by semester. Students under 21 also need ACT or SAT scores. The Hathaway Scholarship — worth up to $1,680 per semester for eligible students — is fully available to homeschoolers, but requires ACT scores and strict adherence to the Hathaway Success Curriculum (4 years each of language arts, math, and science; 3 years of social studies). Families starting homeschool in middle school or earlier should structure their curriculum around these requirements from the beginning.

Gillette Homeschooling (Campbell County)

Gillette sits in the northeastern corner of Wyoming's energy corridor, where coal, oil, and natural gas dominate the local economy. Families here frequently navigate homeschooling around demanding shift schedules and seasonal work rhythms.

Gillette Homeschooling Mentors is the active local organization. This group is smaller than the Cheyenne and Casper communities but serves a real function for families in Campbell County who would otherwise be completely isolated. Like other Wyoming co-ops, it operates primarily through Facebook.

If you're starting homeschool in Gillette and haven't yet withdrawn from Campbell County School District No. 1, be aware that district administrators in smaller counties sometimes have less familiarity with the precise limits of their authority under W.S. § 21-4-102. Since the Homeschool Freedom Act (HB 46) took effect in July 2025, parents are no longer required to submit annual curriculum outlines to the local board — but some districts are still operating as though the old law is in effect. Know your rights before you walk into that mandatory in-person meeting.

Sheridan Homeschool Association (Sheridan County)

Sheridan Homeschool Association for Refining Education (SHARE) is the anchor organization for north-central Wyoming. The name reflects the broader faith-based orientation of the Sheridan homeschool community, though the group welcomes families across the spectrum.

Holy Family Homeschoolers of NE Wyoming serves Catholic and broadly Christian families in the northeastern part of the state, providing both faith formation and academic co-op resources.

Sheridan is a smaller market, so families here often participate in both statewide HOW events and regional connections through SHARE to maintain the depth of community that smaller local groups can't provide alone.

Rock Springs and Southwest Wyoming

Sweetwater Homeschoolers serves the Rock Springs area and the broader Sweetwater County region. This is one of Wyoming's more geographically isolated homeschool communities — Rock Springs sits in the southwestern corner of the state, roughly two hours from Salt Lake City and four hours from Casper.

Families in this region often supplement local connections with online communities due to the geographic reality. The national Secular Homeschool community (secularhomeschool.com) and various Wyoming-specific Facebook groups can fill gaps when local membership is thin.

Sublette County Home Schoolers serves Pinedale and the surrounding rural areas in Sublette County — one of the most sparsely populated counties in the lower 48. For families here, the Wyoming homeschool conference in Casper often functions as the primary annual in-person community event.

Jackson and Teton County

Jackson is Wyoming's outlier: high-income, tourist-driven, and home to a homeschool community with its own distinct character. Many Jackson-area families are drawn to homeschooling for flexibility around skiing, competitive athletics, or unconventional schedules rather than from frustration with the school system itself.

T.E.A.C.H. (Teton County) serves the Jackson area with co-op classes and social programming. Teton County School District No. 1 is generally more sophisticated in its administration than smaller Wyoming districts, but families here should still ensure their withdrawal follows the W.S. § 21-4-102(c) in-person requirement precisely.

Jackson families considering the Hathaway Scholarship should note that UW is a popular destination for Wyoming students — and the scholarship's value is meaningful even for higher-income families. Structuring your homeschool curriculum to maintain Hathaway eligibility from the beginning costs nothing extra and keeps all options open.

Before You Search for a Co-op

If your child is currently enrolled in a Wyoming public school, the legal withdrawal must come first. Wyoming is one of the few states that requires an in-person meeting with a school district official to execute withdrawal under W.S. § 21-4-102(c) — a mailed letter is not sufficient, regardless of what out-of-state resources tell you. The written consent form also requires a specific provision related to the Wyoming National Guard Youth Challenge Program that generic templates universally omit.

Getting this step wrong means your child continues accumulating unexcused absences even after you've stopped sending them to school. Once a child is classified as a habitual truant, the district is legally required to escalate the matter to the county or district attorney. That outcome is entirely avoidable.

The Wyoming Legal Withdrawal Blueprint covers the complete withdrawal process: what to bring to the in-person meeting, how to handle districts still operating under the pre-HB 46 framework, and how to ensure the written consent form is complete. Once that's handled, you can focus on finding your community.

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