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Deming Elementary School, constructed in 1945, is eligible to the National Register of Historic Places under Criteria A and C. It is eligible under Criterion A for its direct association with the growth of education in Cheyenne. It reflects the primary importance the Cheyenne community attached to the education of its youth from its inception as a railroad town in 1867. Education was one of the first critical issues dealt with by Cheyenne's first citizens and by the first Wyoming territorial legislature. The formation of school districts and the building of schools reflected how Cheyenne's citizens felt about the permanency of their community and their faith in its future. Deming School is a substantial brick masonry structure built with community pride and permanency in mind, and which incorporates the standard designs advocated by early twentieth century educational reformers. The building is also eligible under Criterion C in the area of architecture as an example of Art Deco architecture with elements of the International style in an educational building and as the work of a master architect, Frederick Hutchinson Porter.