Cheyenne Wells Junior/High School

Cheyenne Wells Junior/High School is a rural-scale secondary school in CHEYENNE WELLS, Colorado, operated by Cheyenne County School District No. Re-5. The school serves 84 students in grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 87% smaller than the state mean of about 627.

Across the 2 schools in Cheyenne County School District No. Re-5 (174 students total), Cheyenne Wells Junior/High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Cheyenne Wells Junior/High School logs that 80% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 18% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.9:1 average. Roughly 55% of students at Cheyenne Wells Junior/High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the broader community, Cheyenne County reports that the typical household earns roughly $70,865 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Cheyenne Wells Junior/High School is one of 4 public schools in Cheyenne County (combined enrollment of about 283 students).

Cheyenne Wells Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cheyenne Wells Junior/High School has climbed 27%, going from 66 students in 2018 to 84 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 91% to 80% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 9.1:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 today.

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