Enrollment
307
High
DISTRICT 248 · STATE 346
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LARAMIE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT #2·NCES 560412000209
Burns Jr & Sr High School
524 East 4th Street, Burns, WY 82053 · (307) 245-4100 · Laramie County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL307 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% of Wyoming public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wyoming public high schools
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
105 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 47%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 60 | 20% |
| Grade 9 | 57 | 19% |
| Grade 10 | 57 | 19% |
| Grade 11 | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 38 | 12% |
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 41% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
WY-TOPP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
45.1%
WY avg 56.0%
Math
42.3%
WY avg 51.3%
What this means: On the WY-TOPP, Wyoming's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wyoming schools, those numbers are about 56 and 51.
Source: WY-TOPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
47.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.4%
based on WY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% typical for Wyoming schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wyoming's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Burns Jr & Sr High School
Burns Jr & Sr High School's state test result (47.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burns Jr & Sr High School this school | 307 | 34.2% | 47.3% |
| Rocky Mountain High School Cowley | 439 | 33.5% | 41.0% |
| Douglas High School Douglas | 511 | 33.9% | 58.6% |
| Lyman High School Lyman | 254 | 27.2% | 55.0% |
| Powell High School Powell | 573 | 37.7% | 60.0% |
| Green River High School Green River | 757 | 32.2% | 53.0% |
Matched among Wyoming high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Burns Jr & Sr High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Wyoming | In Laramie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.3% | #31 of 44 | #4 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #36 of 50 | #4 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #44 of 50 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 307 | #27 of 84 | #4 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #8 of 37 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.8% | #28 of 37 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.2% | #27 of 48 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.7% | #19 of 25 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
307
+26 (+9%) vs 2020
+227% since 1990-91, when it was 94
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 11.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 307 | 25.4 | 12.1:1 | 34% (105) |
| 2023-24 | 324 | 25.4 | 12.8:1 | 40% (128) |
| 2022-23 | 315 | 26.4 | 11.9:1 | 30% (95) |
| 2020-21 | 281 | 25 | 11.2:1 | 32% (91) |
| 2017-18 | 296 | 25.3 | 11.7:1 | 33% (99) |
| 2015-16 | 257 | 25 | 10.3:1 | 37% (95) |
| 2010-11 | 280 | N/A | N/A | 28% (77) |
| 2000-01 | 240 | 19 | 12.6:1 | 41% (98) |
| 1990-91 | 94 | 10 | 9.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Burns Jr & Sr High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (296 to 307); teachers unchanged (25.3 to 25.4).
About Burns Jr & Sr High School
Burns Jr & Sr High School is classified as a high school. It is located in Burns, Wyoming. The school counted 307 students in 2024-25, covering grades 7 through 12.
Laramie County School District #2 counts 6 schools and 1,030 students, including Burns Jr & Sr High School.
The share of White students at Burns Jr & Sr High School is 85%. Enrollment also includes 12% Hispanic. The diversity index for Burns Jr & Sr High School is 26%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 25.4 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.1:1. High schools in Wyoming have an average ratio of 11.4:1. About 34% of students at Burns Jr & Sr High School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Laramie County report 44%.
On the allk12 Grade, Burns Jr & Sr High School lands at C, ahead of 27% of Wyoming public high schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Burns Jr & Sr High School falls in the middle 80% of Wyoming schools: 47.3% actual against 60.4% predicted.
The county, Laramie County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $80,173 a year, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Burns Jr & Sr High School, Laramie County has 49 public schools.
Burns Jr & Sr High School is about 0.1 miles from Burns Elementary, its nearest public school. There are 2 other public schools within ten miles. Burns Jr & Sr High School's average proficiency of 47.3% compares with 53.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The federal government classifies Burns Jr & Sr High School's location as Rural: Distant.
In 2020-21, Burns Jr & Sr High School enrolled 281 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 307.
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Laramie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
101,060
Census ACS
Median income
$80,173
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
14,606 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Laramie County School District #2
- Burns ElementaryElementary · 245 students
- Pine Bluffs Jr & Sr High SchoolHigh · 189 students
- Pine Bluffs ElementaryElementary · 177 students
- Carpenter ElementaryElementary · 69 students
- Albin ElementaryElementary · 43 students
Nearby schools
- Burns Elementary0.1 mi · 245
- Carpenter Elementary9.7 mi · 69
- Pine Bluffs Elementary14.9 mi · 177
- Pine Bluffs Jr & Sr High School15.0 mi · 189
- Saddle Ridge Elementary19.6 mi · 333
- Albin Elementary20.5 mi · 43
Frequently asked questions
About Burns Jr & Sr High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Burns Jr & Sr High School?
Burns Jr & Sr High School enrolls approximately 307 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Burns Jr & Sr High School serve?
Burns Jr & Sr High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Burns Jr & Sr High School?
Approximately 12.1:1 students per teacher at Burns Jr & Sr High School.
What is the student diversity at Burns Jr & Sr High School?
Student demographics at Burns Jr & Sr High School are roughly 85% White, 12% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Burns Jr & Sr High School in?
Burns Jr & Sr High School is part of Laramie County School District #2.
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