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Does Dean Morgan Middle School have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
613
Middle
DISTRICT 663 · STATE 319
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NATRONA COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT #1·NCES 560451000233
Dean Morgan Middle School
1440 South Elm, Casper, WY 82601 · (307) 253-2500 · Natrona County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL613 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 4% of Wyoming public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 12.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
357 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 47%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 230 | 38% |
| Grade 7 | 184 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 199 | 32% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
36.1%
WY avg 56.0%
Math
30.3%
WY avg 51.3%
What this means: On the WY-TOPP, Wyoming's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of WY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
32.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.1%
based on WY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 47% typical for Wyoming schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Dean Morgan Middle School
Dean Morgan Middle School's state test result (32.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dean Morgan Middle School this school | 613 | 58.2% | 32.7% |
| Twin Spruce Junior High School Gillette | 667 | 47.5% | 48.5% |
| Rock Springs Junior High Rock Springs | 746 | 47.3% | 47.3% |
| Torrington Middle School Torrington | 239 | 47.3% | 55.9% |
| Davis Middle School Evanston | 309 | 55.7% | 53.8% |
| Greybull Middle School Greybull | 104 | 54.8% | 57.8% |
Matched among Wyoming middle 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 Dean Morgan Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wyoming |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.7% | #38 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #43 of 44 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #43 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 613 | #10 of 61 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #21 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.0% | #10 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.2% | #4 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.2% | #1 of 23 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
613
-182 (-23%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 817
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 613 | 46.3 | 13.2:1 | 58% (357) |
| 2023-24 | 616 | 49.9 | 12.3:1 | 56% (344) |
| 2022-23 | 711 | 52.4 | 13.6:1 | 56% (395) |
| 2020-21 | 795 | 59 | 13.5:1 | 49% (392) |
| 2017-18 | 854 | 59.5 | 14.3:1 | 47% (398) |
| 2015-16 | 858 | 55 | 15.6:1 | 42% (361) |
| 2010-11 | 847 | N/A | N/A | 38% (326) |
| 2000-01 | 907 | 54 | 16.8:1 | 69% (622) |
| 1990-91 | 817 | 50 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dean Morgan Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (854 to 613); teachers down 22% (59.5 to 46.3).
About Dean Morgan Middle School
Casper, Wyoming, is home to Dean Morgan Middle School, a large middle school. The school runs grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 613 students. Middle schools in Wyoming have about 319 students on average; enrollment here is 92% higher.
District-wide, Natrona County School District #1 has 27 schools and 12,352 students.
The student body at Dean Morgan Middle School is 70% White. The rest of enrollment is 21% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. Among all residents of Natrona County, the White share is about 89%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 46%.
Dean Morgan Middle School reports a ratio of 13.2 students per teacher, from 46.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 13.2:1 compares with an average of 12.3:1 for middle schools in Wyoming. Lunch program data show 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 12 points above the 46% average for public schools in Natrona County.
Among Wyoming public middle schools, Dean Morgan Middle School outscored 4%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
Dean Morgan Middle School falls short of its prediction by 14.4 points. The model expects 47.1% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Wyoming; the school's rate is 32.7%.
In the wider Natrona County area, median household income comes to about $72,156, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Natrona County counts 29 public schools with about 12,650 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Natrona County High School, is about 0.4 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Dean Morgan Middle School is 7th among 7 schools close by.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Small, or inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 613, from 795 in 2020-21.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Natrona County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
79,977
Census ACS
Median income
$72,156
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
12,650 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Natrona County School District #1
- Kelly Walsh High SchoolHigh · 2,002 students
- Natrona County High SchoolHigh · 1,703 students
- C Y Middle SchoolMiddle · 766 students
- Centennial Middle SchoolMiddle · 755 students
- Casper Classical AcademyMiddle · 516 students
- Verda James ElementaryElementary · 448 students
Other schools in Casper
- Kelly Walsh High SchoolHigh · 2,002 students
- Natrona County High SchoolHigh · 1,703 students
- C Y Middle SchoolMiddle · 766 students
- Centennial Middle SchoolMiddle · 755 students
- Casper Classical AcademyMiddle · 516 students
- Verda James ElementaryElementary · 448 students
Nearby schools
- Natrona County High School0.4 mi · 1,703
- Park Elementary0.5 mi · 344
- Cottonwood Elementary0.5 mi · 347
- Southridge Elementary1.2 mi · 322
- Journey Elementary1.2 mi · 348
- Sagewood Elementary1.6 mi · 340
Frequently asked questions
About Dean Morgan Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Dean Morgan Middle School?
Dean Morgan Middle School enrolls approximately 613 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Dean Morgan Middle School serve?
Dean Morgan Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Dean Morgan Middle School have?
Dean Morgan Middle School employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
How diverse is Dean Morgan Middle School?
Dean Morgan Middle School reports a student body of 70% White, 21% Hispanic, 2% Black, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Dean Morgan Middle School?
Dean Morgan Middle School is overseen by Natrona County School District #1 in Natrona County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.