Douglas High School

As a middle-of-the-pack four-year high school in Douglas, Wyoming, Douglas High School educates 511 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within Converse County School District #1. Enrollment runs roughly 48% above the state mean of about 346.

Converse County School District #1 runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 1,639 students. Douglas High School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Douglas High School shows that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 15% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 92%.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.8:1. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Converse County's rate of about 43%.

With demographic context factored in, Douglas High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.6%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Converse County put median household earnings sit near $81,558, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Converse County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,273 students), of which Douglas High School is one.

Douglas Primary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Douglas High School comes 1st of 4 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 52.8%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Looking at the recent track record. Douglas High School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 510 (now 511). The White share of enrollment contracted from 89% to 82% over that span.

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