Douglas Middle School

Douglas Middle School, a reasonably sized junior high in Douglas, Wyoming, operated by Converse County School District #1, educates 389 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Wyoming's public schools average about 319 students each, so Douglas Middle School sits 22% above that benchmark.

Across the 9 schools in Converse County School District #1 (1,639 students total), Douglas Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Douglas Middle School logs that nearly all students (84%) are White; the rest is composed of 11% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

On the resource side, On paper, Douglas Middle School has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.3:1 average. Roughly 38% of students at Douglas Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Douglas Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.1%; this one delivers 54.0%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Converse County) logs that median household earnings sit near $81,558, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Converse County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,273 students), of which Douglas Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Douglas Upper Elementary School, roughly 0.7 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Douglas Middle School comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 54.1%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 4%: 405 students in 2018 compared to 389 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Douglas Middle School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.