East High School

East High School operates as a roomy secondary school in Cheyenne, Wyoming, run under Laramie County School District #1. Current enrollment sits at 1,566 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 353% above the state mean of about 346.

Laramie County School District #1 comprises 39 schools with combined enrollment of 13,426 students; East High School is among them.

On the student-mix side, East High School reports that 73% of the student body identifies as White; the rest is composed of 18% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Black.

On the resource side, East High School records 99 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting East High School higher than the state norm the norm. About 30% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Laramie County (around 44%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, East High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 62.5%; this one comes in at 40.8%, -21.8 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, census data for Laramie County shows the typical household earns roughly $80,173 per year, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Laramie County runs 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,606 students), of which East High School is one.

Carey Junior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around East High School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), East High School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 41.3%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at East High School has expanded 8%, going from 1,444 students in 2018 to 1,566 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the East High School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.