Green River High School

Green River High School operates as a high-enrollment high school in Green River, Wyoming, one of the schools within Sweetwater County School District #2. Current enrollment sits at 757 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 346 students per school, that is 119% larger than typical.

Sweetwater County School District #2 comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 2,286 students; Green River High School is among them.

Demographically, Green River High School reports that 80% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 15% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Sweetwater County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Green River High School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 32% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Sweetwater County (around 44%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Green River High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.5%; this one delivers 53.0%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Sweetwater County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $75,034 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Sweetwater County runs 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,075 students), of which Green River High School is one.

The closest other public school is Expedition Academy, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Green River High School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 55.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Green River High School has contracted 4%, going from 792 students in 2018 to 757 in 2025.

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