Guernsey-Sunrise Junior High

As an one-room-style junior high in Guernsey, Wyoming, Guernsey-Sunrise Junior High teaches 35 students from grades 7 through 8, one of the schools within Platte County School District #2. Enrollment runs roughly 89% leaner than the state mean of about 319.

Platte County School District #2 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 190 students; Guernsey-Sunrise Junior High is among them.

Demographically, Guernsey-Sunrise Junior High logs that White students make up the majority at 77%. The remainder comes out to 20% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Platte County as a whole is about 87% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Guernsey-Sunrise Junior High records 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 7.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.3:1, putting Guernsey-Sunrise Junior High tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 57% of students at Guernsey-Sunrise Junior High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Platte County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Guernsey-Sunrise Junior High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.7%, the actual is 37.2%, a residual of -10.5 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Platte County put the typical household earns roughly $67,718 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Guernsey-Sunrise Junior High is one of 14 public schools in Platte County (combined enrollment of about 1,162 students).

Guernsey-Sunrise Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Guernsey-Sunrise Junior High at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 45.3%.

Guernsey-Sunrise Junior High operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Guernsey-Sunrise Junior High has expanded 3%, going from 34 students in 2018 to 35 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 91% to 77% across the same window.

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