Enrollment
77
High
DISTRICT 108 · STATE 346
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARBON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT #2·NCES 560170000385
HEM Junior/Senior High School
701 South Adams Street, Hanna, WY 82327 · (307) 325-6545 · Carbon County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL77 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% of Wyoming public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wyoming public high schools
Student : Teacher
6.2:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 7.4:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
46 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 47%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 5 | 6% |
| Grade 8 | 17 | 22% |
| Grade 9 | 13 | 17% |
| Grade 10 | 15 | 19% |
| Grade 11 | 15 | 19% |
| Grade 12 | 12 | 16% |
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 41% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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WY-TOPP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
66.1%
WY avg 56.0%
Math
41.4%
WY avg 51.3%
What this means: On the WY-TOPP, Wyoming's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wyoming schools, those numbers are about 56 and 51.
Source: WY-TOPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.3%
based on WY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% typical for Wyoming schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wyoming's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like HEM Junior/Senior High School
HEM Junior/Senior High School's state test result (53.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEM Junior/Senior High School this school | 77 | 59.7% | 53.2% |
| Guernsey-Sunrise High School Guernsey | 59 | 59.3% | 32.3% |
| Southeast High School Yoder | 83 | 47.0% | 59.6% |
| Burlington High School Burlington | 69 | 47.8% | 76.2% |
| Pine Bluffs Jr & Sr High School Pine Bluffs | 189 | 45.0% | 48.2% |
| Lingle-Ft. Laramie High School Lingle | 107 | 46.7% | 48.4% |
Matched among Wyoming high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where HEM Junior/Senior High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Wyoming |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 77 | #59 of 84 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
77
-20 (-21%) vs 2020
-15% since 2010-11, when it was 91
Student : Teacher
6.2:1
was 8.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77 | 12.4 | 6.2:1 | 60% (46) |
| 2023-24 | 88 | 12.6 | 7.0:1 | 47% (41) |
| 2022-23 | 85 | 13.6 | 6.3:1 | 49% (42) |
| 2020-21 | 97 | 11 | 8.8:1 | 48% (47) |
| 2017-18 | 83 | 12.8 | 6.5:1 | 52% (43) |
| 2015-16 | 91 | 13 | 7.0:1 | 45% (41) |
| 2010-11 | 91 | N/A | N/A | 49% (45) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HEM Junior/Senior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (83 to 77); teachers down 3% (12.8 to 12.4).
About HEM Junior/Senior High School
Federal records list HEM Junior/Senior High School as a high school in Hanna, Wyoming. The school enrolls 77 students, from grades 7 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in Wyoming is about 346, so this school runs 78% smaller than that.
HEM Junior/Senior High School is part of a district of 6 schools: Carbon County School District #2, with 573 students.
About 88% of the student body at HEM Junior/Senior High School is White. Other students are 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 3% Pacific Islander. The school's diversity index is 22%, meaning two students picked at random have a 22% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school employs the equivalent of 12.4 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 6.2:1. That is lower than the 11.4:1 average for high schools in Wyoming. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 60%. On average, public schools in Carbon County report 42%.
Measured against Wyoming public high schools, HEM Junior/Senior High School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, HEM Junior/Senior High School is 6.9 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Wyoming schools.
County data help place the school in context: in Carbon County, the median household income is $70,511, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Carbon County is home to 12 public schools and about 2,206 public school students.
The shortest distance from HEM Junior/Senior High School to another public school is about 0.8 miles, to Hanna Elementary. Nearby schools with test data average 45.9% proficiency; HEM Junior/Senior High School posts 53.2%.
In the federal locale system, HEM Junior/Senior High School is coded Rural: Remote, for schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
Enrollment has fallen by 20 students since 2020-21, to 77. By 2024-25, the school had 6.2 students per teacher, compared with 8.8 in 2020-21.
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Carbon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
14,463
Census ACS
Median income
$70,511
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
2,206 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Carbon County School District #2
- Saratoga ElementaryElementary · 166 students
- Saratoga Middle/High SchoolHigh · 139 students
- Encampment K-12 SchoolCombined · 120 students
- Hanna ElementaryElementary · 66 students
- Medicine Bow ElementaryElementary · 5 students
- Elk Mountain ElementaryElementary
Nearby schools
- Hanna Elementary0.8 mi · 66
- Medicine Bow Elementary18.3 mi · 5
- Saratoga Elementary31.2 mi · 166
- Rock River High School31.3 mi · 36
- Rock River Elementary31.3 mi · 35
- Rock River Junior High School31.3 mi · 24
Frequently asked questions
About HEM Junior/Senior High SchoolHow many students attend HEM Junior/Senior High School?
HEM Junior/Senior High School enrolls approximately 77 students in grades 07-12.
Is HEM Junior/Senior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
HEM Junior/Senior High School is a high school covering grades 07-12.
How many teachers does HEM Junior/Senior High School have?
HEM Junior/Senior High School employs 12 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 6.2:1.
How diverse is HEM Junior/Senior High School?
HEM Junior/Senior High School reports a student body of 88% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees HEM Junior/Senior High School?
HEM Junior/Senior High School is overseen by Carbon County School District #2 in Carbon County.
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