Laramie High School

As a large senior high in Laramie, Wyoming, Laramie High School educates 1,070 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by Albany County School District #1. That puts it 209% larger than the typical public school in Wyoming, which averages around 346 students.

Across the 18 schools in Albany County School District #1 (3,967 students total), Laramie High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Laramie High School logs that the largest single group is White, at 73% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 17% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Albany County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Laramie High School records 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. About 26% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Laramie High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.0%, the actual is 56.8%, a residual of -8.2 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Albany County indicate the typical household earns roughly $61,917 per year, about 55% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Laramie High School is one of 19 public schools in Albany County (combined enrollment of about 3,967 students).

Snowy Range Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Laramie High School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 67.8%.

Laramie High School operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 1,080 students in 2018 compared to 1,070 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.