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If you had an hour of school board time for Natrona County High School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
1,703
High
DISTRICT 1,304 · STATE 346
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NATRONA COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT #1·NCES 560451000231
Natrona County High School
930 South Elm, Casper, WY 82601 · (307) 253-1700 · Natrona County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,703 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% of Wyoming public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
15.7:1
108 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
702 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 47%
Community
1
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 9 | 451 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 468 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 392 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 392 | 23% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
Test scores
WY-TOPP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
44.7%
WY avg 56.0%
Math
32.8%
WY avg 51.3%
What this means: On the WY-TOPP, Wyoming's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of WY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
41.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.5%
based on WY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 57% typical for Wyoming schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Natrona County High School
Natrona County High School's state test result (41.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natrona County High School this school | 1,703 | 41.2% | 41.5% |
| Kelly Walsh High School Casper | 2,002 | 37.7% | 49.7% |
| Evanston High School Evanston | 771 | 43.5% | 48.5% |
| Campbell County High School Gillette | 1,212 | 38.9% | 42.6% |
| Sheridan High School Sheridan | 1,001 | 32.4% | 69.0% |
| Green River High School Green River | 757 | 32.2% | 53.0% |
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 Natrona County High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Wyoming |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #39 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.8% | #47 of 50 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #45 of 50 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,703 | #2 of 84 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #26 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.7% | #19 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.2% | #16 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.7% | #11 of 11 |
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
1,703
-14 (-1%) vs 2020
+26% since 1990-91, when it was 1,356
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 1,703 | 108.3 | 15.7:1 | 41% (702) |
| 2023-24 | 1,727 | 114.3 | 15.1:1 | 34% (582) |
| 2022-23 | 1,794 | 117.9 | 15.2:1 | 30% (537) |
| 2020-21 | 1,717 | 118 | 14.6:1 | 36% (625) |
| 2017-18 | 1,715 | 105.4 | 16.3:1 | 34% (583) |
| 2015-16 | 1,641 | 108 | 15.2:1 | 32% (527) |
| 2010-11 | 1,649 | N/A | N/A | 23% (376) |
| 2000-01 | 1,716 | 91 | 18.9:1 | 13% (216) |
| 1990-91 | 1,356 | 88 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Natrona County High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (1,715 to 1,703); teachers up 3% (105.4 to 108.3).
About Natrona County High School
Natrona County High School is a large high school that serves part of Casper, Wyoming. The school runs grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 1,703 students. High schools in Wyoming average about 346 students, which makes this school 392% larger than average.
Natrona County School District #1 serves 12,352 students across 27 schools.
The share of students at Natrona County High School who are White is 80%. Other groups include 14% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. By comparison, Natrona County residents are about 89% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 34, compared with 70 nationally.
Natrona County High School has 108.3 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in Wyoming is 11.4:1. At Natrona County High School, 41% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
On the allk12 Grade, Natrona County High School lands at C-, ahead of 15% of Wyoming public high schools.
Natrona County High School is in the bottom 10% of Wyoming schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 56.5%. The school's actual rate is 41.5%, 15.0 points lower.
The county, Natrona County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $72,156, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The county's public schools total 29, with about 12,650 students.
Park Elementary sits about 0.2 miles from Natrona County High School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Natrona County High School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Small by the National Center for Education Statistics.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 1,703, starting from 1,717. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 15.7:1, from 14.6:1.
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Natrona County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
79,977
Census ACS
Median income
$72,156
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
12,650 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Natrona County School District #1
- Kelly Walsh High SchoolHigh · 2,002 students
- C Y Middle SchoolMiddle · 766 students
- Centennial Middle SchoolMiddle · 755 students
- Dean Morgan Middle SchoolMiddle · 613 students
- Casper Classical AcademyMiddle · 516 students
- Verda James ElementaryElementary · 448 students
Other schools in Casper
- Kelly Walsh High SchoolHigh · 2,002 students
- C Y Middle SchoolMiddle · 766 students
- Centennial Middle SchoolMiddle · 755 students
- Dean Morgan Middle SchoolMiddle · 613 students
- Casper Classical AcademyMiddle · 516 students
- Verda James ElementaryElementary · 448 students
Nearby schools
- Park Elementary0.2 mi · 344
- Dean Morgan Middle School0.4 mi · 613
- Cottonwood Elementary0.7 mi · 347
- Journey Elementary1.5 mi · 348
- Casper Classical Academy1.5 mi · 516
- Southridge Elementary1.5 mi · 322
Frequently asked questions
About Natrona County High SchoolHow many students attend Natrona County High School?
Natrona County High School enrolls approximately 1,703 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Natrona County High School serve?
Natrona County High School serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Natrona County High School?
Approximately 15.7:1 students per teacher at Natrona County High School.
What is the student diversity at Natrona County High School?
Student demographics at Natrona County High School are roughly 80% White, 14% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Natrona County High School public or private?
Natrona County High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Natrona County School District #1.
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