Natrona County High School

As a roomy four-year high school in Casper, Wyoming, Natrona County High School teaches 1,703 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by Natrona County School District #1. By comparison, Wyoming's public schools average about 346 students each, so Natrona County High School sits 392% above that benchmark.

Natrona County School District #1 runs 27 schools in total, collectively educating 12,352 students. Natrona County High School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Natrona County High School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (80%). The remainder looks like 14% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 89%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 108 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Around 41% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Natrona County High School is in the bottom 10% of Wyoming public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 56.5%; Natrona County High School posts 41.5%, -15.0 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Natrona County put median household income runs about $72,156, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Natrona County's 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,650 students), Natrona County High School is one campus in the mix.

Park Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Natrona County High School at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 49.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Natrona County High School's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 1,715 (now 1,703).

In the discussion threads here, members of the Natrona County High School community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.