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Pine Bluffs Jr & Sr High School

502 Maple Street, Pine Bluffs, WY 82082 · (307) 245-4000 · Laramie County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL189 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% of Wyoming public high schools
  • CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • B-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

Enrollment
189
High
DISTRICT 248 · STATE 346
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
85 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 72714%
Grade 83317%
Grade 92915%
Grade 104122%
Grade 112815%
Grade 123116%
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 41% · US 70%
White
14677%
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 75% · US 43%
Hispanic
3619%
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 16% · US 30%
Asian
21%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 6%
Two+
32%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
21%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 3% · US 1%
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
Male
10857%
Female
8143%

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Test scores

WY-TOPP 2024-25 . % Proficient + Advanced
English Language Arts
51.3%
WY avg 56.0%
Math
44.7%
WY avg 51.3%

What this means: On the WY-TOPP, Wyoming's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
48.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.4%
based on WY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.2pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Pine Bluffs Jr & Sr High School

Pine Bluffs Jr & Sr High School's state test result (48.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Pine Bluffs Jr & Sr High School this school18945.0%48.2%
Wright Jr. & Sr. High School
Wright
17438.5%55.4%
Big Piney High School
Big Piney
15037.3%42.2%
Lovell High School
Lovell
22641.2%63.9%
Evanston High School
Evanston
77143.5%48.5%
Wheatland High School
Wheatland
25831.0%58.9%
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 Pine Bluffs Jr & Sr High School ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn WyomingIn Laramie County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
48.2%#30 of 44#3 of 6
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
44.7%#31 of 50#3 of 6
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
51.3%#36 of 50#3 of 6
Enrollment
ranked largest first
189#40 of 84#6 of 7
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
45.0%#11 of 48#3 of 7
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 2024-25
Enrollment
189
+3 (+2%) vs 2020
+77% since 1990-91, when it was 107
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 10.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2518918.810.1:145% (85)
2023-2419019.89.6:136% (69)
2022-2319717.811.1:135% (69)
2020-211861810.3:143% (80)
2017-1818118.69.7:140% (73)
2015-16167198.8:131% (52)
2010-11170N/AN/A25% (42)
2000-01177189.8:136% (64)
1990-91107157.1:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pine Bluffs Jr & Sr High School.

Since 2017-18: students up 4% (181 to 189); teachers up 1% (18.6 to 18.8).

About Pine Bluffs Jr & Sr High School

At 502 Maple Street in Pine Bluffs, Wyoming, Pine Bluffs Jr & Sr High School operates as a low-enrollment high school. The school runs grades 7 through 12 and enrolls 189 students. That compares with an average of about 346 students for high schools in Wyoming.

Laramie County School District #2 has 6 schools and 1,030 students, and Pine Bluffs Jr & Sr High School is one of those schools.

Federal enrollment data show Pine Bluffs Jr & Sr High School is 77% White. Other groups make up 19% Hispanic. In Laramie County overall, the White share is about 80%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 37, compared with 70 nationally.

With 18.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 10.1:1. High schools in Wyoming average 11.4:1, 1.3 more students per teacher than here. Roughly 45% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Laramie County is similar, at 44%.

Pine Bluffs Jr & Sr High School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 42% of Wyoming public high schools.

Pine Bluffs Jr & Sr High School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 48.2%, compared with a predicted 54.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Wyoming schools on BeatsExpectations.

In the surrounding county, Laramie County, the median household earns about $80,173 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 33% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county has 49 public schools and about 14,606 students.

A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Pine Bluffs Elementary, is the closest to Pine Bluffs Jr & Sr High School. The nearest schools with test data average 55.6%, higher than Pine Bluffs Jr & Sr High School's 48.2%.

Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Remote.

Enrollment in 2024-25 was 189, close to the 186 recorded in 2020-21.

Pine Bluffs Jr & Sr High School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.

Laramie County at a glance

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Population
101,060
Census ACS
Median income
$80,173
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
14,606 students

Quick facts

School name
Pine Bluffs Jr & Sr High School
District
Laramie County School District #2
Address
502 Maple Street, Pine Bluffs, WY 82082
Phone
(307) 245-4000
County
Laramie County
Level
High
Grade range
07–12
Total enrollment
189
Teachers (FTE)
19
Student–teacher ratio
10.1:1
Free and reduced lunch
85 (45%)
Locale
43-Rural: Remote
NCES ID
560412000210
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Pine Bluffs Jr & Sr High School
How large is Pine Bluffs Jr & Sr High School?
Pine Bluffs Jr & Sr High School enrolls approximately 189 students in grades 07-12.
Is Pine Bluffs Jr & Sr High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pine Bluffs Jr & Sr High School is a high school covering grades 07-12.
How many teachers does Pine Bluffs Jr & Sr High School have?
Pine Bluffs Jr & Sr High School employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pine Bluffs Jr & Sr High School?
At Pine Bluffs Jr & Sr High School, the student body is approximately 77% White, 19% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Pine Bluffs Jr & Sr High School in?
Pine Bluffs Jr & Sr High School is part of Laramie County School District #2.
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