PODER Academy Secondary School

PODER Academy Secondary School is a four-year high school of one-room-style scale in Cheyenne, Wyoming, part of Laramie County School District #1, educateing 131 students in grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Wyoming's public schools average about 346 students each, so PODER Academy Secondary School sits 62% leaner than that benchmark.

Laramie County School District #1 runs 39 schools in total, collectively educating 13,426 students. PODER Academy Secondary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, PODER Academy Secondary School shows that White students make up the majority at 63%; the rest breaks down as 25% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Laramie County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, PODER Academy Secondary School shows 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting PODER Academy Secondary School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 38% of students at PODER Academy Secondary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, PODER Academy Secondary School ranks in the top 10% of Wyoming public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 58.2%; PODER Academy Secondary School posts 79.6%, +21.4 points above that line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Laramie County put the typical household earns roughly $80,173 per year, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Laramie County's 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,606 students), PODER Academy Secondary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Pioneer Park Elementary, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PODER Academy Secondary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 49.8%.

PODER Academy Secondary School operates from a metropolitan location. As a public charter, PODER Academy Secondary School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PODER Academy Secondary School has grew 75%, going from 75 students in 2018 to 131 in 2025. The White share of enrollment expanded from 56% to 63% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 27.8:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

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