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What's one thing Powell High School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
573
High
DISTRICT 296 · STATE 346
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PARK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT # 1·NCES 560516000278
Powell High School
1151 East 7th Street, Powell, WY 82435 · (307) 764-6181 · Park County
GRADES 09–12HIGH33-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL573 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of Wyoming public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
16.1:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
216 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 145 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 143 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 143 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 142 | 25% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
61.9%
WY avg 56.0%
Math
57.3%
WY avg 51.3%
What this means: On the WY-TOPP, Wyoming's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
60.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.5%
based on WY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Powell High School
Powell High School's state test result (60.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Powell High School this school | 573 | 37.7% | 60.0% |
| Douglas High School Douglas | 511 | 33.9% | 58.6% |
| Rocky Mountain High School Cowley | 439 | 33.5% | 41.0% |
| Green River High School Green River | 757 | 32.2% | 53.0% |
| Burns Jr & Sr High School Burns | 307 | 34.2% | 47.3% |
| Evanston High School Evanston | 771 | 43.5% | 48.5% |
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 Powell High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Wyoming |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #10 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.3% | #8 of 50 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.9% | #17 of 50 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 573 | #17 of 84 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #28 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.1% | #22 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.7% | #24 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.5% | #17 of 25 |
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
573
-8 (-1%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 483
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 573 | 35.6 | 16.1:1 | 38% (216) |
| 2023-24 | 594 | 36.4 | 16.3:1 | 36% (211) |
| 2022-23 | 592 | 37.2 | 15.9:1 | 34% (201) |
| 2020-21 | 581 | 35 | 16.6:1 | 29% (169) |
| 2017-18 | 543 | 33.8 | 16.1:1 | 30% (165) |
| 2015-16 | 472 | 31 | 15.2:1 | 30% (143) |
| 2010-11 | 457 | N/A | N/A | 28% (130) |
| 2000-01 | 571 | 38 | 15.0:1 | 16% (94) |
| 1990-91 | 483 | 36 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Powell High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (543 to 573); teachers up 5% (33.8 to 35.6).
About Powell High School
Powell High School is a high school in Powell, Wyoming, and it is part of Park County School District # 1. The school counted 573 students in 2024-25, covering grades 9 through 12. It has 66% more students than the average for high schools in Wyoming (about 346).
Park County School District # 1 (7 schools, 1,778 students) runs Powell High School.
Of every 100 students at Powell High School, about 83 are White. Smaller groups are 12% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 29%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Powell High School is 16.1:1, based on 35.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 11.4:1 average for high schools in Wyoming, this school's ratio is higher. Lunch program data show 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
On the allk12 Grade, Powell High School lands at A-, ahead of 82% of Wyoming public high schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Powell High School is 1.6 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 60.0% actual, 58.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Wyoming.
In Park County, median household income comes to about $73,035, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Park County counts 17 public schools with about 3,884 students.
Of the public schools around it, Powell High School is closest to Powell Middle School, about 0.7 miles away. Powell High School has 5 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Powell High School at 5th of 8.
The school is in a town far from an urbanized area, according to its NCES locale (Town: Remote).
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 581 to 573, a small change.
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Park County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
30,449
Census ACS
Median income
$73,035
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
3,884 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Park County School District # 1
- Powell Middle SchoolMiddle · 387 students
- Westside ElementaryElementary · 296 students
- Southside ElementaryElementary · 287 students
- Parkside ElementaryElementary · 202 students
- Shoshone Learning CenterHigh · 19 students
- Clark ElementaryElementary · 14 students
Other schools in Powell
- Powell Middle SchoolMiddle · 387 students
- Westside ElementaryElementary · 296 students
- Southside ElementaryElementary · 287 students
- Parkside ElementaryElementary · 202 students
- Shoshone Learning CenterHigh · 19 students
- Clark ElementaryElementary · 14 students
Other Powell High schools
One other US public school is named Powell High. Powell High School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Powell High SchoolPowell, TN · 1,253 students
Nearby schools
- Powell Middle School0.7 mi · 387
- Shoshone Learning Center0.7 mi · 19
- Parkside Elementary1.2 mi · 202
- Southside Elementary1.3 mi · 287
- Westside Elementary1.5 mi · 296
- Rocky Mountain Elementary15.8 mi · 322
Frequently asked questions
About Powell High SchoolHow large is Powell High School?
Powell High School enrolls approximately 573 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Powell High School serve?
Powell High School serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Powell High School?
Approximately 16.1:1 students per teacher at Powell High School.
How diverse is Powell High School?
Powell High School reports a student body of 83% White, 12% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Powell High School in?
Powell High School is part of Park County School District # 1.
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