Powell High School

Powell High School is a roomy four-year high school in Powell, Wyoming, one of the schools within Park County School District # 1. The school instructs 573 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 346 students per school, that is 66% bigger than typical.

Park County School District # 1 runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 1,778 students. Powell High School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Powell High School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%). Beyond that, the school records 12% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Powell High School higher than the state norm the norm. About 38% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Powell High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.5%; this one delivers 60.0%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Park County) records that median household income runs about $73,035, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Park County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,884 students), Powell High School is one campus in the mix.

Powell Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Powell High School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 56.9%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Powell High School's enrollment has edged up 6% since 2018, when it stood at 543 (now 573).

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