Riverton High School

Set in Riverton, Wyoming, Riverton High School is a well-populated high school, one of the schools within Fremont County School District #25. It serves 701 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 103% bigger than the state mean of about 346.

Fremont County School District #25 comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 2,504 students; Riverton High School is among them.

Demographically, Riverton High School records that White students make up the majority at 60%; the rest reads as 20% Native American, 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Fremont County as a whole is about 71% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.4:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 32% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Fremont County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Riverton High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 61.5%; this one comes in at 43.1%, -18.4 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Fremont County put median household income runs about $64,904, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Fremont County's 35 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,606 students), Riverton High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Frontier Academy, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Riverton High School. On composite proficiency, Riverton High School comes 4th of 4 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 54.3%.

Riverton High School operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Riverton High School's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 696 (now 701). White enrollment moved from 67% to 60% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.