Riverton Middle School

Riverton Middle School is one of the big junior highs in Riverton, Wyoming, part of Fremont County School District #25, with 559 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 75% bigger than the typical public school in Wyoming, which averages around 319 students.

Across the 8 schools in Fremont County School District #25 (2,504 students total), Riverton Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Riverton Middle School records that White students make up the majority at 59%. The remainder breaks down as 21% Native American, 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 71%.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Fremont County's rate of about 55%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Riverton Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.5%, the actual is 48.7%, a residual of -9.8 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Fremont County) shows that median household earnings sit near $64,904, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Riverton Middle School is one of 35 public schools in Fremont County (combined enrollment of about 6,606 students).

Frontier Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Riverton Middle School at 3rd of 4; the average score across the group is 52.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Over the past 7-year window. Riverton Middle School's enrollment has declined 4% since 2018, when it stood at 584 (now 559). Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

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