Rock River Junior High School

Rock River Junior High School is a very small middle-grades school in Rock River, Wyoming, run under Albany County School District #1. The school teaches 24 students in grades 7 through 8. That puts it 92% below the typical public school in Wyoming, which averages around 319 students.

Across the 18 schools in Albany County School District #1 (3,967 students total), Rock River Junior High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Rock River Junior High School logs that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% multiracial, 4% Native American. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

On the resource side, Rock River Junior High School records 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.3:1 average. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Albany County's rate of about 34%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Rock River Junior High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.3%, the actual is 37.6%, a residual of -11.7 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Albany County) records that the typical household earns roughly $61,917 per year, about 55% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Albany County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,967 students), of which Rock River Junior High School is one.

The closest other public school is Rock River Elementary, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Rock River Junior High School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 49.6%.

Rock River Junior High School operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 71%: 14 students in 2018 compared to 24 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment contracted from 29% to 17% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 3.9:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.