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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SWEETWATER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT #1·NCES 560530200294

Rock Springs High School

1375 James Drive, Rock Springs, WY 82901 · (307) 352-3440 · Sweetwater County
GRADES 09–12HIGH33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,393 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 9% of Wyoming public high schools
  • DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • DBeats 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

Enrollment
1,393
High
DISTRICT 516 · STATE 346
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
79 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
563 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 934024%
Grade 1035826%
Grade 1133624%
Grade 1235926%
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 41% · US 70%
White
87763%
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 75% · US 43%
Hispanic
41930%
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 16% · US 30%
Black
161%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 1% · US 15%
Asian
101%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 1% · US 6%
Two+
635%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
50%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 3% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
30%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
75754%
Female
63646%

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Test scores

WY-TOPP 2024-25 . % Proficient + Advanced
English Language Arts
46.9%
WY avg 56.0%
Math
31.6%
WY avg 51.3%

What this means: On the WY-TOPP, Wyoming's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 · methodology
Tier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of WY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
41.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.0%
based on WY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.0pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 57% typical for Wyoming schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.

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 Rock Springs High School

Rock Springs High School's state test result (41.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Rock Springs High School this school1,39340.4%41.0%
Kelly Walsh High School
Casper
2,00237.7%49.7%
Rawlins High School
Rawlins
43635.8%55.5%
Campbell County High School
Gillette
1,21238.9%42.6%
Natrona County High School
Casper
1,70341.2%41.5%
Evanston High School
Evanston
77143.5%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 Rock Springs High School ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Wyoming
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
41.0%#40 of 44
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
31.6%#48 of 50
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
46.9%#41 of 50
Enrollment
ranked largest first
1,393#4 of 84
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
17.7:1#36 of 37
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
51.1%#5 of 37
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
40.4%#18 of 48
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-0.9%#10 of 11
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 2024-25
Enrollment
1,393
-44 (-3%) vs 2020
+29% since 1990-91, when it was 1,080
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 16.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-251,39378.517.7:140% (563)
2023-241,46681.618.0:137% (548)
2022-231,50287.517.2:131% (472)
2020-211,4379016.0:124% (351)
2017-181,40677.618.1:138% (539)
2015-161,3958516.4:129% (399)
2010-111,226N/AN/A28% (342)
2000-019705916.4:17% (68)
1990-911,0806516.6:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rock Springs High School.

Since 2017-18: students down 1% (1,406 to 1,393); teachers up 1% (77.6 to 78.5).

About Rock Springs High School

Among the schools in Rock Springs, Wyoming, is Rock Springs High School, a large high school. The school offers grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 1,393 students. That puts enrollment 303% above the 346-student average for high schools in Wyoming.

The Sweetwater County School District #1 system has 15 schools and 4,789 students.

Of every 100 students at Rock Springs High School, about 63 are White. The school is also 30% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 81%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Rock Springs High School scores 51%.

There are about 17.7 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Rock Springs High School, which has 78.5. High schools in Wyoming have an average ratio of 11.4:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 40%.

Rock Springs High School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 9% of Wyoming public high schools.

On a poverty-adjusted basis, Rock Springs High School is in the bottom 10% of Wyoming schools: 41.0% actual against 57.0% predicted.

For Sweetwater County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $75,034, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 26 public schools in the county, enrolling about 7,075, Rock Springs High School among them.

Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Eastside Elementary, is about 0.5 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Rock Springs High School ranks 6th in a group of 7 nearby schools.

Locale: Town: Remote. In NCES terms, the school is in a town far from an urbanized area.

Enrollment figures show a decline of 44 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The school's ratio increased from 16.0:1 to 17.7:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.

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Sweetwater County at a glance

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Population
41,542
Census ACS
Median income
$75,034
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
7,075 students

Quick facts

School name
Rock Springs High School
District
Sweetwater County School District #1
Address
1375 James Drive, Rock Springs, WY 82901
Phone
(307) 352-3440
County
Sweetwater County
Level
High
Grade range
09–12
Total enrollment
1,393
Teachers (FTE)
79
Student–teacher ratio
17.7:1
Free and reduced lunch
563 (40%)
Locale
33-Town: Remote
NCES ID
560530200294
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Rock Springs High School
How large is Rock Springs High School?
Rock Springs High School enrolls approximately 1,393 students in grades 09-12.
Is Rock Springs High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rock Springs High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Rock Springs High School?
Approximately 17.7:1 students per teacher at Rock Springs High School.
What is the student diversity at Rock Springs High School?
Student demographics at Rock Springs High School are roughly 63% White, 30% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Rock Springs High School?
Rock Springs High School is overseen by Sweetwater County School District #1 in Sweetwater County.
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