Rocky Mountain High School

Rocky Mountain High School, a reasonably sized 9-12 campus in Cowley, Wyoming, part of Big Horn County School District #1, educates 439 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 27% bigger than the typical public school in Wyoming, which averages around 346 students.

Rocky Mountain High School is one of 6 schools operated by Big Horn County School District #1, a district that instructs 1,251 students overall.

On demographics, Rocky Mountain High School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%); the rest consists of 11% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Rocky Mountain High School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 33% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Big Horn County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Rocky Mountain High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 60.8%; this one comes in at 41.0%, -19.9 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, Big Horn County reports that median household income runs about $62,101, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Big Horn County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,657 students), Rocky Mountain High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Rocky Mountain Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Rocky Mountain High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Rocky Mountain High School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 56.2%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. Rocky Mountain High School's enrollment has increased 36% since 2018, when it stood at 322 (now 439). The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 19.5:1 today.

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