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Enrollment
589
Middle
DISTRICT 628 · STATE 319
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAMPBELL COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT #1·NCES 560147000410
Sage Valley Junior High School
1000 West Lakeway Road, Gillette, WY 82718 · (307) 682-2225 · Campbell County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE33-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL589 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of Wyoming public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 12.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
210 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 47%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 293 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 296 | 50% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 41% · US 70%
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
Test scores
WY-TOPP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
57.8%
WY avg 56.0%
Math
48.6%
WY avg 51.3%
What this means: On the WY-TOPP, Wyoming's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.6%
based on WY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% typical for Wyoming schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wyoming's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Sage Valley Junior High School
Sage Valley Junior High School's state test result (53.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sage Valley Junior High School this school | 589 | 35.7% | 53.0% |
| Centennial Middle School Casper | 755 | 35.1% | 48.8% |
| Cody Middle School Cody | 466 | 39.7% | 65.2% |
| Meadowlark Elementary Cheyenne | 453 | 34.0% | N/A |
| Douglas Middle School Douglas | 389 | 38.3% | 54.0% |
| C Y Middle School Casper | 766 | 37.1% | 61.2% |
Matched among Wyoming middle 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 Sage Valley Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wyoming |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #25 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #28 of 44 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #28 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 589 | #11 of 61 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #16 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.7% | #30 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.7% | #30 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.6% | #16 of 23 |
Ranked against other public middle 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 2024-25Enrollment
589
-110 (-16%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 881
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 15.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 589 | 45.9 | 12.8:1 | 36% (210) |
| 2023-24 | 609 | 45.9 | 13.3:1 | 29% (177) |
| 2022-23 | 666 | 45.4 | 14.7:1 | 30% (203) |
| 2020-21 | 699 | 45 | 15.5:1 | 30% (210) |
| 2017-18 | 624 | 43.4 | 14.4:1 | 31% (195) |
| 2015-16 | 1,032 | 63 | 16.4:1 | 27% (283) |
| 2010-11 | 920 | N/A | N/A | 21% (192) |
| 2000-01 | 833 | 57 | 14.6:1 | 31% (256) |
| 1990-91 | 881 | 52 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sage Valley Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (624 to 589); teachers up 6% (43.4 to 45.9).
About Sage Valley Junior High School
Sage Valley Junior High School is a public middle-grades school in Gillette, Wyoming. A federal count lists 589 students at the school, in grades 7 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Wyoming) has about 319 students.
Campbell County School District #1 has a total of 23 schools and 8,459 students, Sage Valley Junior High School among them.
The student body at Sage Valley Junior High School is 84% White. The rest of enrollment is 10% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. That is close to the 86% White share among all Campbell County residents. Sage Valley Junior High School's diversity index is 28%, against a US figure of 70%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 12.8:1, with 45.9 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is close to the 12.3:1 average for middle schools in Wyoming. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 36%.
Measured against Wyoming public middle schools, Sage Valley Junior High School receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Sage Valley Junior High School, the prediction is 59.6% and the result is 53.0%.
Federal survey data for Campbell County show that the median household income is $89,869, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Campbell County is home to 25 public schools and about 8,459 public school students.
The next-closest public school is Paintbrush Elementary, about 0.1 miles away. Sage Valley Junior High School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Sage Valley Junior High School at 5th of 7.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Remote: the school is in a town far from an urbanized area.
The school enrolled 589 students in 2024-25, 110 fewer than the 699 it had in 2020-21. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.8:1) than in 2020-21 (15.5:1).
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Campbell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
47,240
Census ACS
Median income
$89,869
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
8,459 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Campbell County School District #1
- Campbell County High SchoolHigh · 1,212 students
- Thunder Basin High SchoolHigh · 1,206 students
- Twin Spruce Junior High SchoolMiddle · 667 students
- Stocktrail ElementaryElementary · 554 students
- Buffalo Ridge ElementaryElementary · 413 students
- Prairie Wind ElementaryElementary · 404 students
Other schools in Gillette
- Campbell County High SchoolHigh · 1,212 students
- Thunder Basin High SchoolHigh · 1,206 students
- Twin Spruce Junior High SchoolMiddle · 667 students
- Stocktrail ElementaryElementary · 554 students
- Buffalo Ridge ElementaryElementary · 413 students
- Prairie Wind ElementaryElementary · 404 students
Nearby schools
- Paintbrush Elementary0.1 mi · 266
- Sunflower Elementary0.6 mi · 311
- Pronghorn Elementary0.7 mi · 334
- Westwood High School0.8 mi · 150
- Thunder Basin High School0.8 mi · 1,206
- Stocktrail Elementary1.1 mi · 554
Frequently asked questions
About Sage Valley Junior High SchoolHow large is Sage Valley Junior High School?
Sage Valley Junior High School enrolls approximately 589 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Sage Valley Junior High School serve?
Sage Valley Junior High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Sage Valley Junior High School have?
Sage Valley Junior High School employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sage Valley Junior High School?
At Sage Valley Junior High School, the student body is approximately 84% White, 10% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Sage Valley Junior High School public or private?
Sage Valley Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Campbell County School District #1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.