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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Sheridan Junior High School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
766
Middle
DISTRICT 391 · STATE 319
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHERIDAN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT #2·NCES 560569500361
Sheridan Junior High School
500 Lewis Street, Sheridan, WY 82801 · (307) 672-9745 · Sheridan County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE33-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL766 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 95% of Wyoming public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
13.1:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 12.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
270 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 6 | 241 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 251 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 274 | 36% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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
72.0%
WY avg 56.0%
Math
73.7%
WY avg 51.3%
What this means: On the WY-TOPP, Wyoming's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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
71.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.8%
based on WY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% 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 Sheridan Junior High School
Sheridan Junior High School's state test result (71.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheridan Junior High School this school | 766 | 35.2% | 71.2% |
| C Y Middle School Casper | 766 | 37.1% | 61.2% |
| Star Valley Middle School Afton | 428 | 34.3% | 71.0% |
| Centennial Middle School Casper | 755 | 35.1% | 48.8% |
| Lincoln Middle School Green River | 504 | 37.1% | 54.7% |
| Cody Middle School Cody | 466 | 39.7% | 65.2% |
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 Sheridan Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wyoming |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.2% | #2 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.7% | #3 of 44 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #7 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 766 | #3 of 61 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #19 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.5% | #31 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.2% | #31 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.9% | #15 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
766
-86 (-10%) vs 2020
+32% since 1990-91, when it was 579
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 766 | 58.5 | 13.1:1 | 35% (270) |
| 2023-24 | 783 | 59.4 | 13.2:1 | 37% (286) |
| 2022-23 | 843 | 57.6 | 14.6:1 | 28% (232) |
| 2020-21 | 852 | 56 | 15.2:1 | 30% (253) |
| 2017-18 | 814 | 57.5 | 14.2:1 | 35% (288) |
| 2015-16 | 694 | 57 | 12.2:1 | 34% (236) |
| 2010-11 | 681 | N/A | N/A | 39% (263) |
| 2000-01 | 493 | 38 | 13.0:1 | 74% (366) |
| 1990-91 | 579 | 40 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sheridan Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (814 to 766); teachers up 2% (57.5 to 58.5).
About Sheridan Junior High School
Sheridan Junior High School is a high-enrollment middle school located in Sheridan, Wyoming. A federal count lists 766 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Wyoming) has about 319 students.
Sheridan County School District #2 is the district for Sheridan Junior High School. It has 10 schools and 3,454 students.
Sheridan Junior High School's enrollment is 84% White. After that, the student body is 10% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 28% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 58.5 full-time equivalents, or about 13.1 students per teacher. This ratio sits 0.8 above the 12.3:1 average for middle schools in Wyoming. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 35%.
The allk12 Grade for Sheridan Junior High School is A+. Compared with Wyoming public middle schools, the school scored higher than 95% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Sheridan Junior High School is 11.3 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (71.2% versus 59.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Wyoming.
Federal survey data for Sheridan County show that the median household income is $71,388, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 21 public schools in Sheridan County, enrolling about 4,781 students in all.
The closest public school, The Wright Place, is less than a tenth of a mile from Sheridan Junior High School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Sheridan Junior High School is 3rd of 6 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Locale data from NCES put Sheridan Junior High School in a town far from an urbanized area (Town: Remote).
Federal data show a 10% enrollment decrease, from 852 in 2020-21 to 766 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.2:1 in 2020-21 to 13.1:1 in 2024-25.
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Sheridan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
32,055
Census ACS
Median income
$71,388
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
4,781 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sheridan County School District #2
- Sheridan High SchoolHigh · 1,001 students
- Sagebrush ElementaryElementary · 330 students
- Henry A. Coffeen ElementaryElementary · 325 students
- Highland Park ElementaryElementary · 321 students
- Meadowlark ElementaryElementary · 316 students
- Woodland Park ElementaryElementary · 286 students
Other schools in Sheridan
- Sheridan High SchoolHigh · 1,001 students
- Sagebrush ElementaryElementary · 330 students
- Henry A. Coffeen ElementaryElementary · 325 students
- Highland Park ElementaryElementary · 321 students
- Meadowlark ElementaryElementary · 316 students
- Woodland Park ElementaryElementary · 286 students
Nearby schools
- The Wright Place0.0 mi · 16
- Sagebrush Elementary1.0 mi · 330
- Sheridan High School1.1 mi · 1,001
- Highland Park Elementary1.3 mi · 321
- Henry A. Coffeen Elementary1.4 mi · 325
- Meadowlark Elementary1.4 mi · 316
Frequently asked questions
About Sheridan Junior High SchoolHow many students attend Sheridan Junior High School?
Sheridan Junior High School enrolls approximately 766 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Sheridan Junior High School serve?
Sheridan Junior High School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sheridan Junior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sheridan Junior High School is approximately 13.1:1 (58 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Sheridan Junior High School?
Sheridan Junior High School reports a student body of 84% White, 10% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Sheridan Junior High School public or private?
Sheridan Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Sheridan County School District #2.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.