Sundance Secondary School

Sundance Secondary School is a compact secondary school in Sundance, Wyoming, run under Crook County School District #1. The school teaches 198 students in grades 7 through 12. That puts it 43% below the typical public school in Wyoming, which averages around 346 students.

Across the 5 schools in Crook County School District #1 (1,203 students total), Sundance Secondary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Sundance Secondary School lists that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Crook County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Sundance Secondary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 25% of students at Sundance Secondary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Crook County (around 42%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Sundance Secondary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.7%, the actual is 66.5%, a residual of +0.8 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Crook County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $79,637 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Crook County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,203 students), of which Sundance Secondary School is one.

Sundance Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. On composite proficiency, Sundance Secondary School comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 61.3%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 15%: 172 students in 2018 compared to 198 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 9.3:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.