Tongue River High School

Tongue River High School is a senior high of intimate scale in Dayton, Wyoming, overseen by Sheridan County School District #1, teacheing 276 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 20% below the state mean of about 346.

Sheridan County School District #1 runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 1,241 students. Tongue River High School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Tongue River High School reports that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% Native American.

Looking at school resources, Tongue River High School shows 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average.

Across the wider county, census data for Sheridan County shows the typical household earns roughly $71,388 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Sheridan County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,781 students), of which Tongue River High School is one.

The Bridge School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 4 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Tongue River High School's enrollment has climbed 109% since 2018, when it stood at 132 (now 276). The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 0% to 5% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 10.5:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

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