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Enrollment
667
Middle
DISTRICT 628 · STATE 319
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAMPBELL COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT #1·NCES 560147000058
Twin Spruce Junior High School
100 East 7th Street, Gillette, WY 82716 · (307) 682-3144 · Campbell County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL667 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 35% of Wyoming public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
14.0:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 12.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
317 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 | 330 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 337 | 51% |
Student demographics
37%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
57.0%
WY avg 56.0%
Math
45.3%
WY avg 51.3%
What this means: On the WY-TOPP, Wyoming's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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
48.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.0%
based on WY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Twin Spruce Junior High School
Twin Spruce Junior High School's state test result (48.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Spruce Junior High School this school | 667 | 47.5% | 48.5% |
| Torrington Middle School Torrington | 239 | 47.3% | 55.9% |
| Rock Springs Junior High Rock Springs | 746 | 47.3% | 47.3% |
| Powell Middle School Powell | 387 | 45.0% | 69.1% |
| Rocky Mountain Middle School Cowley | 250 | 46.4% | 42.6% |
| Douglas Middle School Douglas | 389 | 38.3% | 54.0% |
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 Twin Spruce Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wyoming |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #29 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #32 of 44 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #30 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 667 | #7 of 61 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #24 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.6% | #19 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.5% | #10 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.5% | #8 of 14 |
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
667
-9 (-1%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 699
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 667 | 47.5 | 14.0:1 | 48% (317) |
| 2023-24 | 673 | 48 | 14.0:1 | 42% (284) |
| 2022-23 | 664 | 46.4 | 14.3:1 | 47% (313) |
| 2020-21 | 676 | 45 | 15.0:1 | 45% (303) |
| 2017-18 | 626 | 44.5 | 14.1:1 | 48% (298) |
| 2015-16 | 851 | 63 | 13.5:1 | 50% (427) |
| 2010-11 | 797 | N/A | N/A | 41% (327) |
| 2000-01 | 808 | 62 | 13.0:1 | 55% (444) |
| 1990-91 | 699 | 49 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Twin Spruce Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (626 to 667); teachers up 7% (44.5 to 47.5).
About Twin Spruce Junior High School
Twin Spruce Junior High School is the name of a high-enrollment middle school in Gillette, Wyoming. The school teaches grades 7 through 8 and enrolls 667 students. The school is 109% above the average for middle schools in Wyoming.
Twin Spruce Junior High School is one school in Campbell County School District #1, a system of 23 schools with 8,459 students.
White students are 78% of those enrolled at Twin Spruce Junior High School. Other reported shares: 18% Hispanic. That compares with about 86% White among all Campbell County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 37%.
A staff of 47.5 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 14.0:1. The average for middle schools in Wyoming, 12.3:1, is lower. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 48%.
Twin Spruce Junior High School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 35% of Wyoming public middle schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Twin Spruce Junior High School is 4.5 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Wyoming schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Campbell County show that the median household earns about $89,869 a year, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Campbell County has 25 public schools with about 8,459 students, including Twin Spruce Junior High School.
Meadowlark Elementary is about 0.6 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Twin Spruce Junior High School is 5th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
For locale, NCES codes Twin Spruce Junior High School as Town: Remote.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 676 in 2020-21, 667 in 2024-25.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- Sage Valley Junior High SchoolMiddle · 589 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
- Sage Valley Junior High SchoolMiddle · 589 students
- Stocktrail ElementaryElementary · 554 students
- Buffalo Ridge ElementaryElementary · 413 students
- Prairie Wind ElementaryElementary · 404 students
Nearby schools
- Meadowlark Elementary0.6 mi · 239
- Stocktrail Elementary0.6 mi · 554
- Campbell County High School0.9 mi · 1,212
- Sunflower Elementary1.1 mi · 311
- Hillcrest Elementary1.2 mi · 370
- Lakeview Elementary1.3 mi · 378
Frequently asked questions
About Twin Spruce Junior High SchoolHow many students attend Twin Spruce Junior High School?
Twin Spruce Junior High School enrolls approximately 667 students in grades 07-08.
Is Twin Spruce Junior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Twin Spruce Junior High School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Twin Spruce Junior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Twin Spruce Junior High School is approximately 14.0:1 (48 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Twin Spruce Junior High School?
At Twin Spruce Junior High School, the student body is approximately 78% White, 18% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Twin Spruce Junior High School public or private?
Twin Spruce 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.