NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools WY

Best-Resourced Schools in Afton, WY

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5 public K-12 schools in Afton from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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5
Schools
2,114
Students
42.4/100
Avg Resource Index
14.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Afton has more public-school enrollment than 14% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Star Valley High School enrolls 40.0% of Afton's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

Secondary campuses occupy an unusually large share

2 of the 5 listed Afton schools are classified as high schools, a substantial share of the local portfolio. Advanced-course access, counseling, and graduation-stage staffing therefore have more weight in the city Resource Index average than they do in an elementary-heavy system.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Afton lists only 5 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 72 to 846 students, a 12-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 86%
School count
Top 99%
Resource Index average
57th percentile
Teacher staffing
63rd percentile

Star Valley High School accounts for 40.0% of all Afton public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Afton-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Afton school enrollment varies 12× across entities

Afton school enrollment ranges from 72 students (lowest) to 846 students (highest), a spread of 774 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Afton operates one school district — a single-district system

Afton's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Afton student-teacher ratio is 14.3:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Afton is typically wider than the Afton-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Osmond Elementary 56
2. Star Valley High School 48
3. Star Valley Middle School 40
4. Afton Elementary 38
5. Swift Creek High School 30

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Afton

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Swift Creek High School 30.9/100
  2. 2 Osmond Elementary 16.2/100
  3. 3 Star Valley Middle School 15.8/100
  4. 4 Star Valley High School 15.6/100
  5. 5 Afton Elementary 10.2/100

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Which Afton school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Osmond Elementary has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Afton schools in this federal-data comparison at 56/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Afton, WY? ▼

Afton has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,114 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.3:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.