NCES CCD 2024-25 26 schools WY

Best-Resourced Schools in Casper, WY

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

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26
Schools
11,960
Students
36.4/100
Avg Resource Index
13.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Casper has more public-school enrollment than 84% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Casper's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Casper's list includes 12 elementary, 3 middle, and 3 high-school campuses, plus 8 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Casper's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 30th percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 76th percentile. The 46-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment
Top 16%
School count
Top 10%
Resource Index average
30th percentile
Teacher staffing
76th percentile

Kelly Walsh High School accounts for 16.7% of all Casper public-school enrollment

That concentration means Casper-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

Casper school enrollment varies 667× across entities

Casper school enrollment ranges from 3 students (lowest) to 2,002 students (highest), a spread of 1,999 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. 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

Casper student-teacher ratio is 13.3:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Roosevelt High School 59
2. Natrona County High School 48
3. Red Creek Elementary 45
4. Kelly Walsh High School 43
5. Crest Hill Elementary 43
6. Dean Morgan Middle School 40
7. Ft. Caspar Academy 39
8. Southridge Elementary 39
9. Oregon Trail Elementary 39
10. Woods Learning Center 38
11. Summit Elementary School 37
12. Paradise Valley Elementary 37
13. Verda James Elementary 36
14. Pineview Elementary 36
15. Centennial Middle School 34
16. Cottonwood Elementary 34
17. Park Elementary 34
18. Lincoln Elementary School 33
19. Journey Elementary 32
20. C Y Middle School 30
21. Poison Spider Elementary 30
22. Casper Classical Academy 29
23. Bar Nunn Elementary 29
24. Sagewood Elementary 24
25. Manor Heights Elementary 23
26. Wyoming Behavioral Institute -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Casper

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 Lincoln Elementary School 57.1/100
  2. 2 Casper Classical Academy 48.3/100
  3. 3 Dean Morgan Middle School 46.1/100
  4. 4 Pineview Elementary 43.0/100
  5. 5 Roosevelt High School 42.6/100

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Which Casper school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Roosevelt High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Casper schools in this federal-data comparison at 59/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Casper, WY? ▼

Casper has 26 public schools with a total enrollment of 11,960 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.3:1.

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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.