Big Horn High School
Big Horn · WY · Sheridan County School District #1 · Public
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John C. Schiffer Collaborative School → Tongue River High School → Moorcroft Secondary School → Wyoming Indian High School → Hot Springs County High School → Westwood High School → Glenrock Jr/Sr High School → Roosevelt High School →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 37% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 47% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 95% (75th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Big Horn High School compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ LocallyWY students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+5 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: John C. Schiffer Collaborative School, Tongue River High School, Moorcroft Secondary School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 47% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
75th percentile nationally
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
University of Wyoming
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $13,599/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +4.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 169 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John C. Schiffer Collaborative School Sheridan |
Public | 6.1 | 70 | +12.9% |
| Tongue River High School Dayton |
Public | 18.7 | 276 | +38.0% |
| Moorcroft Secondary School Moorcroft |
Public | 105.4 | 168 | -7.7% |
| Wyoming Indian High School Ethete |
Public | 145.3 | 180 | -11.8% |
| Hot Springs County High School Thermopolis |
Public | 93.1 | 184 | -17.5% |
| Westwood High School Gillette |
Public | 79.0 | 150 | +2.0% |
| Glenrock Jr/Sr High School Glenrock |
Public | 138.2 | 199 | +0.5% |
| Roosevelt High School Casper |
Public | 133.1 | 206 | -12.3% |