High Schools in Johnson County School District #1

Summary:

The Johnson County School District #1 in Wyoming is home to two high schools: Buffalo High School and New West High School. Based on the available data, Buffalo High School appears to be the stronger performing school, with a higher statewide ranking and better academic proficiency rates.

Buffalo High School has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger, compared to New West High School's 1-star rating. On the 9th and 10th grade WY-TOPP assessments, Buffalo High School outperformed the district and state averages in English Language Arts, Math, and Science. In contrast, New West High School had lower proficiency rates compared to the district and state on the 10th grade WY-TOPP assessments. Additionally, Buffalo High School had a higher per-student spending of $22,306, while New West High School had a spending of $21,685 in the 2023-2024 school year.

Despite the performance gap, both high schools had the same four-year graduation rate of 81.6% in the 2023-2024 school year. However, the student-teacher ratio at Buffalo High School was higher, with 12.7 students per teacher, compared to 8.6 students per teacher at New West High School. This suggests that while Buffalo High School has more resources, it may also have larger class sizes. The data also indicates that New West High School serves a higher proportion of students from lower-income backgrounds, with a free/reduced lunch rate of 52.94% compared to 17.96% at Buffalo High School.

District Detail

601 West Lott Street
Buffalo, WY 82834

(307) 684-9571

SchoolDigger Rank:
19^th of 43 Wyoming districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 1,137

Primary Schools: 2
Middle Schools: 1
High Schools: 2
Alternative Schools: 1

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				WY-TOPP English Language Arts (2025)		WY-TOPP Mathematics (2025)		WY-TOPP Science (2025)	ACT English (2025)	ACT Math (2025)	ACT Reading (2025)	ACT Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	WY-TOPP English Language Arts 9th Grade	WY-TOPP English Language Arts 10th Grade	WY-TOPP Mathematics 9th Grade	WY-TOPP Mathematics 10th Grade	WY-TOPP Science 10th Grade	ACT English 11th Grade	ACT Math 11th Grade	ACT Reading 11th Grade	ACT Science 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Buffalo High School	Public	9-12	29891 Old Highway 87	Buffalo	82834	Johnson County	Johnson County School District #1	No	(n/a)	No	No	(307) 684-2269	317	27	11.8	24.0%	269 (84.9%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (8.5%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.4%)	62	28^th of 83 public high schools	66.3%		60.4	31^st of 80 public high schools	61.3%	3	70.5	52.6	65.8	43.6	42.3	19.1	19.2	21.3	20.1	$22,306	$1,908	$20,397
New West High School	Public	9-12	300 S. Spruce	Buffalo	82834	Johnson County	Johnson County School District #1	No	(n/a)	No	No	(307) 620-2478	29	4	7.7	55.2%	24 (82.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (6.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (6.9%)								(n/a)		42.9				14.4	15.8	17.9	17.1	$21,685	$1,101	$20,583

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Sheridan County School District #2	19.36 mi	10	5^th
Sheridan County School District #3	26 mi	4
Sheridan County School District #1	28.45 mi	8	3^rd
Wyoming Department of Family Services	32.64 mi	2
Northeast Wyoming BOCES	35.84 mi	4

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Wyoming Department of Education.

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