McCormick Junior High School

Summary:

McCormick Junior High School is a public middle school located in Cheyenne, Wyoming, serving grades 7-8 with a total enrollment of 654 students. It is part of the Laramie County School District #1, which is ranked 29 out of 42 school districts in Wyoming and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

McCormick Junior High School consistently outperforms the district and state averages in academic proficiency across various subjects and grade levels. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, 67.9% of 7th-grade students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 48.6% for the district and 55.3% for the state. The school has also ranked among the top middle schools in Wyoming, with a ranking of 23 out of 74 schools in the 2023-2024 school year, earning a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. Additionally, McCormick Junior High School has shown strong performance across various student subgroups, with its female students ranking 15th out of 64 Wyoming middle schools and its military-connected students ranking 1st out of 4 schools in the same year.

While McCormick Junior High School outperforms the district and state averages, the nearby Carey Junior High School and Johnson Junior High School lag behind in academic performance. This may be due to the fact that McCormick Junior High School has a relatively low percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients, at 22.17% in the 2022-2023 school year, compared to the higher rates at nearby schools. Additionally, McCormick Junior High School has a relatively low student-teacher ratio, with 14.5 students per teacher in the 2022-2023 school year, which may contribute to its academic success. However, the school's performance also highlights the need to address the needs of certain student populations, such as special education students and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, who have lower rankings and proficiency rates compared to other subgroups.


Detail:

Public 7-8

 6000 Education Drive
       Cheyenne, WY  82009


(307) 771-2650

District: Laramie County School District #1

SchoolDigger Rank:
23rd of 74 Wyoming Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $17,548 Help


Students who attend McCormick Junior High School usually attend:

High:    Central High School

Feeder schools for McCormick Junior High School:

Elementary:    Clawson Elementary
    Davis Elementary
    Deming Elementary
    Freedom Elementary
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Student/teacher ratio:  14.5 Help
Number of students:  654

Racial breakdown:

White:
77.4%
Hispanic:
14.4%
Two or more races:
5.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  22.2% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details McCormick Junior High School ranks better than 68.9% of middle schools in Wyoming. It also ranks first among 3 ranked middle schools in the Laramie County School District #1! (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 63.63. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (77.4%), Hispanic (14.4%), two or more races (5.8%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 22.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the Laramie County School District #1. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at McCormick Junior High School is 14.5. 2 middle schools in the Laramie County School District #1 have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at McCormick Junior High School is $17,548. 2 middle schools in the Laramie County School District #1 spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

McCormick Junior High School:

SchoolDigger ranks McCormick Junior High School 23rd of 74 Wyoming public middle schools. (See McCormick Junior High School in the ranking list.)

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Laramie County School District #1:

SchoolDigger ranks Laramie County School District #1 29th of 42 Wyoming school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for McCormick Junior High School

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Rank History for all students at McCormick Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 65.61 20th 61 67.2%
2005 56.83 27th 68 60.3%
2006 61.48 21st 68 69.1%
2007 57.34 28th 72 61.1%
2008 63.12 24th 69 65.2%
2009 66.19 21st 75 72.0%
2010 72.18 16th 75 78.7%
2011 57.10 35th 72 51.4%
2012 56.93 30th 71 57.7%
2013 60.92 27th 71 62.0%
2014 72.57 13th 77 83.1%
2015 82.51 6th 74 91.9%
2016 67.99 17th 73 76.7%
2017 67.09 19th 72 73.6%
2018 70.74 14th 65 78.5%
2019 55.26 34th 76 55.3%
2021 61.78 28th 76 63.2%
2022 55.91 37th 76 51.3%
2023 61.34 27th 74 63.5%
2024 63.63 23rd 74 68.9%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at McCormick Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.87 3rd 5 40.0%
2019 81.50 2nd 12 83.3%
2021 33.95 13th 15 13.3%
2022 78.14 3rd 15 80.0%
2023 78.35 3rd 13 76.9%
2024 75.18 3rd 18 83.3%
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Rank History for Special Education students at McCormick Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 14.43 29th 30 3.3%
2019 43.32 16th 33 51.5%
2021 27.76 23rd 30 23.3%
2023 34.97 24th 32 25.0%
2024 30.71 21st 35 40.0%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at McCormick Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 48.73 32nd 57 43.9%
2021 56.13 21st 54 61.1%
2022 38.78 33rd 51 35.3%
2023 50.19 26th 53 50.9%
2024 33.15 48th 61 21.3%
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Rank History for Female students at McCormick Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 73.65 8th 56 85.7%
2019 67.98 15th 63 76.2%
2021 62.70 17th 63 73.0%
2022 70.42 16th 64 75.0%
2023 69.69 14th 63 77.8%
2024 67.45 15th 64 76.6%
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Rank History for Disabled students at McCormick Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 23.13 32nd 38 15.8%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at McCormick Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 81.20 1st 3 66.7%
2021 62.22 1st 3 66.7%
2022 67.86 2nd 4 50.0%
2023 57.01 1st 4 75.0%
2024 71.99 1st 4 75.0%
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Rank History for Male students at McCormick Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.65 21st 53 60.4%
2019 44.83 38th 66 42.4%
2021 56.66 27th 63 57.1%
2022 48.07 37th 66 43.9%
2023 53.87 31st 64 51.6%
2024 58.93 25th 66 62.1%
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Rank History for Virtual Education students at McCormick Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 81.52 1st 10 90.0%
2022 53.32 4th 11 63.6%
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Rank History for African American students at McCormick Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.90 2nd 3 33.3%
2019 42.44 1st 2 50.0%
2022 62.42 1st 2 50.0%
2024 38.62 2nd 2 0.0%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at McCormick Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.77 20th 29 31.0%
2019 42.51 16th 32 50.0%
2021 64.29 8th 31 74.2%
2022 46.27 18th 32 43.8%
2023 56.46 14th 30 53.3%
2024 52.09 14th 34 58.8%
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Rank History for White students at McCormick Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 70.11 12th 44 72.7%
2019 52.44 25th 49 49.0%
2021 64.21 15th 45 66.7%
2022 54.79 21st 49 57.1%
2023 59.69 20th 47 57.4%
2024 63.36 16th 50 68.0%
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Data source: test scores: Wyoming Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for McCormick Junior High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1012 1012
1990 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 996 996
1991 897 42 15 73 9 n/a n/a 0 1036
1992 935 51 21 83 5 n/a n/a 0 1095
1993 1041 52 17 94 4 n/a n/a 0 1208
1994 1049 44 18 106 7 n/a n/a 0 1224
1995 1062 49 28 84 3 n/a n/a 0 1226
1996 1062 49 28 84 3 n/a n/a 0 1226
1997 1110 56 31 86 6 n/a n/a 0 1289
1998 1093 97 27 59 9 n/a n/a 0 1285
1999 1094 53 26 89 9 n/a n/a 0 1271
2000 1022 38 24 91 10 n/a n/a 0 1185
2001 1002 46 20 85 13 n/a n/a 0 1166
2002 929 45 23 99 17 n/a n/a 0 1113
2003 929 45 23 99 17 n/a n/a 0 1113
2004 904 44 19 105 14 n/a n/a 0 1086
2005 972 34 20 118 8 n/a n/a 0 1152
2006 1004 39 27 117 12 n/a n/a 0 1199
2007 969 37 20 118 8 n/a n/a 0 1152
2008 904 38 25 99 11 n/a n/a 0 1077
2009 868 42 23 89 13 n/a n/a 0 1035
2010 783 13 4 124 5 1 31 0 961
2011 805 13 5 142 4 4 40 0 1013
2012 528 9 2 100 4 1 22 0 666
2013 511 17 8 100 6 3 9 0 654
2014 520 18 8 84 5 1 11 0 647
2015 478 9 9 83 6 1 15 0 601
2016 500 11 16 77 3 0 19 0 626
2017 576 18 14 77 4 2 22 0 713
2018 561 22 16 68 4 1 24 0 696
2019 547 15 11 81 5 0 28 0 687
2020 571 16 6 79 6 0 30 0 708
2021 546 16 7 76 8 0 27 0 680
2022 551 12 7 102 4 0 41 0 717
2023 506 9 4 94 3 0 38 0 654

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at McCormick Junior High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 1012 n/a n/a n/a
1990 996 69.0 14.4 n/a
1991 1036 65.0 15.9 10.4
1992 1095 72.0 15.2 6.9
1993 1208 75.8 15.9 8.4
1994 1224 76.0 16.1 9.2
1995 1226 79.8 15.4 8.8
1996 1226 79.8 15.4 8.8
1997 1289 79.8 16.2 8.6
1998 1285 80.8 15.9 8.2
1999 1271 82.7 15.4 13.8
2000 1185 83.0 14.3 14.6
2001 1166 80.3 14.5 30.9
2002 1113 77.8 14.3 18
2003 1113 77.8 14.3 18
2004 1086 79.5 13.7 17.9
2005 1152 83.4 13.8 21.8
2006 1199 82.2 14.6 19
2007 1152 83.3 13.8 18.3
2008 1077 80.3 13.4 16.6
2009 1035 76.0 13.6 15.1
2010 961 76.4 12.6 19.9
2011 1013 n/a n/a 24.5
2012 666 49.4 13.4 21.5
2013 654 n/a n/a 24.6
2014 647 54.3 11.9 22.9
2015 601 57.0 10.5 24.8
2016 626 50.0 12.5 21.9
2017 713 51.8 13.7 22.9
2018 696 48.1 14.4 21.8
2019 687 45.1 15.2 20.5
2020 708 45.2 15.6 21.5
2021 680 47.6 14.2 19.7
2022 717 47.6 15.0 10.7
2023 654 44.9 14.5 22.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio McCormick Junior High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 1012 n/a n/a n/a
1990 996 69.0 14.4 n/a
1991 1036 65.0 15.9 10.4
1992 1095 72.0 15.2 6.9
1993 1208 75.8 15.9 8.4
1994 1224 76.0 16.1 9.2
1995 1226 79.8 15.4 8.8
1996 1226 79.8 15.4 8.8
1997 1289 79.8 16.2 8.6
1998 1285 80.8 15.9 8.2
1999 1271 82.7 15.4 13.8
2000 1185 83.0 14.3 14.6
2001 1166 80.3 14.5 30.9
2002 1113 77.8 14.3 18
2003 1113 77.8 14.3 18
2004 1086 79.5 13.7 17.9
2005 1152 83.4 13.8 21.8
2006 1199 82.2 14.6 19
2007 1152 83.3 13.8 18.3
2008 1077 80.3 13.4 16.6
2009 1035 76.0 13.6 15.1
2010 961 76.4 12.6 19.9
2011 1013 n/a n/a 24.5
2012 666 49.4 13.4 21.5
2013 654 n/a n/a 24.6
2014 647 54.3 11.9 22.9
2015 601 57.0 10.5 24.8
2016 626 50.0 12.5 21.9
2017 713 51.8 13.7 22.9
2018 696 48.1 14.4 21.8
2019 687 45.1 15.2 20.5
2020 708 45.2 15.6 21.5
2021 680 47.6 14.2 19.7
2022 717 47.6 15.0 10.7
2023 654 44.9 14.5 22.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for McCormick Junior High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $602 (3.9%) $14,749 (96.1%) $15,351
2020 $568 (3.8%) $14,251 (96.2%) $14,820
2021 $1,544 (9.4%) $14,905 (90.6%) $16,448
2022 $1,737 (11.4%) $13,453 (88.6%) $15,190
2023 $2,290 (13.0%) $15,258 (87.0%) $17,548

Data source: Wyoming Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on McCormick Junior High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 34th of 76 Middle schoolsRanks 27th of 74 Middle schools
 8.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade English Language Arts (McCormick Junior High School)54.860.7
 5.9%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Laramie County School District #1)48.545.1
 3.4%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Wyoming)58.654.4
 4.2%
7th Grade Mathematics (McCormick Junior High School)5656.8
 0.8%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Laramie County School District #1)43.740.9
 2.8%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Wyoming)5249.1
 2.9%
8th Grade English Language Arts (McCormick Junior High School)63.765.1
 1.4%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Laramie County School District #1)55.854.3
 1.5%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Wyoming)60.759.8
 0.9%
8th Grade Mathematics (McCormick Junior High School)55.957.7
 1.8%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Laramie County School District #1)4539.1
 5.9%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Wyoming)54.549.6
 4.9%
8th Grade Science (McCormick Junior High School)58.251.7
 6.5%
   8th Grade Science (Laramie County School District #1)42.839.2
 3.6%
   8th Grade Science (Wyoming)47.548.1
 0.6%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students687654
 4.8%
African American159
 40%
American Indian53
 40%
Asian114
 63.6%
Hispanic8194
 16%
Pacific Islander00
White547506
 7.5%
Two or More Races2838
 35.7%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients20.5%22.2%
 1.6%


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Frequently Asked Questions about McCormick Junior High School

In the 2022-23 school year, 654 students attended McCormick Junior High School.

Students who attend McCormick Junior High School usually go on to attend Central High School

Students at McCormick Junior High School are 77% White, 14% Hispanic, 6% Two or more races, 1% African American.

McCormick Junior High School ranks 23rd of 74 Wyoming middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.


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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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