Education

Educators work tirelessly to design an engaging learning environment for students in Goshen County, Wyoming schools. Parents can also choose to send their children to a private Christian school. Eastern Wyoming College is valuable asset for the region.

Goshen County School District #1 serves the communities of Torrington, LaGrange, Lingle and Yoder. The vision for the district is to lead, empower, and nurture a learning environment that engages students and prepares them to compete in society when they leave the district.

Statistics

Number elementary schools: 5
Number junior high/middle schools: 3
Number high schools: 3
Total district enrollment: 1,823
Average ACT scores: 20.4
Expenditures per student (08-09): $13,666
Budgeted revenues (08-09): $30,380,927

For more information: www.goshen.k12.wy.us

Located at 2980 E D Street in Torrington, Valley Christian School is a private school for grades kindergarten through fifth. For more information, call 307-532-3133.

Eastern Wyoming College is a public, two-year community college located in the Platte Valley of eastern Wyoming. EWC offers more than 40 degree and certificate programs. Like other Wyoming colleges, EWC features a wide variety of distance education courses available with four complete degree programs available by distance education. The Eastern Wyoming Community College service area covers a 16,000 square mile area across the eastern side of Wyoming. The college is the cultural center of the region, offering a wide variety of fine art opportunities and an active community theater group.

For more information, visit www.ewc.wy.edu.