Original Research by School Decision on Red Top Meadows
Red Top Meadows sits on Fall Creek Road in Wilson, Wyoming, a small unincorporated community at the base of Teton Pass in Teton County. Publicly reported information identifies it as a state-operated residential treatment facility rather than a conventional public school, which shapes nearly everything about what a parent would find here. It is listed as serving grades six through twelve, and its administrative structure is its own entity, separate from Teton County School District Number One, the system that operates the traditional schools most Wilson families know.
Because of what this school is, the academic and demographic picture is essentially blank. State assessment results were not available. No proficiency rates, graduation rate, chronic absenteeism figure, or multi-year trend data appears in the records. The comparison set, drawn relative to districts in Teton County, could not place this school on any of its measures for the same reason. A parent reading the empty data fields should understand that this reflects the nature of the institution. Residential treatment facilities typically sit outside the standard testing and accountability framework, and the absence of results here is a function of that setting rather than a signal of weak performance.
Enrollment is reported as zero across every grade. Free and reduced-price lunch information is missing entirely. Special population data, including individualized education program counts and English learner counts, is also absent. No staffing, course access, attendance, or discipline records were provided. Program offerings, which would tell a parent about Advanced Placement, career pathways, or extracurriculars, are not listed. The district brief notes the facility serves a very small number of students, consistent with a residential treatment context where enrollment fluctuates and the population is specialized rather than drawn from a geographic attendance zone.
Wilson itself is a place a parent should understand when evaluating any school with an address here. It is a rural, residential community spread across a broad area with low density and large lots. There is no traditional downtown. Commercial activity clusters around a small plaza area, and civic life centers on a community park with an ice rink and horse corrals. The setting is quiet, spread out, and firmly rooted in its ranching-era origins, though it has become an affluent bedroom community for the Jackson area. Residents commute east to Jackson for most employment, services, and shopping. Publicly reported sources describe the area as part of the Jackson micropolitan region, with the broader economy driven by tourism, hospitality, and outdoor recreation.
The housing market here is among the most expensive in the state. The typical home value in this zip code sits far above both the Wyoming statewide benchmark and the national figure, by a very wide margin. Rent data was not available. Recent population estimates suggest a modest decline from the most recent census, which publicly reported sources attribute to affordability pressures and limited housing supply rather than any loss of local infrastructure or services. Educational attainment among adult residents is high, with a substantial share holding a bachelor's degree or greater, reinforcing the character of Wilson as an exclusive, high-cost residential community.
For a parent or guardian, the central fact about Red Top Meadows is its purpose. This is not a school a family chooses through open enrollment or a neighborhood boundary. It is a placement tied to a residential treatment program, and the academic record, as available here, reflects that. The data a parent would normally use to judge a school, proficiency, graduation, course offerings, peer demographics, is not reported in a way that applies to this setting. Anyone considering or referred to this facility would want to speak directly with the administration about the educational services provided within the treatment program, how instruction is delivered, and how credits transfer back to a student's home district. The records we have do not answer those questions, and rather than guess, we name that gap.
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