Summary:
Torrington, Wyoming, has five schools spanning elementary through high school, serving a community where reported results differ considerably by school and grade. Comparable test-score results are available for Torrington High School, Torrington Middle School, and Trail Elementary; Lincoln Elementary has no test-score entries, and Platte River School’s test results are suppressed. The most important finding for families is that performance is uneven, with middle-school math notably strong and Trail’s upper-grade results notably weak.
Torrington Middle School stands out among measured schools: its 2025–2026 math results averaged 7.7 percentage points above the state across grades 6–8, including 71.8% proficiency in grade 8 versus 53.9% statewide. Trail Elementary was at the other end of the comparison, averaging 8.2 points below the state in math and 7.6 below in ELA; its grade 5 results were 14.2 points below in math and 15.8 below in ELA. Torrington High School had a mixed profile, averaging 5.1 points above the state in math but 7.2 below in ELA. Graduation rates also differed: in 2024–2025, Torrington High was at 72.7% and Platte River at 43.8%, compared with 83.1% statewide.
Recent results show modest overall progress but important differences by grade. Across matched results, the average gap from the state narrowed slightly, from 3.2 points below in 2024–2025 to 2.9 below in 2025–2026; ELA and science improved, while the math advantage shrank. Trail’s ELA proficiency rose in grades 3 and 4, but grade 5 remains a concern; at Torrington Middle, grade 8 improved while grade 6 math fell. SchoolDigger’s 2025–2026 rankings place Torrington Middle 36th of 76 Wyoming middle schools, Torrington High 45th of 81, and Trail 114th of 148 elementary schools. The three schools have similar free/reduced-lunch eligible shares—about 47%—and student-teacher ratios of 11.3 to 12.2; these are useful context, not explanations for results.
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