Best Middle Schools in Wyoming for Low Socio Economic Status Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Wyoming!

Every year, the Wyoming Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Low Socio Economic Status students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Wyoming test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the WY-TOPP test scores by the Wyoming Department of Education. The most recent update was on Friday, August 29, 2025.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2025)					ID
Rank (of 62)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Statewide Rank Percentile (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1	PODER Academy Secondary School	Public, Charter	7-12	1100 Richardson Court	Cheyenne	82001	Laramie County	Laramie County School District #1	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(307) 632-2248	131	9	14.3	38.2%	83 (63.4%)	4 (3.1%)	33 (25.2%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (7.6%)	$20,598			$2,262			$18,336	98.4%	98.7%	0.31%			560198000574
2	Star Valley Middle School	Public	7-8	999 Warrior Way	Afton	83110	Lincoln County	Lincoln County School District #2	No	(n/a)	No	No	(307) 885-5208	428	27	15.5	34.3%	392 (91.6%)	2 (0.5%)	24 (5.6%)	2 (0.5%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.9%)	$17,158			$890			$16,268	96.8%	92.2%	4.57%			560406000203
3	Southeast Junior High School	Public	7-8	1 Lacy Street	Yoder	82244	Goshen County	Goshen County School District #1	No	(n/a)	No	No	(307) 532-7176	45	5	9.5	46.7%	37 (82.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (11.1%)	1 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.4%)	$27,149			$1,632			$25,517	95.2%	79.2%	15.94%			560299000482
4	Lusk Middle School	Public	6-8	425 South Maple	Lusk	82225	Niobrara County	Niobrara County School District #1	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(307) 334-2224	250	20	12.2		198 (79.2%)	4 (1.6%)	35 (14.0%)	3 (1.2%)	6 (2.4%)	1 (0.4%)	3 (1.2%)	$12,029			$1,162			$10,867	93.5%	10.4%	83.16%			560423000215
5	Powell Middle School	Public	6-8	369 East 3rd Street	Powell	82435	Park County	Park County School District # 1	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(307) 764-6185	387	32	12.1	45.0%	315 (81.4%)	1 (0.3%)	55 (14.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.6%)	$19,492			$2,769			$16,724	91.9%	89.6%	2.33%			560516000279
6	Riverside Middle/High School	Public	6-12	1212 West B Street	Basin	82410	Big Horn County	Big Horn County School District #4	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(307) 568-2416	129	18	7.2	38.8%	118 (91.5%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (6.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.3%)	$35,837			$1,731			$34,107	90.3%	81.8%	8.50%			560109000036
7	Sundance Secondary School	Public	7-12	1016 East Cleveland	Sundance	82729	Crook County	Crook County School District #1	No	(n/a)	No	No	(307) 283-1007	198	19	10.4	24.7%	184 (92.9%)	1 (0.5%)	7 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.5%)	$24,154			$990			$23,164	88.7%	84.4%	4.29%			560237000405
8	Burlington Middle School	Public	6-8	109 School Avenue	Burlington	82411	Big Horn County	Big Horn County School District #1	No	(n/a)	No	No	(307) 762-3334	52	6	8.6	59.6%	42 (80.8%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (13.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.8%)	$23,444			$1,614			$21,831	87.1%	68.8%	18.27%			560142000477
9	Sheridan Junior High School	Public	6-8	500 Lewis Street	Sheridan	82801	Sheridan County	Sheridan County School District #2	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(307) 672-9745	766	58	13	35.2%	647 (84.5%)	3 (0.4%)	76 (9.9%)	5 (0.7%)	8 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (3.5%)	$14,985			$1,490			$13,495	85.5%	93.5%	8.02%			560569500361
10	HEM Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	701 South Adams Street	Hanna	82327	Carbon County	Carbon County School District #2	No	(n/a)	No	No	(307) 325-6545	77	12	6.2	59.7%	68 (88.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (5.2%)	1 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.6%)	2 (2.6%)	$36,593			$3,294			$33,300	83.9%	55.8%	28.03%			560170000385

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on WY-TOPP English Language Arts, WY-TOPP Mathematics, WY-TOPP Science test scores released by the Wyoming Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 29, 2025, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Wyoming Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Wyoming Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

Alternative Schools vs Public Schools: A Comparison

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