Rock River Elementary

Rock River Elementary in Rock River, Wyoming, is a small school serving pre-K through grade 6, with 35 students and no other schools within 20 miles. Its clearest current concern is English Language Arts: in grades 5 and 6, the school averaged 37% proficient, compared with 61% statewide and 72% in the district.

Mathematics is the school’s relative strength, though its results remain below both benchmarks: grades 5 and 6 averaged 50% proficient, versus 59% statewide and 66% in the district. The school’s average math result was 9 percentage points below the state and 16 below the district, smaller gaps than in ELA. No nearby-school test results were provided, so comparisons with other schools in the area are not available.

Results have moved in different directions over time: the grades 5 and 6 ELA average fell from 47% in 2023–2024 to 37% in 2025–2026, while the math average rose from 32% to 50%. Over the same period, the math gap narrowed from 21 points below the state to 9 points below; the ELA gap widened from 10 points below to 24 points below. SchoolDigger rates the school at the 11th percentile statewide, ranking it 131st of 148 schools with 1 star; the Albany County School District #1 is at the 64th percentile, with 3 stars. The school’s reported student-teacher ratio was 5.9:1 in 2024–2025, and 43% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year, up 8 percentage points from 2022–2023. The reported ratio and income measure provide context, but do not explain the test results.