Wind River Elementary

Wind River Elementary serves 135 students in pre-K through grade 5 in Pavillion, Wyoming. For 2025–26, SchoolDigger ranked it 101st of 148 Wyoming schools, at the 32nd percentile with 2 stars—below the statewide midpoint. Its clearest distinction is that it led the three nearby schools in every comparable current test grade, even though its scores remained below state averages in all three subjects.

Math is its strongest subject against state and district results: the grades 3–5 average was 61%, about 1 point below the state’s 62% and 1 point above the Fremont County School District # 6 average of 60%. It also beat both nearby schools in each matching grade; in grade 3, for example, math proficiency was 61%, versus 25% at Wyoming Indian Elementary and 6% at Ft. Washakie Elementary. ELA is the bigger state-level weakness: the grades 3–5 average was 50%, 7 points below the state’s 57%, with grade 4 at 43% versus 53% statewide. Grade 4 science was 52%, also below the state’s 56%, though Wind River led both nearby schools in that comparison.

Results have not risen steadily: ELA and math averages fell from 2024–25, while grade 4 science rebounded to 52%, up 14 points from 2023–24. SchoolDigger’s ranking also fell from the 55th percentile and 3 stars in 2024–25 to the 32nd percentile and 2 stars in 2025–26, a 23-point drop. With 135 students, year-to-year scores may be less stable. In 2024–25, 71% of students were reported as free/reduced lunch eligible, compared with 77% at Wyoming Indian and 93% at Ft. Washakie; the student-teacher ratio was 7.3. SchoolDigger’s measure of how well the school serves Low Socio Economic Status Students ranked the group at the 64th percentile in 2025–26, compared with 32nd percentile overall.