Lander Middle School

Summary:

Lander Middle School is a public middle school in Lander, Wyoming, serving 406 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Fremont County School District #1, which is ranked 28 out of 42 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Lander Middle School has shown a mixed academic performance, with its statewide ranking ranging from 13th to 57th out of 74-76 Wyoming middle schools. In the 2023-2024 school year, the school ranked 39th and received a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger. Its proficiency rates in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics are generally on par or slightly above the state and district averages, with some exceptions in 7th-grade Mathematics. The school's 8th-grade Science proficiency rate is higher than the state average. Lander Middle School's Hispanic and Native American student subgroups have performed relatively well, but the performance for other subgroups has been more mixed.

The two nearest middle schools to Lander Middle School are Wyoming Indian Middle School and Ft. Washakie Middle School, both of which are part of lower-ranked school districts and have consistently ranked among the lowest-performing middle schools in the state. These schools have significantly lower proficiency rates in ELA, Mathematics, and Science compared to Lander Middle School, highlighting the educational disparities within the region.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 755 Jefferson Street
       Lander, WY  82520


(307) 332-4040

District: Fremont County School District # 1

SchoolDigger Rank:
39th of 74 Wyoming Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $18,609 Help


Students who attend Lander Middle School usually attend:

High:    Lander Valley High School

Student/teacher ratio:  13.0 Help
Number of students:  406

Racial breakdown:

White:
76.4%
American Indian:
9.4%
Two or more races:
7.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  28.3% Help


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Compare Details Lander Middle School ranks worse than 52.7% of middle schools in Wyoming. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 47.41. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (76.4%), American Indian (9.4%), two or more races (7.6%). (See more...)
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Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Lander Middle School is 13. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Lander Middle School is $18,609.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Lander Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Lander Middle School 39th of 74 Wyoming public middle schools. (See Lander Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Fremont County School District # 1:

SchoolDigger ranks Fremont County School District # 1 28th of 42 Wyoming school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Lander Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Lander Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 82.23 11th 61 82.0%
2005 66.82 21st 68 69.1%
2006 68.42 16th 68 76.5%
2007 65.06 20th 72 72.2%
2008 50.38 33rd 69 52.2%
2009 61.06 24th 75 68.0%
2010 68.66 18th 75 76.0%
2013 60.73 28th 71 60.6%
2014 60.59 24th 77 68.8%
2015 69.88 17th 74 77.0%
2016 71.60 13th 73 82.2%
2017 68.07 17th 72 76.4%
2018 67.25 17th 65 73.8%
2019 63.97 19th 76 75.0%
2021 33.58 52nd 76 31.6%
2022 37.64 47th 76 38.2%
2023 31.64 57th 74 23.0%
2024 47.41 39th 74 47.3%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Lander Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 74.25 1st 5 80.0%
2019 54.25 4th 12 66.7%
2021 35.79 12th 15 20.0%
2022 44.71 8th 15 46.7%
2023 12.47 12th 13 7.7%
2024 37.35 12th 18 33.3%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Lander Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 23.46 28th 33 15.2%
2021 11.91 28th 30 6.7%
2023 15.04 30th 32 6.3%
2024 18.66 31st 35 11.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Lander Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 43.82 32nd 47 31.9%
2019 45.18 35th 57 38.6%
2021 28.69 40th 54 25.9%
2022 29.59 41st 51 19.6%
2023 18.12 48th 53 9.4%
2024 32.01 49th 61 19.7%
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Rank History for Female students at Lander Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 65.04 18th 56 67.9%
2019 75.48 10th 63 84.1%
2021 40.78 41st 63 34.9%
2022 45.25 37th 64 42.2%
2023 32.82 50th 63 20.6%
2024 48.87 32nd 64 50.0%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Lander Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 16.16 36th 38 5.3%
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Rank History for Male students at Lander Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 66.02 18th 53 66.0%
2019 51.61 33rd 66 50.0%
2021 24.31 53rd 63 15.9%
2022 32.81 48th 66 27.3%
2023 30.38 52nd 64 18.8%
2024 47.72 35th 66 47.0%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Lander Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 64.29 7th 29 75.9%
2019 72.17 6th 32 81.3%
2021 54.47 13th 31 58.1%
2022 83.83 3rd 32 90.6%
2023 36.76 21st 30 30.0%
2024 79.54 4th 34 88.2%
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Rank History for Native American students at Lander Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 79.26 1st 3 66.7%
2019 61.32 2nd 5 60.0%
2021 70.23 1st 4 75.0%
2022 29.80 3rd 4 25.0%
2023 56.89 3rd 5 40.0%
2024 62.06 2nd 4 50.0%
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Rank History for White students at Lander Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.32 10th 44 77.3%
2019 68.32 11th 49 77.6%
2021 32.84 31st 45 31.1%
2022 39.95 36th 49 26.5%
2023 36.45 31st 47 34.0%
2024 50.58 26th 50 48.0%
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Data source: test scores: Wyoming Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Lander Middle School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 301 301
1990 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 319 319
1991 281 0 3 4 26 n/a n/a 0 314
1992 275 0 1 4 22 n/a n/a 0 302
1993 280 1 2 7 32 n/a n/a 0 322
1994 276 2 1 8 37 n/a n/a 0 324
1995 327 1 1 5 33 n/a n/a 0 367
1996 327 1 1 5 33 n/a n/a 0 367
1997 316 0 0 7 46 n/a n/a 0 369
1998 330 0 0 11 37 n/a n/a 0 378
1999 330 0 0 17 41 n/a n/a 0 388
2000 312 1 1 14 33 n/a n/a 0 361
2001 260 1 4 14 43 n/a n/a 0 322
2002 252 4 6 8 29 n/a n/a 0 299
2003 252 4 6 8 29 n/a n/a 0 299
2004 247 2 4 8 37 n/a n/a 0 298
2005 248 3 1 11 46 n/a n/a 0 309
2006 227 4 0 10 53 n/a n/a 0 294
2007 213 2 2 9 53 n/a n/a 0 279
2008 190 2 4 10 45 n/a n/a 0 251
2009 165 2 4 12 45 n/a n/a 0 228
2010 170 1 4 15 31 1 9 0 231
2011 189 0 3 24 23 1 15 0 255
2012 275 1 1 31 43 0 23 0 374
2013 250 2 2 22 46 0 18 0 340
2014 280 0 2 15 47 0 24 0 368
2015 280 4 6 27 34 0 24 0 375
2016 278 2 7 27 31 0 33 0 378
2017 287 4 8 31 41 0 29 0 400
2018 296 1 7 27 52 2 31 0 416
2019 322 1 3 30 39 1 33 0 429
2020 348 0 2 34 46 0 29 0 459
2021 316 0 2 29 44 0 27 0 418
2022 340 2 2 26 46 0 32 0 448
2023 310 2 2 23 38 0 31 0 406

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Lander Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 301 n/a n/a n/a
1990 319 27.0 11.8 n/a
1991 314 19.0 16.5 19.4
1992 302 18.0 16.7 19.2
1993 322 19.0 16.9 18.6
1994 324 19.0 17.1 22.2
1995 367 21.4 17.1 18.8
1996 367 21.4 17.1 18.8
1997 369 22.4 16.5 23.8
1998 378 26.0 14.5 23
1999 388 25.0 15.5 31.4
2000 361 24.5 14.7 29.1
2001 322 24.0 13.4 67.1
2002 299 16.0 18.7 32.4
2003 299 16.0 18.7 32.4
2004 298 20.0 14.9 28.9
2005 309 20.8 14.9 42.1
2006 294 21.6 13.6 38.4
2007 279 22.3 12.5 30.5
2008 251 22.6 11.1 29.1
2009 228 22.5 10.1 36
2010 231 22.3 10.2 34.6
2011 255 n/a n/a 32.5
2012 374 25.5 14.6 35
2013 340 n/a n/a 39.1
2014 368 30.2 12.1 34.2
2015 375 30.0 12.5 37.3
2016 378 30.0 12.6 28
2017 400 29.8 13.4 38.3
2018 416 29.4 14.1 38.9
2019 429 30.0 14.2 37.5
2020 459 30.9 14.8 36.2
2021 418 30.8 13.5 38.3
2022 448 30.0 14.9 27
2023 406 31.0 13.0 28.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Lander Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 301 n/a n/a n/a
1990 319 27.0 11.8 n/a
1991 314 19.0 16.5 19.4
1992 302 18.0 16.7 19.2
1993 322 19.0 16.9 18.6
1994 324 19.0 17.1 22.2
1995 367 21.4 17.1 18.8
1996 367 21.4 17.1 18.8
1997 369 22.4 16.5 23.8
1998 378 26.0 14.5 23
1999 388 25.0 15.5 31.4
2000 361 24.5 14.7 29.1
2001 322 24.0 13.4 67.1
2002 299 16.0 18.7 32.4
2003 299 16.0 18.7 32.4
2004 298 20.0 14.9 28.9
2005 309 20.8 14.9 42.1
2006 294 21.6 13.6 38.4
2007 279 22.3 12.5 30.5
2008 251 22.6 11.1 29.1
2009 228 22.5 10.1 36
2010 231 22.3 10.2 34.6
2011 255 n/a n/a 32.5
2012 374 25.5 14.6 35
2013 340 n/a n/a 39.1
2014 368 30.2 12.1 34.2
2015 375 30.0 12.5 37.3
2016 378 30.0 12.6 28
2017 400 29.8 13.4 38.3
2018 416 29.4 14.1 38.9
2019 429 30.0 14.2 37.5
2020 459 30.9 14.8 36.2
2021 418 30.8 13.5 38.3
2022 448 30.0 14.9 27
2023 406 31.0 13.0 28.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Lander Middle School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,494 (9.8%) $13,784 (90.2%) $15,278
2020 $1,308 (9.0%) $13,285 (91.0%) $14,592
2021 $2,152 (12.6%) $14,918 (87.4%) $17,069
2022 $3,385 (20.1%) $13,465 (79.9%) $16,849
2023 $3,869 (20.8%) $14,739 (79.2%) $18,609

Data source: Wyoming Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Lander Middle School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 19th of 76 Middle schoolsRanks 57th of 74 Middle schools
 52%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts (Lander Middle School)65.151.8
 13.3%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Fremont County School District # 1)65.151.8
 13.3%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Wyoming)60.859.8
 1%
6th Grade Mathematics (Lander Middle School)60.539.1
 21.4%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Fremont County School District # 1)60.539.1
 21.4%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Wyoming)55.151.5
 3.6%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Lander Middle School)65.254.9
 10.3%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Fremont County School District # 1)65.254.9
 10.3%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Wyoming)58.654.4
 4.2%
7th Grade Mathematics (Lander Middle School)51.543.5
 8%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Fremont County School District # 1)51.543.5
 8%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Wyoming)5249.1
 2.9%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Lander Middle School)69.454.4
 15%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Fremont County School District # 1)69.454.4
 15%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Wyoming)60.759.8
 0.9%
8th Grade Mathematics (Lander Middle School)59.735.2
 24.5%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Fremont County School District # 1)59.735.2
 24.5%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Wyoming)54.549.6
 4.9%
8th Grade Science (Lander Middle School)61.246
 15.2%
   8th Grade Science (Fremont County School District # 1)61.246
 15.2%
   8th Grade Science (Wyoming)47.548.1
 0.6%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students429406
 5.4%
African American12
 100%
American Indian3938
 2.6%
Asian32
 33.3%
Hispanic3023
 23.3%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White322310
 3.7%
Two or More Races3331
 6.1%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients37.5%28.3%
 9.2%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Lander Middle School

Students at Lander Middle School are 76% White, 9% American Indian, 8% Two or more races, 6% Hispanic.

Lander Middle School ranks 39th of 74 Wyoming middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Lander Middle School usually go on to attend Lander Valley High School

In the 2022-23 school year, 406 students attended Lander Middle School.


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