Riverton Middle School

Riverton Middle School serves 559 students in grades 6–8 in Riverton, Wyoming. Its 2025–26 results are mixed: ELA and science are below the state average, but math has moved from below the state average to above it, making math the school’s clearest recent strength.

Compared with the nearby Wyoming Indian Middle School, Riverton has higher results in every matched grade and subject provided. Its grade 6–8 averages are 58% in ELA and 57% in math, versus 16% in ELA and under 11.4% in math at Wyoming Indian; in grade 8 science, Riverton scores 44% versus 13%. Against the state, Riverton’s math average is 3 points higher, while its ELA average is 1 point lower and science is 4 points lower. The reported test results for Riverton and its district, Fremont County School District #25, match in every supplied subject, grade, and year, so they show no measured school–district difference. The nearby comparison includes only one school.

Math has improved most over time: Riverton’s average rose from 47% in 2022–23 to 57% in 2025–26, while the state average rose from 50% to 55%; Riverton went from 4 points below the state to 3 points above. ELA remains close to the state, but its gap shifted from 1 point below in 2022–23 to 1 point below in 2025–26; science has fluctuated and is still below the state. SchoolDigger ranks Riverton 40th of 76 schools, at the 47th percentile with 3 stars. In 2024–25, 38% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible; the student-teacher ratio was 12.7. SchoolDigger’s effectiveness ranking places the school at the 97th percentile for Hispanic students, well above its overall percentile, and at the 20th percentile for Multi-racial students, down from 65 the prior year—markedly different estimates of how well it serves those groups.