Aspen Elementary School

Aspen Elementary School serves 286 students in prekindergarten through grade 5 in Riverton, in Fremont County School District #25. Its 2025–26 results show a sharp difference by grade: third-grade scores are near or above state benchmarks, while fourth- and fifth-grade scores are much lower. The most important finding is that the school’s weaker results are concentrated in grades 4 and 5.

Third grade is Aspen’s strongest point, especially in math: 61% were proficient, matching the state and exceeding the district’s 54%; among five nearby schools, only Shoshoni Elementary scored higher, at 81%. Third-grade ELA was 56.3%, just above the state’s 55.7% and the district’s 52%. By contrast, fourth-grade ELA was 26%, versus 41% in the district and 53% statewide; fourth-grade math was 34%, versus 52% and 63%. Fifth-grade results were also low: ELA was 38% and math 29%, both below district and state averages. Across grades 3–5, average proficiency was 40% in ELA and 41% in math, below the district’s 52% and 53% and the state’s 57% and 62%, respectively. Math has the larger average gap to the state.

There is not enough test-score history to tell whether Aspen’s results or its gaps with the state are changing. SchoolDigger ranks Aspen 132nd of 148 Wyoming schools, in the 11th percentile, with 1 star; nearby Willow Creek Elementary, Rendezvous Elementary and Shoshoni rank higher, while Arapahoe Elementary ranks lower. SchoolDigger ranks the district 36th of 44, also with 1 star. Aspen’s student–teacher ratio was 10.2 in 2024–25, the second-lowest among the five nearby schools compared. In 2024–25, 43% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible; that measure declined from 55% in 2022–23 to 51% in 2023–24.