Big Horn Middle School

Big Horn Middle School enrolls 134 students in grades 6–8 in Big Horn, Wyoming. Its 2025–26 results show strong performance in English language arts (ELA) and math, but a weaker result in eighth-grade science. The most important takeaway is that science is the school’s clearest academic concern: just over half of eighth graders were proficient, below both the district and nearby schools with exact results.

Big Horn’s strongest results are in ELA and math: its grade-level averages were 82% in ELA and 80% in math, compared with 73% and 75% for the district and 59% and 55% statewide. Its ELA average was 14 points above the average for Tongue River Middle School and Sheridan Junior High School combined; its math average was 8 points higher. Science goes the other way: Big Horn’s 52% proficiency was 9 points below the district and 14 points below those two schools’ combined average. The Wright Place reported at least 80% in eighth-grade science.

Science has declined notably, from 74% proficient in 2022–23 to 52% in 2025–26, a drop of 22 points. Over that period, the school’s advantage over the state in science narrowed from 26 points to 4 points, while ELA remained strong and math was essentially flat. SchoolDigger ranks Big Horn 3rd of 76 statewide, in the 96th percentile with 5 stars; its ranking has stayed in the 96th–99th percentile range over the past four years. For context, the school’s 2024–25 student-teacher ratio was 11.7. In 2022–23, 11% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible, compared with 23% at Tongue River that year; this is context, not an explanation for test results.