Upton Elementary

Upton Elementary serves 574 students in grades K–5 in Upton, Wyoming, and is part of Weston County School District #7. The only nearby school supplied for comparison is Moorcroft Elementary, about 19 miles away. Upton’s results match its district’s in every grade, subject and year provided, but its strongest academic concern is mathematics: in 2025–26, its grades 3–5 average was 39% proficient, compared with 62% statewide and 67% at Moorcroft.

ELA is a relative bright spot, though Upton does not lead Moorcroft overall. In 2025–26, Upton averaged 52% in grades 3–5 ELA, versus 57% statewide and 56% at Moorcroft; fourth-grade ELA was a standout, slightly above both comparisons. Math was much weaker: Upton’s average was 23 percentage points below the state and 28 points below Moorcroft. The largest same-grade gap was in fifth-grade math, where 34% of Upton students were proficient compared with 84% at Moorcroft. Upton’s matching results with its district mean its reported gap from the district is 0 percentage points throughout.

Results have improved since 2022–23: average grades 3–5 ELA rose 18 percentage points to 52%, and math rose 13 points to 39%; fourth-grade science increased 23 points, bringing its gap with the state down from 23 to 6 points. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking rose from the 5th percentile in 2022–23 to the 16th in 2025–26, but Moorcroft ranked at the 68th percentile that year. SchoolDigger’s Low Socio Economic Status Students ranking was notably stronger, at the 87th percentile in 2025–26, compared with Upton’s overall 16th percentile. Upton’s reported student-teacher ratio was 71.8 in 2024–25, compared with 10.9 at Moorcroft. Upton reported 5% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2022–23, while Moorcroft reported 60% in 2024–25, so these figures are from different school years and are not a like-year comparison.