Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 82007

Zip code 82007 has one listed middle school, Johnson Junior High School, serving grades 7–8 and enrolling 574 students in the Laramie County School District #1. Its 2025–2026 proficiency rates were 34.5% in grade 7 ELA, 35.8% in grade 8 ELA, 24.4% in grade 7 math, 25.3% in grade 8 math, and 20.6% in grade 8 science. Each result was below both the district and state result; the gaps to the state ranged from 22.0 percentage points in grade 7 ELA to 28.6 points in grade 8 math. The most important finding for families is that results were substantially below state levels in every tested subject and grade.

There is no meaningful local top-versus-bottom school comparison because Johnson is the only middle school listed for the area; it is therefore both the highest and lowest performer in the list. Compared with its district, Johnson was behind by 18.1 points in grade 7 ELA, 23.2 points in grade 8 ELA, 21.9 points in grade 7 math, 20.2 points in grade 8 math, and 21.3 points in grade 8 science. The district itself was below state results in each of these comparisons, but Johnson’s rates were lower still. In the latest year, its average across the five subject-grade results was 28.12%, compared with 49.06% for the district and 54.46% statewide.

Results improved overall, but progress differed by subject. Johnson’s five-result average rose from 26.02% in 2024–2025 to 28.12% in 2025–2026, and its gap to the state narrowed by 1.52 points. Grade 7 ELA was the clearest improvement, rising 7.6 points as the state result declined; grade 8 science fell 3.5 points, while the grade 8 math gap to the state widened to 28.6 points. SchoolDigger ranked Johnson 73rd of 76 state middle schools in 2025–2026, at the 4th percentile with 0 stars; its rankings were 72nd of 74 and 75th of 77 in the prior two years. For context, the school reported a 10.1 student-teacher ratio and 71.6% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–2025. With only one listed school, these data do not support comparisons among local school peers.