Schools in Zip Code 82053

Zip code 82053 has two public schools in Laramie County School District #2: Burns Elementary serves grades K–6 and enrolls 245 students, while Burns Junior & Senior High School serves grades 7–12 and enrolls 307. Their results vary considerably by grade and subject, so neither school has a uniformly strong or weak profile. Most important, across the grade-and-subject results available for both years, the schools’ average position relative to the state worsened from 2.4 points below in 2024–25 to 8.4 points below in 2025–26.

Burns Elementary stands out in sixth-grade math: 83.3% were proficient in 2025–26, 26.4 percentage points above the state. Its overall elementary math average was also 1.4 points above state results, but fourth-grade science was 23.8 points below. At Burns Junior & Senior High School, eighth-grade science was a bright spot at 50.0%, 1.9 points above the state; eighth-grade math was a notable low at 27.9%, 26 points below. High-school averages were 10.8 points below the state in ELA and 12.4 below in math. Graduation offers a more positive measure: 90.2% in 2024–25, above both the state’s 83.1% and the district’s 89.2%.

Recent results show some meaningful exceptions to the broader decline: high-school ninth-grade math rose 22.3 points between years, while tenth-grade math fell 19.7; elementary fifth-grade ELA rose 16.2 points, while sixth-grade ELA fell 17.6. SchoolDigger gives Burns Elementary 1 star and ranks it 112th of 148 Wyoming schools in 2025–26, down from 77th of 147 in 2023–24. It rates Burns Junior & Senior High School 2 stars and ranks it 56th of 81, with its ranking fluctuating over the three years. In 2024–25, the elementary school had a lower student–teacher ratio (10.8 versus 12.1) and a higher free/reduced-lunch eligible measure (39.2% versus 34.2%); these are contextual differences, not explanations for achievement.