Summary:
Zip code 82201 has seven schools—three elementary, two middle and two high schools—with 882 students overall, though enrollment ranges from just 6 to 195. The available 2025–2026 results show a notably uneven picture: some results at the high school are above state figures, while the middle school is below state figures in every reported subject and grade, and mathematics is the clearest area of concern.
Wheatland High School stands out most often above the state: it exceeded state results in three of five reported comparisons, including grade 10 science by 13.4 percentage points and grade 10 ELA by 10.0 points; its average gap across all five was 3.52 points above the state. West Elementary had a more mixed profile, averaging 2.44 points below the state across seven results, with grade 3 ELA 8.5 points above. Wheatland Middle School had the weakest reported pattern: all seven results were below the state, averaging 13.24 points below, including grade 6 math at 31.0 points below and grade 7 ELA at 23.7 points below.
Results changed unevenly over time, with some substantial gains alongside declines: West’s grade 3 ELA rose 11.3 points, while grade 5 ELA fell 9.6; Wheatland Middle’s grade 6 ELA rose 17.2 points, while grade 7 ELA fell 15.7. Across 19 matched results, the average school-to-state gap narrowed by 4.44 points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026. SchoolDigger’s latest listed rankings place Wheatland Middle 64th of 76 and West 92nd of 148; its percentile rankings also declined from 2023–2024 to 2025–2026 for Wheatland High (71 to 59), West (56 to 38) and Wheatland Middle (19 to 16). West and Wheatland Middle have similar student–teacher ratios (12.2 and 12.1) and free/reduced-lunch shares (43.6% and 44.3%), despite different test-result patterns. Results are suppressed for three schools, and no test scores are supplied for Libbey Elementary, so the available comparisons do not cover every school.
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