Summary:
Zip code 82301 has one listed elementary school, Rawlins Elementary, serving prekindergarten through grade 5 with 666 students in Rawlins, Wyoming, and belonging to Carbon County School District #1. Its latest reported results, for 2025–2026, vary considerably by grade and subject. The most important current concern is fourth-grade science: 39.1% met proficiency, 17.1 percentage points below the state.
Fifth-grade mathematics is the clearest standout: 66.0% met proficiency, 5.0 points above the state’s 61.0%, although it was 2.8 points below the district. Fifth-grade ELA was nearly even with the state at 61.5% versus 61.3%. At the lower end, fourth-grade ELA was 35.9%, 16.7 points below the state, and third-grade ELA was 41.2%, 14.5 points below. Mathematics results were stronger overall than ELA compared with state averages: the simple three-grade averages were 57.9% for math versus 61.6% statewide, and 46.2% for ELA versus 56.5% statewide. These are within-school grade comparisons, not rankings against other schools in the ZIP code.
ELA improved in all three tested grades from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, with gains of 9.1 points in grade 3, 5.0 in grade 4, and 12.5 in grade 5; the state-relative gaps narrowed in each grade. Progress was less consistent elsewhere: fourth-grade math fell 8.5 points, moving from 8.9 points above the state to 4.8 below, while fourth-grade science declined 5.8 points and its state gap widened. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking also moved down, from 100th of 147 schools (32nd percentile) in 2023–2024 to 117th of 148 (21st percentile) in 2025–2026; its rating declined from two stars to one. For context, the reported 2024–2025 student–teacher ratio was 11.5, and 49.0% of students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Because only one school is listed, families cannot compare schools within this ZIP code.
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