Summary:
Zip code 82411 has three schools in the Burlington community, serving grades PK–12: Burlington Elementary (119 students), Burlington Middle School (52), and Burlington High School (69), all in Big Horn County School District #1. The clearest standout is Burlington High School: its latest results were far above state benchmarks in both tested subjects, including grade 10 math at 75% proficient versus 45% statewide and grade 9 ELA and math at least 90%.
Burlington High School has the strongest overall state-relative results, with grade 10 ELA 12 percentage points above the state and math 30 points above; its grade 9 results were at least 34.4 points above in ELA and 43.5 in math. Burlington Middle School stands out for consistent math performance: grades 6, 7, and 8 exceeded state results by 15.3, 13.8, and 4.4 points, respectively. Burlington Elementary has the most uneven pattern: grade 5 ELA and math were 18.7 and 14 points above state results, but grade 4 math was 18.2 points below. Its average math gap was 4.6 points below the state, compared with the middle school’s 11.2-point advantage and the high school’s advantage of at least 36.8 points.
Recent changes vary by grade and subject rather than showing a uniform improvement: middle-school math rose in all three grades from 2024–2025, while grade 10 results at the high school fell 8.3 points in ELA and 5 in math; elementary results also included both gains and declines. SchoolDigger ranked the high school 11th of 81 schools (86th percentile, 4 stars), the middle school 24th of 76 (68th percentile, 4 stars), and the elementary school 74th of 148 (50th percentile, 3 stars); all three percentiles were lower than in 2023–2024. Student-teacher ratios were 7.9 at the middle school, 8.6 at the high school, and 9.2 at the elementary school. The 2024–2025 free/reduced-lunch eligible shares were highest at the middle school (59.6%), followed by the elementary school (52.1%) and high school (47.8%); these are contextual observations, not explanations of results.
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