Summary:
Zip code 82443 has one listed elementary school, Ralph Witters Elementary, serving prekindergarten through grade 4 in Hot Springs County School District #1; enrollment is 214. With only one school in the area, there is no local school-to-school comparison. The clearest takeaway for parents is that the school’s latest results are notably stronger than Wyoming’s in ELA and grade 4 science, while mathematics is close to state levels.
Ralph Witters stands out most in grade 4 science and ELA: in 2025–2026, 67.4% of students were proficient in science, 11.2 percentage points above the state, and 63.0% were proficient in grade 4 ELA, 10.4 points above. Grade 3 ELA was also ahead, at 62.3% versus 55.7% statewide. Mathematics is the relative weak spot, though not far from state results: grade 3 was 60.4%, 0.8 points below Wyoming, and grade 4 was 63.0%, just 0.4 points above. These subject-by-subject differences are more useful than a single overall label when considering the school.
Results have improved relative to the state in science and grade 3 ELA, but math has lost ground. Grade 4 science rose from 58.0% in 2024–2025 to 67.4% in 2025–2026, widening its state lead from 2.7 to 11.2 points; grade 3 ELA increased 6.7 points, compared with a 2.6-point state gain. By contrast, grade 4 math fell 7.0 points as the state rose 5.2, leaving the school nearly level with Wyoming. SchoolDigger ranks the school 46th of 148 statewide for 2025–2026, at the 69th percentile with 3 stars; it was 49th of 149 with 3 stars the prior year. Reported context includes an 11.2 student-teacher ratio and 47.7% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–2025. Since this is the only listed school, those measures cannot be compared with other local schools.
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