Summary:
ZIP code 82443 has one listed middle school, Thermopolis Middle School, serving grades 5–8 with 186 students in Hot Springs County School District #1. In 2025–2026, the school’s average proficiency was 70.8% in ELA, 67.8% in math, and 61.8% in grade 8 science, all above the matching state averages. The most important finding is that the school exceeded the state in each of these subject summaries.
The strongest results were in grade 8: 83.6% of students were proficient in both ELA and math, exceeding state results by 22.7 and 29.7 percentage points, respectively. Grade 8 science was also above the state, at 61.8% versus 48.1%. The clearest area to watch is grade 7 math, where 51.0% were proficient—1.9 points below the state’s 52.9%; grade 7 ELA was 63.3%, 6.8 points above the state. Results vary notably by grade: school proficiency ranged from 51.0% to 83.6% in math and from 63.3% to 83.6% in ELA.
Compared with 2024–2025, the school’s average proficiency remained higher than the state’s, but its lead narrowed: from 13.2 to 10.9 points in ELA, 15.6 to 11.6 in math, and 15.7 to 13.7 in grade 8 science. Grade-level changes were mixed: grade 7 math fell from 71.2% to 51.0%, while grade 6 math rose from 54.6% to 75.0%. SchoolDigger ranked the school 10th of 76 statewide in 2025–2026, with 4 stars, compared with 9th of 77 and 4 stars the prior year; it ranked 1st of 74 with 5 stars in 2023–2024. Other reported context includes an 11.9 student-teacher ratio and 39.8% free/reduced-lunch eligibility in 2024–2025. Because only one school is listed, these figures cannot show how it compares with other local schools.
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