Best Public Schools in Zip Code 82510

Zip code 82510 has two schools serving PK–12: Arapahoe Elementary (PK–8, 392 students) and Arapahoe Charter High School (grades 9–12, 54 students), both part of Fremont County School District #38. Their reported results show substantial differences by grade and subject, but there is no same-grade basis for comparing one school directly with the other. The most important finding is that every reported 2025–26 proficiency result at both schools was below the state result for the same grade.

The closest result to the state was the high school’s 9th-grade English language arts (ELA): 33.3%, 22.3 percentage points below the state’s 55.6%. Its 10th-grade ELA result was 13.3%, 41.4 points below the state. At the elementary school, 8th-grade ELA was its strongest reported result at 28.1%, still 32.8 points below the state; its weakest ELA result was 4th grade at 9.7%. Elementary math stands out as a particular concern: its average across grades 3–8 was under 10.32%, compared with a 58.08% state average for those grades, and results in four grades were under 5%. SchoolDigger ranked the elementary school 147th of 148 statewide (1st percentile) and the high school 77th of 81 (5th percentile) in 2025–26.

Elementary ELA improved slightly overall across comparable grades, but its gap with the state widened: the school average for grades 4–8 rose from 18.40% in 2024–25 to 18.98% in 2025–26, while the average gap grew from 39.08 to 39.44 points. Progress varied by grade: 4th-, 5th- and 6th-grade ELA results rose, while 8th-grade ELA fell 9.1 points. Grade 8 math also dropped from 14% to under 5%, even as the state result rose. The elementary school’s student–teacher ratio was 8.7, compared with 10.8 at the high school; its free/reduced-lunch eligibility measure was 97.2%, while the high school reported 5.6% directly certified for free meals and likely offers free meals to all students through Community Eligibility. The high school’s 2024–25 graduation rate was 70.0%, below the state’s 83.1%. These school context measures are observations, not explanations for results, and the schools’ tested grades do not overlap.