Summary:
ZIP code 82717 has two middle schools, Twin Spruce Junior High School and Sage Valley Junior High School, both serving grades 7–8. Their results vary by grade and subject, so neither school leads across the board. The most important area-wide finding is that the schools’ combined average was below the matching Wyoming state average in ELA, math, and grade 8 science in 2025–2026.
The strongest individual result was Twin Spruce in grade 7 math: 57.1%, 4.2 percentage points above the state and 11.1 points above Sage Valley. Twin Spruce also led grade 7 ELA by 5.9 points. Sage Valley led grade 8 ELA by 3.8 points and grade 8 math by 3.9 points; its clearest standout was grade 8 science, where 50.0% proficient was 10.2 points above Twin Spruce and 1.9 points above the state. Twin Spruce’s lowest result was grade 8 science at 39.8%, 8.3 points below the state. Across both schools, the average lagged the state by 5.98 points in ELA, 3.15 in math, and 3.20 in science.
Results changed unevenly rather than improving or declining consistently. Twin Spruce’s grade 7 math rose 13.1 points from 44.0% in 2024–2025, while the equal-weighted average across the five matched results per school fell 0.92 points for the two-school group; the state average rose 0.58 points. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile ranking for Sage Valley fell from 49 in 2023–2024 to 36 in 2025–2026, while Twin Spruce’s moved from 35 to 34. Context measures also differ: Twin Spruce has 667 students, a 14 student–teacher ratio, and a 47.5% free/reduced-lunch-eligible share; Sage Valley has 589 students, a 12.8 ratio, and a 35.7% eligible share. These measures accompany a mixed academic picture, not a consistent school-wide ranking.
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