Summary:
Schools in ZIP code 82801 include nine schools in Sheridan, Wyoming, spanning elementary through high school. In 2025–2026, most reported results were above state benchmarks, but performance varied considerably by school, grade, and subject. The clearest overall finding is that strong results in many schools coexist with notable gaps, especially between the two high schools.
Among elementary schools, Sagebrush Elementary led grade 3 and 4 math, with 87.5% and 88.3% proficient; Henry A. Coffeen Elementary led grade 4 ELA at 83.6% and science at 81.8%. Results were less even in some subjects: Woodland Park Elementary had the lowest grade 4 science result, 46.8%, below the 56.2% state figure, while Highland Park Elementary had the lowest grade 5 ELA result, 66.1%. At the high-school level, Sheridan High School exceeded John C. Schiffer Collaborative School by 23 to nearly 48 percentage points across the reported grades and subjects. Sheridan Junior High School was above state results in every reported comparison; The Wright Place had grade 8 ELA and science results of at least 80%, but grade 6 ELA was 50%.
Across matched school-grade results, the average school-versus-state margin improved by about 1.8 percentage points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, though individual results moved in different directions: for example, Coffeen grade 4 ELA rose 16.2 points, while Woodland Park grade 4 science fell 9.3. SchoolDigger ranked Sagebrush 5th and Coffeen 6th among Wyoming elementary schools in 2025–2026; Meadowlark rose from 53rd to 16th between 2023–2024 and 2025–2026. Income measures are context, not explanations: Coffeen reported 64.0% free/reduced-lunch eligibility in 2024–2025 and had strong scores, while Highland Park reported 27.4% and was among the lower elementary ELA results in some grades.
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