Summary:
ZIP code 82839 has one middle school, Tongue River Middle School, serving grades 6–8. Its reported 2025–26 results cover English language arts (ELA) and math in all three grades, plus grade 8 science. With no other middle school in the ZIP code, families have one local school to consider; its clearest strength is that it scored above Wyoming’s state proficiency rate in all seven reported subject-and-grade results.
Tongue River Middle School is both the highest- and lowest-ranked school in this ZIP-code list because it is the only one, so there is no local school-to-school comparison. Against the state, its strongest results were grade 8 math, at 75.9% proficient versus 53.9% statewide (+22.0 percentage points), and grade 8 science, at 67.2% versus 48.1% (+19.1 points). Math was above the state in every grade, with an average lead of 16.4 points; the ELA average lead was 5.7 points. Grade 7 ELA was the school’s lowest result, at 58.5%, but remained 2.0 points above the state.
Results improved overall relative to the state, though changes varied by subject and grade. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, the average gap across the seven matched results widened from 9.8 to 12.2 points, helped by grade 8 science rising from 50.0% to 67.2%; in contrast, grade 7 ELA fell 12.1 points, and the average math lead narrowed from 18.0 to 16.4 points. SchoolDigger ranks Tongue River Middle School 13th of 76 Wyoming middle schools, at the 83rd percentile with 4 stars; it ranked 15th in 2023–24 and 18th in 2024–25. SchoolDigger ranks Sheridan County School District #1 3rd of 44 districts, at the 93rd percentile with 5 stars. The school reported a 12.2 student-teacher ratio and 152 students in 2024–25, and 23.3% eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2022–23; these are context, not explanations for its results. Since there is only one school, the data cannot show how it compares with other local schools.
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