Best Middle Schools in Wyoming for Special Education Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Wyoming!

Every year, the Wyoming Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Special Education students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Wyoming test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the WY-TOPP test scores by the Wyoming Department of Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, October 9, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (Special Education vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 35)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Statewide Rank Percentile (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
560237000405	1	Sundance Secondary School	Public	7-12	1016 East Cleveland	Sundance	82729	Crook County	Crook County School District #1	No	(n/a)	No	No	(307) 283-1007	195	19	10.3	18.5%	184 (94.4%)	1 (0.5%)	4 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.5%)	$24,561			$2,067			$22,494	97.1%	97.3%	0.15%
560331000181	2	Thermopolis Middle School	Public	5-8	1450 Valleyview Drive	Thermopolis	82443	Hot Springs County	Hot Springs County School District #1	No	(n/a)	No	No	(307) 864-6551	197	19	10.3	41.6%	170 (86.3%)	5 (2.5%)	12 (6.1%)	1 (0.5%)	9 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$22,133			$3,670			$18,463	94.3%	98.6%	4.36%
560198000574	3	PODER Academy Secondary School	Public, Charter	7-12	1100 Richardson Court	Cheyenne	82001	Laramie County	Laramie County School District #1	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(307) 632-2248	101	11	9.1	34.7%	64 (63.4%)	4 (4.0%)	28 (27.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (5.0%)	$25,623			$1,793			$23,830	91.4%	93.2%	1.81%
560377000191	4	Clear Creek Middle School	Public	6-8	361 West Gatchell	Buffalo	82834	Johnson County	Johnson County School District #1	No	(n/a)	No	No	(307) 684-5594	265	22	11.9	21.5%	229 (86.4%)	3 (1.1%)	7 (2.6%)	2 (0.8%)	7 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (6.4%)	$19,166			$1,050			$18,117	88.6%	89.2%	0.62%
560450000558	5	Mountain View K-8	Public	K-8	3100 County Road 241	Mountain View	82939	Uinta County	Uinta County School District #4	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(307) 782-6202	504	48	10.5	22.6%	467 (92.7%)	2 (0.4%)	17 (3.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	15 (3.0%)	$17,514			$1,689			$15,825	85.7%	60.8%	24.90%
560073000535	6	UW Laboratory School	Public	K-8	1000 E. University Avenue	Laramie	82071	Albany County	Albany County School District #1	No	(n/a)	No	No	(307) 721-2155	244	23	10.6	16.4%	187 (76.6%)	2 (0.8%)	23 (9.4%)	7 (2.9%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (9.4%)	$18,029			$1,564			$16,464	82.9%	73.0%	9.88%
560516000279	7	Powell Middle School	Public	6-8	369 East 3rd Street	Powell	82435	Park County	Park County School District # 1	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(307) 764-6185	419	31	13.6	37.7%	352 (84.0%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (11.9%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.6%)	$17,106			$2,002			$15,104	80.0%	91.9%	11.89%
560073000002	8	Laramie Middle School	Public	6-8	1355 North 22nd	Laramie	82072	Albany County	Albany County School District #1	No	(n/a)	No	No	(307) 721-4430	676	55	12.2	24.7%	502 (74.3%)	3 (0.4%)	115 (17.0%)	7 (1.0%)	11 (1.6%)	2 (0.3%)	36 (5.3%)	$16,353			$1,496			$14,857	77.1%	83.8%	6.64%
560215000137	9	Glenrock Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	225 Oregon Trail	Glenrock	82637	Converse County	Converse County School District #2	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(307) 436-9201	324	28	11.6	29.6%	285 (88.0%)	2 (0.6%)	29 (9.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.9%)	$19,172			$1,257			$17,914	74.3%	28.4%	45.91%
560483000264	10	Newcastle Middle School	Public	6-8	15 Stampede	Newcastle	82701	Weston County	Weston County School District #1	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(307) 746-2746	178	17	10.3	26.4%	162 (91.0%)	1 (0.6%)	4 (2.2%)	1 (0.6%)	3 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.9%)	$13,328			$992			$12,337	71.4%	66.2%	5.21%

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on WY-TOPP English Language Arts, WY-TOPP Mathematics, WY-TOPP Science test scores released by the Wyoming Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on October 9, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Wyoming Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Wyoming Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

Public School Districts and Their Services: A Comprehensive Guide

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Wyoming Department of Education.