The top reported proficiency rate is 58% in Math. The lowest is 42% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Lovell Elementary
Lovell Elementary sits in the heart of Lovell, a small agricultural and ranching town in northern Wyoming's Big Horn County. The town bills itself as "The Rose Town of Wyoming," a nickname rooted in the rose gardens planted by a local doctor in the early twentieth century. Lovell functions as a gateway to the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, and its economy has long been tied to ranching, irrigation-based farming, and tourism tied to nearby outdoor recreation. The town is compact, with Main Street serving as its commercial spine and civic anchors like the historic Hyart Theater, a public library branch, and town parks all clustered near the center. Schools are integrated into the town rather than sitting on separated campuses. Population has been relatively stable over recent decades, with a slight decline through the most recent census followed by a modest estimated rebound. Publicly reported sources note no major new housing developments.
Big Horn County School District #2 operates Lovell Elementary alongside the town's middle and high schools. The district brief turned up little in the way of recently reported parent-relevant changes, so there is nothing to relay on that front.
Lovell Elementary serves pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. Because the school does not extend into high school, there is no graduation rate to report, and that absence simply reflects the grade band rather than any gap in performance. State assessment results come from Wyoming's WY-TOPP test. In math, a majority of third graders and a majority of fifth graders reached proficiency, while fourth grade math proficiency landed at about half. English language arts results were more modest, hovering around the midpoint across all three tested grades, with fourth grade the weakest. Science, tested only in fourth grade, showed the lowest proficiency rate among the reported subjects. Participation was full across every grade and subject. Placed relative to districts in Big Horn County, Lovell Elementary's overall proficiency sits below the midpoint, with some county peers posting higher combined results. A parent may want to look into the fourth-grade dip in both math and reading, as well as the science figure, by speaking with the school directly.
The student body is small for its grade band. Just over half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school is predominantly white, with a small Hispanic presence and minimal representation from other racial or ethnic groups. Data on students with individualized education programs and English learners was not available, so those population sizes remain unknown.
Housing in Lovell is affordable relative to both state and national benchmarks, with typical home values well below Wyoming's statewide figure and considerably below the national one. Rental data was not available. The local price-to-income ratio sits below what many families face in larger markets, which may matter for families weighing a move into the attendance area. Broader economic indicators, including unemployment and mortgage rates, reflect national conditions rather than anything specific to the town.
Several categories that parents sometimes look for were absent from the available data. There was no information on course access, staffing ratios, discipline, attendance, or chronic absenteeism. Title I status and school type were also not reported. These gaps limit the picture, but they do not by themselves indicate a problem. A family considering Lovell Elementary would be looking at a small, community-embedded rural school with mixed but generally middling state test results, full participation on assessments, and a student body that reflects the surrounding town. The strongest results appear in third and fifth grade math; the clearest soft spot is fourth grade across multiple subjects. Conversations with the school about how it supports literacy growth and science instruction in the upper elementary years would help fill in what the numbers alone cannot show.
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