The top reported proficiency rate is 69% in Math. The lowest is 58% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Eastside Elementary
Eastside Elementary sits in Cody, Wyoming, a town that publicly bills itself as the rodeo capital of the world and serves as the primary eastern gateway to Yellowstone National Park. Cody was founded by Buffalo Bill Cody, who personally oversaw the town layout and insisted on wide streets. The downtown core is compact and walkable, anchored by the historic Irma Hotel and the Park County Courthouse, with the Buffalo Bill Center of the West and its five museums nearby. Beyond tourism, the local economy runs on health care, retail trade, and educational services, and the town draws seasonal J-1 visa workers to staff hotels and restaurants during peak visitor months. Public schools, including Eastside, operate on separated campuses spread across the district rather than clustered downtown.
Eastside is a traditional public elementary school in Park County School District #6, serving kindergarten through fifth grade. It is one of three elementary schools in Cody, alongside Glenn Livingston and Sunset. The school is not a charter or magnet school. Enrollment is moderate for an elementary in this area, with roughly even distribution across the six grade levels. The student body is predominantly white, with a small Hispanic presence and very small counts of other racial and ethnic groups. About half of the students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which gives a sense of the economic mix of the families the school serves. Data on English learners and students with individualized education programs was not available, so those portions of the picture remain blank here.
On Wyoming's WY-TOPP assessments, Eastside shows a clear pattern: math results are the school's stronger suit, and proficiency climbs as students move up the grades. Third-grade math proficiency sits above the midpoint, and by fourth and fifth grade the share of students meeting or exceeding proficiency rises to a clear majority. The same upward trajectory holds in English language arts, where third-grade proficiency is lower but fourth and fifth grade reach a solid majority of students scoring proficient. A fourth-grade science result was also reported, with just over half of tested students reaching proficiency. Participation was full or nearly full across all tested grades, which means the results reflect the enrolled population rather than a skewed subset.
Placed against the county comparison set, Eastside's overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades falls below the midpoint among the three districts in Park County. The other districts in the county cluster higher, so Eastside sits toward the lower end of this small group. That said, the comparison universe is small and the gap is not wide. A parent weighing this might ask the school how it supports the third-grade cohort, where both math and ELA results were weakest, and what drives the improvement seen by fifth grade.
Because Eastside serves only elementary grades, there is no graduation rate to report and no high school course or career pathway data. Chronic absenteeism and discipline data were not available. Staffing information was also absent, so nothing can be said here about class sizes or teacher experience. Title I status was not reported.
The housing market around Eastside reflects Cody's position as a tourism gateway town. Typical home values in the school's zip code run above the Wyoming state benchmark and above the national benchmark, with values showing a modest recent decline. Rents are comparatively low, and the rent-to-income ratio sits well below the mortgage-to-income ratio, meaning renting is meaningfully cheaper than buying at current prices and rates. For a family considering a move to this attendance area, the rental market offers a more affordable entry point than purchasing.
Park County School District #6 did not surface recent parent-relevant changes in available public reporting, so there is little to relay on referenda, curriculum shifts, or property-tax developments. The district operates three elementary schools feeding into Cody Middle School and Cody High School, with Heart Mountain Academy serving as an alternative secondary option. Eastside's role in that chain is the early grades, and the academic signal from its test results is one of growth across the elementary span, with the strongest outcomes in the upper grades.
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