The top reported proficiency rate is 63% in Math. The lowest is 45% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Glenrock Intermediate School
Glenrock Intermediate School sits in a small Wyoming town along Deer Creek, an old Oregon Trail and Pony Express stop that still carries a frontier identity. The community is compact, with a walkable historic downtown anchored by the Commerce Block, Hotel Higgins, the Paleon Museum, and local shops. A coal-fired power plant, the Dave Johnston station, is a major employer nearby, and the school district itself is a meaningful local presence. The town has been losing population slowly, and no major new housing developments or growth projects surfaced in publicly reported sources. For a family thinking about this school, the setting is a quiet, stable small town with easy access to outdoor recreation in the Laramie Mountains and Medicine Bow National Forest, plus Interstate 25 for regional travel.
The school serves grades four through six, sitting between Grant Elementary, which handles the youngest grades, and Glenrock Junior/Senior High School, which takes students from seventh grade onward. It is a traditional public school, not a charter or magnet, and it is part of Converse County School District #2. Enrollment is small, with roughly forty to forty-five students per grade. The student body is overwhelmingly white, with a small Hispanic presence and a handful of American Indian and multiracial students. About two-fifths of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Data on individualized education programs and English learner services was not available, so a parent whose child needs either of those supports would want to ask the school directly.
On state testing, Glenrock Intermediate shows a clear strength in mathematics. Proficiency rises steadily from fourth grade through sixth, with the older cohort reaching a strong level. This upward pattern suggests students are building math skills effectively as they move through the building. English language arts results are more mixed. Fourth grade sits lower, fifth grade improves, and sixth grade dips slightly from fifth. Science was tested only in fourth grade, and the proficiency rate there was modest. A parent may want to look into how the school supports literacy growth, particularly in the earlier grades and into sixth, where the ELA results are less consistent than the math trajectory.
The comparison fact-set places this school's overall proficiency index in the top quartile relative to districts in Converse County. That universe includes only two districts, so the comparison is narrow, but the school's proficiency index sits above the others. This aligns with the math strength more than the ELA or science results.
Because the school stops at sixth grade, there is no graduation rate, and that metric does not apply here. Chronic absenteeism data was not available for this school. Discipline, course access, staffing, and attendance details were also absent from the data, so those dimensions of school life cannot be characterized from what was provided. The district brief turned up no recent parent-relevant changes with lasting impact, so nothing surfaced about new programs, facility shifts, or policy moves a family should know about.
Housing in Glenrock is relatively affordable compared with state and national benchmarks. The typical home value sits below both the Wyoming and national figures, and the price-to-income ratio is moderate. With mortgage rates in the mid-six range, the monthly cost of ownership is manageable for the area's income profile, though rents were not available in the data. A family buying into this community would find housing costs lighter than in many parts of the country, consistent with the town's small size and slow-growth trajectory.
For a parent weighing fit, Glenrock Intermediate looks like a small, stable upper-elementary school where math instruction is working well and students appear to gain ground as they advance. Literacy is softer and more variable, and the science result in fourth grade leaves room for questions. The peer environment is tight-knit given the enrollment size, and the town offers a quiet, historically rooted setting with practical access to nature and the highway. Families needing specific special-population supports should confirm what is available directly with the school, since that data was not reported here.
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