The top reported proficiency rate is 62% in Math. The lowest is 39% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Grant Elementary
Grant Elementary sits on Mustang Trail in Glenrock, a small town in Converse County, Wyoming, and serves the earliest grades in the local school system. As a pre-kindergarten through third-grade building, it is the entry point for children in Converse County School District #2, which feeds students onward to Glenrock Intermediate School for grades four through six and then to Glenrock Junior/Senior High School. The school is a conventional public elementary, not a charter or magnet.
Glenrock itself is a compact community with a historic downtown centered on the Commerce Block, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, along with Hotel Higgins, local restaurants, and the Paleon Museum. The town's motto, "Big Enough to Enjoy, Small Enough to Care," captures the scale. Interstate 25 provides regional highway access, and Deer Creek runs through the area near the North Platte River, with the Laramie Mountains and Medicine Bow National Forest close by. The Dave Johnston coal-fired power station, owned by PacifiCorp, is a major employer near town, and the school district itself is another. Publicly reported population data shows Glenrock has been slightly declining in recent years, with no major new housing developments identified. The housing market sits below both the state and national benchmarks for typical home values, which may make the area relatively accessible for families looking to buy, though mortgage rates nationally remain elevated.
At Grant Elementary, the student body is small for its grade band. The enrollment is predominantly white, with a small number of students identifying as American Indian or Alaska Native, Hispanic, or two or more races. A moderate share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Data on individualized education programs and English learner status was not available, so those populations cannot be characterized here.
State testing at Grant Elementary is limited because Wyoming tests beginning in third grade, and this school tops out at that level. The only current results come from third-grade WY-TOPP assessments in math and English language arts. In math, the school's proficiency rate sits above the midpoint, with a solid share of third graders meeting or exceeding the proficiency bar. In English language arts, the results are more modest, with fewer than half of tested students reaching proficiency. Full participation was reported for both subjects. A science result appears in the data set, but it dates from an earlier assessment year and reflects a fourth-grade test the school no longer administers, so it is not directly relevant to the school as currently configured.
When measured against the proficiency index for districts in Converse County, Grant Elementary lands in the bottom quartile. The comparison set is small, consisting of only two districts, so this position reflects a narrow field rather than a broad ranking. Still, the gap between the school's combined proficiency and the county median is meaningful enough that a parent may want to look into this further with the school, particularly in reading and writing.
No graduation rate applies here, since the school does not serve high school grades. Chronic absenteeism data was not available. Information on discipline, course access, staffing ratios, and Title I status was absent from the provided data, so those dimensions cannot be addressed. The district brief returned no parent-relevant changes with lasting impact in the recent period, so there is nothing to report on program shifts, facility updates, or leadership transitions.
What a family finds at Grant Elementary is a small early-grades school in a quiet, historically rooted Wyoming town where the power plant anchors much of the local economy and the housing market runs below state and national levels. The math results in third grade are a genuine strength. The reading results are a softer spot worth asking about. For families drawn to a small-town setting with outdoor recreation nearby and a walkable historic core, this is the academic starting point the district offers.
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