The top reported proficiency rate is 67% in Math. The lowest is 51% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Urie Elementary
Urie Elementary sits on Powers Avenue in Lyman, a small rural town in Wyoming's Bridger Valley, and serves children from kindergarten through fourth grade. It is part of Uinta County School District #6, a district that also operates intermediate and high schools in Lyman. The town itself is compact and quiet, with civic life anchored by a public library branch, Heritage Park with its pickleball courts, and the police department on East Sage Street. Publicly reported sources describe slow, steady population growth and rising housing values, though no major new residential developments were identified. Schools serve as community anchors here, distributed across the town rather than clustered in a single downtown. Urie Elementary's sister campuses, Lyman Intermediate and Lyman High, sit on separate sites, and the public library and town offices round out the civic footprint.
The school's enrollment is modest for its grade band, with a student body that is predominantly white. A smaller portion of the student population qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, low enough to suggest that economic need, while present, is not the dominant reality for most families here. Data on students with individualized education programs and English learners was not available, so those populations could not be characterized.
On Wyoming's WY-TOPP assessment, Urie Elementary's results tell a generally encouraging story for a small rural school. Math is the standout. Third graders showed a solid majority proficient, and fourth graders did even better, with a stronger share reaching proficiency. English language arts results were more mixed, with third-grade proficiency at about half the tested group and fourth grade climbing to a comfortable majority. Science, tested only in fourth grade, landed at roughly half proficient. Participation was full across every tested grade and subject, which speaks to consistent engagement with the state assessment system. Across all tested subjects and grades, the school's overall proficiency places it above the midpoint among districts in Uinta County, a three-district set, which is a solid standing for a community of this size.
Because Urie Elementary does not serve high school grades, there is no graduation rate to report, and that gap simply reflects the grade band served rather than any missing performance. State testing data was available only for grades three and four, the grades Wyoming tests at this level. Kindergarten through second grade are not assessed by the state, so no proficiency picture exists for those early years. We looked for data on chronic absenteeism, discipline, course access, staffing, and civil-rights metrics and found none reported, so those dimensions could not be included. Program offerings were also not available. A parent wanting to understand enrichment, special education services, or extracurricular options would want to ask the school directly.
The housing market around Lyman is relatively affordable compared with state and national benchmarks, with typical home values below both Wyoming and national medians. The price-to-income ratio sits below the level many families in higher-cost markets face, and home values have been appreciating, which points to a community that is growing modestly without the pressure of a hot real estate market. No rental data was available for the immediate area, so renters would need to look locally for current options.
What Urie Elementary offers families is a small, community-rooted primary school with solid math performance, improving ELA results between third and fourth grade, and full assessment participation, set in an affordable rural town with steady but unhurried growth. The missing pieces in the publicly available data, particularly around special populations, staffing, and programs, mean that a fuller picture would require a conversation with the school itself. For a family drawn to small-town Wyoming life and looking for a primary school where math instruction appears to be landing well, Urie Elementary is a reasonable place to focus that conversation.
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