The top reported proficiency rate is 59% in English language arts. The lowest is 44% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Lincoln Middle School
Lincoln Middle School sits in Green River, a small southwestern Wyoming town where the Green River winds through multi-colored buttes and open high-desert country. The school serves grades six through eight as part of Sweetwater County School District #2. It is a traditional public middle school, neither a charter nor a magnet, drawing from a community where outdoor recreation and the nearby Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area shape local life. The town hosts Flaming Gorge Days each June, and Western Wyoming Community College runs an extension center locally, giving residents a nearby post-secondary option.
The student body is moderately sized for a middle school in this region, with roughly equal numbers across the three grade levels. The large majority of students are white, with a smaller Hispanic population and very few students from other racial or ethnic backgrounds. About a third of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which is a moderate share for the area. Data on students with individualized education programs and English learners was not available, so those population sizes remain unknown.
On Wyoming's WY-TOPP assessment, Lincoln Middle School posts solid results in English language arts. Seventh graders are the strongest cohort, with a clear majority demonstrating proficiency in both ELA and math. Sixth grade results are similar, with a majority proficient in both subjects. Eighth grade results dip more noticeably, with just under half proficient in math and a little over half in ELA. Science, tested only in eighth grade, shows the lowest proficiency rate among the reported subjects, with fewer than half of tested students reaching proficiency. A parent may want to look into the eighth-grade science and math results further with the school to understand what drives the drop-off and what supports are in place.
Participation rates are essentially full across every tested grade and subject, which means the proficiency figures reflect nearly the entire student body rather than a skewed subset.
Compared with other districts in Sweetwater County, Lincoln Middle School's overall proficiency sits above the midpoint. The comparison set is small, just two districts in the county, and Lincoln's proficiency index lands between the county median and the top district, closer to the top. This positions the school as one of the stronger performers in the county on state testing, though the county's overall range is wide enough that being above the median still leaves room for growth in the upper grades.
Green River's housing market is modest by both state and national standards. Typical home values run below the Wyoming state benchmark and well below the national one, and the price-to-income ratio is favorable, suggesting that buying a home here is more attainable than in many parts of the country. Rent data was not available. The local economy benefits from the town's position along Interstate 80 and its proximity to energy-industry employment in Sweetwater County, though unemployment figures track near the national rate.
Several pieces of information that would help round out the picture are missing. The school's locale classification was not reported, and data on staffing, course access, discipline, attendance, and chronic absenteeism was not available. Civil-rights data was also absent. Because this is a middle school, there is no graduation rate to report; that metric applies to high schools. The district brief turned up little about recent changes or strategic priorities in Sweetwater County School District #2, so there is not much to say about district-level initiatives beyond the testing results themselves.
For a family considering Lincoln Middle School, the academic picture is one of reasonable strength in the early middle grades with a softer edge in eighth grade, particularly in math and science. The peer environment is small enough that students across the three grades are similar in number, and the community is tight-knit, rooted in the landscape of buttes and river. Housing is accessible relative to statewide and national norms. What is missing from the available data, particularly around special populations, staffing, and program offerings, means a parent would want to ask the school directly about supports and opportunities that the state and federal data sets did not capture.
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