The top reported proficiency rate is 53% in Math. The lowest is 45% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Truman Elementary
Truman Elementary sits on West Teton Boulevard in Green River, a small Wyoming town where the Green River cuts through multi-colored buttes and the landscape opens into wide southwestern spaces. The school serves kindergarten through fifth grade as part of Sweetwater County School District #2. Green River itself is a quiet place shaped by its geography. Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area lies to the south, and the community gathers each June for Flaming Gorge Days, a weekend of concerts, basketball, a road race, and a festival in the park. Western Wyoming Community College keeps an extension center in town, with its main campus in nearby Rock Springs. Publicly reported information did not turn up details about a local public library branch or a public transit system.
The school enrolls a modest population across its six grade levels, with kindergarten the largest cohort and fifth grade the smallest. Just under half of the students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The student body is predominantly white, with a smaller Hispanic presence and very few students from other racial or ethnic backgrounds. Data on students with individualized education programs and English learners was not available, so those population shares remain unknown here.
On Wyoming's WY-TOPP assessment, Truman's results tell a mixed story that shifts by subject and grade. Third-grade math stands out as the strongest result, with a solid majority of tested students reaching proficiency. That share declines in fourth grade and drops further by fifth grade, where fewer than half of students meet the bar. English language arts follows a similar but less steep pattern, with third grade at about half proficient, fourth grade dipping lower, and fifth grade recovering somewhat. Science was tested only in fourth grade, where just under half of students demonstrated proficiency. Participation was strong across the board, with nearly all students sitting for the assessments.
Taken together, the school's overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades lands above the midpoint relative to districts in Sweetwater County. That positioning offers a reasonable read of academic strength for a county with a small number of districts, though the slide from third to fifth grade in math is something a parent may want to look into further with the school. No multi-year trend data was available, so it is hard to say whether these results represent a recent shift or a longer-standing pattern.
Because Truman serves only elementary grades, there is no graduation rate to report and no high school course access to describe. Chronic absenteeism data was also missing. Information on staffing levels, discipline practices, and specific program offerings was not provided, and the school's Title I status was not specified. We looked for recent parent-relevant changes in the district and found little of lasting impact on record, so that element is left out rather than guessed.
Green River's housing market is relatively affordable compared with both state and broader benchmarks. Typical home values in the school's zip code sit below the Wyoming state average and below the national figure, and the year-over-year change has been modest. With current mortgage rates, owning costs more monthly than renting, though both appear within reach relative to typical household earnings. For a family weighing a move to the area, this means the housing side of the equation is unlikely to be a barrier, and the community offers outdoor access and a small-town civic life centered on the river and the buttes that frame it.
Truman Elementary presents a fairly typical small-town Wyoming elementary pathway. Its academic results are respectable by county standards, with clear strengths in early math and reasonable ELA performance, though the downward trend in upper-grade math proficiency is worth attention. The school's lack of reported data on special populations, staffing, and programs limits the picture, and a family with specific questions about support services would want to ask the school directly.
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