The top reported proficiency rate is 62% in Science. The lowest is 48% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Wyoming Classical Academy
Wyoming Classical Academy is a charter school in Mills, Wyoming, serving kindergarten through sixth grade on paper, though the current state testing data extends into seventh grade, consistent with the school's planned expansion to a full K through 8 model. The school is a Hillsdale College Member School, which places it squarely in the American classical education tradition. Its curriculum uses Core Knowledge for science and history, Singapore Math, and enrichment instruction in Latin beginning in the upper grades, with Logic and Rhetoric planned for later years. This is a content-rich, virtue-centered pedagogy, and it is the single most important thing for a parent to understand about the school. If a family is drawn to classical education and wants its child studying Latin and structured moral character development alongside standard academics, this is the model on offer. If that approach does not resonate, the school will not be a good fit regardless of its test results.
The school recently moved into a permanent campus on Poison Spider Lane in Mills, with a publicly reported grand opening in August 2025. This represents a major infrastructure step for a young charter school and gives families in the Mills area a dedicated facility rather than a temporary one. The school's operational status is listed as new, which aligns with its recent founding and growth trajectory.
On Wyoming's WY-TOPP assessments, the school's results are mixed across grades and subjects but trend stronger in English language arts than in math. In ELA, proficiency rises steadily from third grade through the tested upper grades, with the highest-performing grade reaching a level where roughly three-quarters of tested students scored proficient or above. Math results are more variable, with one middle grade dipping lower and the upper grades rebounding to a level where a majority of tested students reached proficiency. Science was tested in only one grade, and a majority of those students were proficient. Participation was full across every tested grade and subject, which speaks to consistent test-taking.
Among the comparison set of districts in Natrona County, the school's overall proficiency index sits in the top quartile. The comparison universe is small, with only two entities reporting proficiency data, so the positioning is meaningful but narrow. No graduation rate applies here, because the school does not serve high school grades. Chronic absenteeism data was not available.
The student body is small for its grade band, with enrollment distributed across seven grades. The racial and ethnic composition is predominantly white, with a smaller Hispanic population and a handful of students from other backgrounds. Several data points that parents often rely on were not available, including free or reduced-price lunch rates, individualized education program counts, and English learner counts. A parent may want to ask the school directly about its special education services and its approach to supporting students from lower-income households, since those figures are missing from the public data we reviewed.
Mills itself is a small town in the Casper metropolitan area with a working-class history rooted in oil refining. The town grew up around the Midwest Refining Company, and its early housing stock was largely temporary structures. Today the largest employment sectors are health care and social assistance, construction, and transportation and warehousing. The median household income sits below the national midpoint, with a meaningful poverty rate and a homeownership rate that suggests a mix of owners and renters. For a parent considering Wyoming Classical Academy, the setting is a modest, industrial-adjacent community rather than an affluent suburb, and the school's new campus represents one of the more visible recent investments in local educational infrastructure.
What the data does not capture is the lived experience of the classical model in practice. The school's curriculum choices, its Hillsdale affiliation, and its emphasis on civic virtue are defining characteristics that no test score will fully reflect. A parent whose priorities align with that framework and who is comfortable with a small, still-growing school in a working-class town will find a clear and distinctive educational pathway here. A parent looking for a larger peer environment, a broader range of specialized services, or a more conventional instructional approach may want to look further.
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