Lander Middle School

Lander Middle School operates as a mid-sized 6-8 campus in Lander, Wyoming, one of the schools within Fremont County School District # 1. Current enrollment sits at 324 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

Within Fremont County School District # 1, which oversees 5 schools and 1,566 students, Lander Middle School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Lander Middle School logs that 76% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 10% Native American, 9% multiracial, 5% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 39% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Fremont County's rate of about 55%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lander Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.0%, the actual is 47.8%, a residual of -10.2 points.

In the area at large, Fremont County reports that median household earnings sit near $64,904, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Fremont County's 35 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,606 students), Lander Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Baldwin Creek Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lander Middle School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 31.4%.

Lander Middle School operates from a town-center location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lander Middle School has decreased 22%, going from 416 students in 2018 to 324 in 2025. The White share of enrollment rose from 71% to 76% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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