Enrollment
173
Middle
DISTRICT 236 · STATE 319
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BIG HORN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT #2·NCES 560146000055
Lovell Middle School
325 West 9th, Lovell, WY 82431 · (307) 548-6553 · Big Horn County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL173 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 68% of Wyoming public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wyoming public middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 12.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
80 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 47%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 46 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 52 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 75 | 43% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 41% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Lovell Middle School→Lovell High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Big Horn County School District #2. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
WY-TOPP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
60.4%
WY avg 56.0%
Math
62.0%
WY avg 51.3%
What this means: On the WY-TOPP, Wyoming's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wyoming schools, those numbers are about 56 and 51.
Source: WY-TOPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
59.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.7%
based on WY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% typical for Wyoming schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wyoming's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Lovell Middle School
Lovell Middle School's state test result (59.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lovell Middle School this school | 173 | 46.2% | 59.5% |
| Davis Middle School Evanston | 309 | 55.7% | 53.8% |
| Torrington Middle School Torrington | 239 | 47.3% | 55.9% |
| Cody Middle School Cody | 466 | 39.7% | 65.2% |
| Powell Middle School Powell | 387 | 45.0% | 69.1% |
| Wheatland Middle School Wheatland | 192 | 44.3% | 45.7% |
Matched among Wyoming middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Lovell Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wyoming |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #14 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #13 of 44 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.4% | #22 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 173 | #41 of 61 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.2% | #14 of 42 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
173
+10 (+6%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 180
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 12.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 173 | 14.6 | 11.9:1 | 46% (80) |
| 2023-24 | 186 | 13.9 | 13.4:1 | 51% (95) |
| 2022-23 | 185 | 13.8 | 13.4:1 | 44% (81) |
| 2020-21 | 163 | 13 | 12.5:1 | 42% (69) |
| 2017-18 | 167 | 14.1 | 11.9:1 | 44% (73) |
| 2015-16 | 148 | 13 | 11.4:1 | 43% (63) |
| 2010-11 | 160 | N/A | N/A | 38% (61) |
| 2000-01 | 161 | 13 | 12.4:1 | 98% (158) |
| 1990-91 | 180 | 11 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lovell Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (167 to 173); teachers up 4% (14.1 to 14.6).
About Lovell Middle School
In Lovell, Wyoming, part of Big Horn County, Lovell Middle School is a middle school. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 173 students. The average for middle schools in Wyoming is about 319 students, so this school is 46% smaller than average.
Lovell Middle School is one school in a 3-school district, Big Horn County School District #2, which enrolls 708 students.
The large majority of students at Lovell Middle School, 84%, are White. Next come 13% Hispanic. Lovell Middle School has a diversity index of 28%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1 at Lovell Middle School, with 14.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Middle schools in Wyoming average about 12.3:1, a similar figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 46%. That is close to the 48% average for public schools in Big Horn County.
allk12 grades Lovell Middle School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Wyoming public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Lovell Middle School falls in the middle 80% of Wyoming schools: 59.5% actual against 53.7% predicted.
Across Big Horn County, median household income is about $62,101, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The public schools of Big Horn County number 14 and enroll about 2,657.
The next-closest public school is Lovell High School, about 0.4 miles away. In all, 5 other public schools sit within five miles of Lovell Middle School. On proficiency, Lovell Middle School is ahead of the 53.6% nearby average, ranking 4th of 8.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Remote: in rural territory far from an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Lovell Middle School went from 163 students to 173.
If you have questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Lovell Middle School, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Big Horn County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
11,828
Census ACS
Median income
$62,101
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
2,657 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Big Horn County School District #2
- Lovell ElementaryElementary · 309 students
- Lovell High SchoolHigh · 226 students
Other schools in Lovell
- Lovell ElementaryElementary · 309 students
- Lovell High SchoolHigh · 226 students
Nearby schools
- Lovell High School0.4 mi · 226
- Lovell Elementary0.4 mi · 309
- Rocky Mountain High School4.5 mi · 439
- Rocky Mountain Middle School4.5 mi · 250
- Rocky Mountain Elementary4.8 mi · 322
- Powell High School17.5 mi · 573
Frequently asked questions
About Lovell Middle SchoolHow many students attend Lovell Middle School?
Lovell Middle School enrolls approximately 173 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Lovell Middle School serve?
Lovell Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Lovell Middle School?
Approximately 11.9:1 students per teacher at Lovell Middle School.
How diverse is Lovell Middle School?
Lovell Middle School reports a student body of 84% White, 13% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Lovell Middle School public or private?
Lovell Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Big Horn County School District #2.
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