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2025 Worland High School Report Card

By Ella Garcia 

Staff Writer

Worland- Worland High School has now become a model school within the Big Horn Basin showing growth within multiple areas of the 2025 school report card, which includes, achievement, growth, equity, and post-secondary readiness. 

Each year the school is graded on percent proficiencies in ELA, math, and science for 9th and 10th grade WY-TOPP scores. 

In 2025 9th ELA improved from 63.8% in 2022 to 73.6% students proficient in 2025, exceeding the Wyoming State Average of 56.3%. 10th grade dropped in 2025 to 51.2%, which usually happens because there is no writing score for that grade like there is in 9th grade. The writing scores help increase the overall ELA score. Even though there was a drop in the 10th grade ELA score, it is still meeting the state average score. The administration’s goal is to have 75% of 9th graders and 70% of 10th graders proficient in 2026.

Math in 9th grade has improved from 35.2% in 2022 to 45.8% of students proficient in 2025, meeting the goal for that year. The 10th grade math score dropped in 2025 to 51.2%, but is still above the state average of 44.3%. 

Science has been consistently meeting expectations at 52.2% in 2025 for 10th grade. Freshmen are not tested in science.

Worland High School Principal Bruce Miller comments about this year's report cards: “I am proud of a lot of things. Our efforts on Friday to help students relearn and gain knowledge [in order] to help kids get what they need has been successful. It reflects our growth as a school.” Worland High School's block schedule on Friday has helped a lot of the students be able to get reteaching to meet standards, complete missing work, and add enrichment in the green blocks. 

Miller added that having departments focus on the PLC process and analyze data to better inform needed instruction has been a big part of the report card success story.

WHS has shown lots of growth and potential this year, particularly through the pathways program. This gives students the advantage to be able to have an extra class and have block schedules, allowing for more time in specific pathway classes. 

Classes such as Kaci Miller’s CNA class (certified nursing assistant) give an advantage to students who want to start working in the medical field. Students can also earn a CDL (classified driver’s license), and skills toward certifications in mechanics, welding, building & trades, food & nutritional resources, aviation, and more.

Sarah Garcia is a Worland High School parent of two juniors and an incoming freshman next year. Garcia says, “It’s so cool that my daughter could take the CNA class as a sophomore and work as a CNA in the summer and during school. She’s already able to work in the field she wants to work in for the rest of her life. As a parent, seeing them thriving and enjoying what they're doing is encouraging.” 

Being able to take classes early and learning so much more than the average subjects can help students to go out of their comfort zone and teaches them about different options in the work force. Classes such as these save students money in college as well, allowing them to take as many college classes as they can in high school.

Miller comments about this year's extracurricular classes and teachers: “Our teachers have been doing an amazing job with our students being able to have classes such as Journalism and Law Enforcement. [They encourage] our students to branch out more and join different classes.”

WHS earned an impressive score of 96.5% for making sure seniors are college, career, or military ready upon graduation, far exceeding the state average of 66.4%. In addition, 100% of WHS students met success curriculum, which has improved from 73.3% in 2022. Miller said the school’s goal is to continue that 100% success  into 2026.

Worland High School encourages students to reach for their fullest potential and to continue working hard even though sometimes things can get tough. Raising the bar for not only themselves but for the teachers as well. Getting enough of an education to be able to be ready to graduate and be on their own for the first time.