Best High Schools in Chester, VT

Summary:

The city of Chester, Vermont is home to a single high school, Green Mountain Union High School, which serves grades 9-12. The school has seen a decline in its performance over the past few years, dropping from a statewide ranking of 10th out of 37 Vermont high schools in 2021-2022 to 26th out of 42 in 2024-2025. This decline is reflected in the school's decreasing SchoolDigger rating, which has dropped from 4 stars out of 5 to 2 stars out of 5 during the same period.

Academically, Green Mountain Union High School's proficiency rates in the Vermont Comprehensive Assessment Program (VTCAP) have been below the state averages in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science. The school's proficiency rates ranged from 45% to 53.33% in English Language Arts, 28.95% to 43.33% in Mathematics, and 30.56% to 31.91% in Science, all of which were lower than the state averages. Additionally, the school's four-year graduation rate for the 2023-2024 school year was 82.0%, which is below the state average.

Demographic and financial data for Green Mountain Union High School reveals that the school has a relatively high percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients, at 59.67% for the 2024-2025 school year. The school's student-teacher ratio for the 2024-2025 school year was 8.6, which is lower than the state average, and its per-student spending for the 2018-2019 school year was $13,302, in line with the state's average spending.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				VTCAP English Language Arts (2025)			VTCAP Mathematics (2025)			VTCAP Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	VTCAP English Language Arts 7th Grade	VTCAP English Language Arts 8th Grade	VTCAP English Language Arts 9th Grade	VTCAP Mathematics 7th Grade	VTCAP Mathematics 8th Grade	VTCAP Mathematics 9th Grade	VTCAP Science 8th Grade	VTCAP Science 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Green Mountain Union High School	Public	7-12	716 VT Route 103 South	Chester	05143	Windsor County	Green Mountain Unified School District #77	(n/a)	No	No	No	(802) 875-2146	300	35	8.6	59.7%	278 (92.7%)	3 (1.0%)	10 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.0%)	36.9	26^th of 42 public high schools	38.1%		47.7	22^nd of 47 public high schools	53.2%	4	53.3	47.4	45.0	43.3	29.0	35.0	30.6	31.9	$13,302	$00	$13,302

Cities Near Chester

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Springfield	4.31 mi	5	108^th
Grafton	7.76 mi	2
Proctorsville	7.85 mi	2
Ludlow	9.91 mi	3	44^th
Saxtons River	10.19 mi	1	64^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Vermont Agency of Education.

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