Best Elementary Schools in Derby Line, VT

Summary:

The city of Derby Line, Vermont is home to a single elementary school, Derby Elementary School, which serves students from pre-kindergarten through 6th grade. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom third of Vermont elementary schools over the past 3 years, with a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Derby Elementary School's academic performance is mixed, with 3rd-grade English Language Arts (ELA) and Math proficiency rates below the state average, but 5th-grade ELA and 6th-grade Math proficiency rates above the state average. The school's 5th-grade Science proficiency rate is slightly below the state average. The school serves a relatively high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch (64.12%), indicating a low-income student population, and has a relatively high chronic absenteeism rate of 16.1%.

Despite the school's challenges, it has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 11.4 for the 2024-2025 school year, and its per-student spending for the 2018-2019 school year was $8,699. Further investigation into the school's specific strategies, interventions, and resource allocation may be necessary to identify opportunities for improvement and better support the needs of its students.

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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 (2024)
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 3rd Grade	VTCAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	VTCAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	VTCAP English Language Arts 6th Grade	VTCAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	VTCAP Mathematics 4th Grade	VTCAP Mathematics 5th Grade	VTCAP Mathematics 6th Grade	VTCAP Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Derby Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	907 Elm Street	Derby Line	05830	Orleans County	Derby School District	(n/a)	No	No	Yes	(802) 873-3162	485	42	11.4	64.1%	459 (94.6%)	3 (0.6%)	14 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.9%)	34.9	93^rd of 137 public elementary schools	32.1%		29.1	104^th of 133 public elementary schools	21.8%	11	32.1	46.6	58.6	54.4	17.9	27.6	24.1	49.1	39.7	$14,308	$2,286	$12,022

Cities Near Derby Line

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Derby	3.85 mi	1	86^th
Newport	5.82 mi	3	81^st
Newport Center	10.52 mi	1	119^th
West Charleston	11.68 mi	1	85^th
Coventry	12.43 mi	1	95^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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