Best School Districts in Vermont

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Rank (of 75)	District	Grades	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	City	County	Rank score (2025)	Rank (2024)	Rank change from 2024
	Addison Central Unified Union School District #55	PK, KG-12	7	1	1	0	Middlebury	Addison County			(n/a)
23^rd	Addison Northwest Unified Union School District #54	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Vergennes	Addison County	0.611	20	3
60^th	Alburgh School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Alburgh	Grand Isle County	0.248		(n/a)
65^th	Arlington School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Arlington	Bennington County	0.154	39	26
	Athens Grafton School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Bellows Falls	Windham County			(n/a)
51^st	Barre Unified Union School District #97	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Barre	Washington County	0.319	53	2
41^st	Barstow Unified Union School District #49	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Chittenden	Rutland County	0.409	14	27
71^st	Bellows Falls Union High School District #27	9-12	0	0	1	0	Bellows Falls	Windham County	0.071	66	5
	Blue Mountain Union School District #21	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Wells River	Orange County			(n/a)
64^th	Brighton School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Island Pond	Essex County	0.182	68	4
28^th	Burlington School District	PK, KG-12	6	2	2	0	Burlington	Chittenden County	0.553	22	6
	Cabot School District	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Cabot	Washington County			(n/a)
	Caledonia Cooperative Unified School District #78	PK, KG-12	3	0	0	0	Danville	Caledonia County			(n/a)
19^th	Cambridge School District	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Jeffersonville	Lamoille County	0.664	13	6
	Canaan School District	PK, KG-12	0	0	1	1	Canaan	Essex County			(n/a)
	Central Vermont Career Center	9-12	0	0	1	0	Barre	Washington County			(n/a)
61^st	Champlain Islands Unified Union School District #66	PK, KG-12	2	0	0	0	Grand Isle	Grand Isle County	0.219	52	9
4^th	Champlain Valley Unified Union School District #56	PK, KG-12	4	0	1	0	Shelburne	Chittenden County	0.892	3	1
35^th	Charleston School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	West Charleston	Orleans County	0.478	46	11
12^th	Colchester School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Colchester	Chittenden County	0.784	7	5
53^rd	Coventry School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Coventry	Orleans County	0.299	56	3
	Craftsbury Town School District	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Craftsbury Common	Orleans County			(n/a)
	Danville School District	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Danville	Caledonia County			(n/a)
50^th	Derby School District	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Derby Line	Orleans County	0.321	58	8
45^th	Echo Valley Community Union School District #67	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Williamstown	Orange County	0.383	64	19
	Elmore-Morristown Unified Union School District #90	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Morrisville	Lamoille County			(n/a)
55^th	Enosburgh-Richford Unified Union School District #88	PK, KG-12	2	0	3	0	Richford	Franklin County	0.27	51	4
8^th	Essex Westford Educational Community Unified Union School D	PK, KG-12	6	2	2	0	Essex Junction	Chittenden County	0.854	6	2
44^th	Fairfax School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Fairfax	Franklin County	0.401	32	12
49^th	First Branch Unified School District #82	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	South Royalton	Windsor County	0.328	29	20
	Fletcher School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Cambridge	Franklin County			(n/a)
13^th	Georgia School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Saint Albans	Franklin County	0.774	15	2
38^th	Green Mountain Unified School District #77	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Ludlow	Windsor County	0.449	35	3
	Halifax School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	West Halifax	Windham County			(n/a)
33^rd	Hartford School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	0	White River Junction	Windsor County	0.499	25	8
27^th	Hartland School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Hartland	Windsor County	0.563		(n/a)
10^th	Harwood Unified Union School District #60	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Waitsfield	Washington County	0.817	11	1
73^rd	Hazen Union High School District #26	7-12	0	0	1	0	Hardwick	Caledonia County	0.068	38	35
14^th	Jay/Westfield Joint Elementary School District	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Jay	Orleans County	0.737		(n/a)
56^th	Kingdom East Unified Union School District #64	PK, KG-12	7	0	0	0	Lyndonville	Caledonia County	0.268	50	6
	Lake Region Union Elementary Middle School District	PK, KG-8	6	0	0	0	Orleans	Orleans County			(n/a)
29^th	Lake Region Union High School District #24	9-12	0	0	1	0	Orleans	Orleans County	0.548	24	5
63^rd	Lamoille North Modified Union School District #058A	PK, KG-6	4	0	0	0	Hyde Park	Lamoille County	0.182	59	4
	Lamoille North Modified Union School District #058B	7-12	0	1	2	0	Hyde Park	Lamoille County			(n/a)
	Lincoln Town School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Lincoln	Addison County			(n/a)
	Lowell School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Lowell	Orleans County			(n/a)
6^th	Ludlow Mt. Holly Unified Union School District #83	PK, KG-12	2	0	0	0	Ludlow	Windsor County	0.876	8	2
39^th	Maple Run Unified Union School District #57	PK, KG-12	3	0	2	0	Saint Albans	Franklin County	0.41	45	6
	Marlboro School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Marlboro	Windham County			(n/a)
17^th	Mettawee School District #84	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Sunderland	Bennington County	0.679	30	13
59^th	Mill River Unified Union School District #52	PK, KG-12	4	0	1	0	North Clarendon	Rutland County	0.262	60	1
34^th	Milton School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Milton	Chittenden County	0.484	31	3
37^th	Missisquoi Valley School District #89	PK, KG-12	3	0	1	0	Swanton	Franklin County	0.462	33	4
3^rd	Montpelier Roxbury Unified Union School District #71	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Montpelier	Washington County	0.919		(n/a)
62^nd	Mount Anthony Union High School District #14	6-12	0	1	1	0	Bennington	Bennington County	0.203	34	28
	Mount Ascutney School District #86	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	1	Windsor	Windsor County			(n/a)
	Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District #401	PK, KG-12	5	2	1	0	Jericho	Chittenden County			(n/a)
32^nd	Mountain View Union Elementary School District #94	PK, KG-6	3	0	0	0	Hardwick	Caledonia County	0.504		(n/a)
2^nd	Mountain Views Unified Union School District #76	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Woodstock	Windsor County	0.945		(n/a)
21^st	Mt. Abraham Unified School District #61	PK, KG-12	4	0	1	0	Bristol	Addison County	0.628	17	4
70^th	Newport City School District	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Newport	Orleans County	0.088	43	27
68^th	Newport Town School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Newport Center	Orleans County	0.102	71	3
74^th	North Country Union High School District	9-12	0	0	2	0	Newport	Orleans County	0.048		(n/a)
46^th	North Country Union Junior High School District	7-8	0	1	0	0	Derby	Orleans County	0.378	48	2
43^rd	Northern Mountain Valley Unified Union School District #85	PK, KG-12	4	0	0	0	Richford	Franklin County	0.406	47	4
1^st	Norwich School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Norwich	Windsor County	0.978		(n/a)
18^th	Orange Southwest Unified Union School District #59	PK, KG-12	3	0	2	0	Randolph	Orange County	0.669		(n/a)
47^th	Otter Valley Unified Union School District #53	PK, KG-12	3	0	1	0	Brandon	Rutland County	0.355	57	10
40^th	Oxbow Unified Union School District #91	PK, KG-12	2	0	2	0	Bradford	Orange County	0.41	21	19
36^th	Paine Mountain Union School District #68	PK, KG-12	2	0	2	0	Williamstown	Orange County	0.469	55	19
	Patricia Hannaford Career Center	9-12	0	0	1	0	Middlebury	Addison County			(n/a)
	Peacham School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Peacham	Caledonia County			(n/a)
54^th	Quarry Valley Unified Union School District #70	PK, KG-12	2	0	2	1	Rutland	Rutland County	0.275	42	12
	Readsboro School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Readsboro	Bennington County			(n/a)
	Rivendell Interstate School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Orford	Grafton County			(n/a)
	River Valley Technical Center	9-12	0	0	1	0	Springfield	Windsor County			(n/a)
	River Valleys Unified School District #73	PK, KG-12	2	0	0	0	Townshend	Windham County			(n/a)
52^nd	Rochester Stockbridge Unified School District #81	PK, KG-12	2	0	0	0	South Royalton	Windsor County	0.314	62	10
	Rockingham School District	PK, KG-8	2	1	0	0	Bellows Falls	Windham County			(n/a)
57^th	Rutland City School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	0	Rutland	Rutland County	0.264	54	3
9^th	Rutland Town School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Rutland	Rutland County	0.82	10	1
	Saint Johnsbury School District	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Saint Johnsbury	Caledonia County			(n/a)
30^th	Sharon School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Sharon	Windsor County	0.547	18	12
26^th	Slate Valley Unified Union School District #62	PK, KG-12	4	0	1	0	Fair Haven	Rutland County	0.564	36	10
	South Burlington School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	South Burlington	Chittenden County			(n/a)
7^th	South Hero School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	South Hero	Grand Isle County	0.854		(n/a)
	Southwest Technical	9-12	0	0	1	0	Bennington	Bennington County			(n/a)
68^th	Southwest Vermont Union Elementary School District #87	PK, KG-6	6	0	0	0	Bennington	Bennington County	0.102	67	1
72^nd	Springfield School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Springfield	Windsor County	0.068	63	9
	Stamford School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Stamford	Bennington County			(n/a)
	Stowe Town School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Stowe	Lamoille County			(n/a)
5^th	Strafford School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	South Strafford	Orange County	0.883	1	4
25^th	Taconic and Green Regional School District #63	PK, KG-12	5	0	0	0	Sunderland	Bennington County	0.577	23	2
20^th	Thetford School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Thetford	Orange County	0.65	27	7
75^th	Troy School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	North Troy	Orleans County	0.037	72	3
42^nd	Twin Valley Unified School District #75	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Wilmington	Windham County	0.408	40	2
	Twinfield Union School District #33	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Plainfield	Washington County			(n/a)
48^th	Vernon School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Vernon	Windham County	0.35	49	1
67^th	Waits River Union High District #36	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	East Corinth	Orange County	0.113	65	2
16^th	Washington Central Unified Union School District #92	PK, KG-12	5	0	1	0	Montpelier	Washington County	0.698	16
15^th	Weathersfield School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Ascutney	Windsor County	0.708	9	6
	Wells Spring Unified Union School District #69	PK, KG-12	2	0	0	0	Rutland	Rutland County			(n/a)
22^nd	West River Valley Union Education District #72A	PK, KG-6	2	0	0	0	Townshend	Windham County	0.613		(n/a)
58^th	West River Valley Union Education District #72B	6-12	0	0	1	0	Townshend	Windham County	0.262	69	11
	Westminster School District	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Westminster	Windham County			(n/a)
31^st	White River Unified School District #79	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	South Royalton	Windsor County	0.534	19	12
24^th	Windham Southeast Unified Union School District #96	PK, KG-12	6	1	2	0	Brattleboro	Windham County	0.594	26	2
66^th	Winooski Incorporated School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Winooski	Chittenden County	0.137	70	4
11^th	Wolcott School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Wolcott	Lamoille County	0.788	12	1

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