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St. Johnsbury School

Public, Alternative Grades PK, KG-12

119^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 137 Vermont Alternative Schools

Better than 13% of Vermont alternative schools

Summary

St. Johnsbury School is an alternative public school serving grades PK-12 in Saint Johnsbury, Vermont, with an enrollment of 1,030 students, making it the largest school in the analysis. The school has faced significant challenges, including fluctuations in its chronic absenteeism rate, which reached as high as 46.3% in 2021-2022.

Academically, St. Johnsbury School has lower test scores than the state averages across grade levels and subjects. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's 8th grade proficiency rates in English Language Arts (64.47%) and Mathematics (30.26%) were below the state averages of 59.84% and 36.84%, respectively. Additionally, the school has a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 52.42% in 2022-2023 to 66.77% in 2023-2024, which is significantly higher than the nearby schools, such as Blue Mountain Union School and Cabot School.

While the student-teacher ratio at St. Johnsbury School has fluctuated, ranging from 11.9 in 2023-2024 to 16.6 in 2024-2025, it is higher than the nearby schools, which have ratios ranging from 8.3 to 9.9. Addressing the high chronic absenteeism and improving academic performance could be key focus areas for the school, as it aims to provide a quality education for its diverse student population.

1,030

Students ?

16.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$12,043

Per pupil spending ?

62.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

257 Western Avenue
Saint Johnsbury, VT 05819

(802) 748-8912

District: Saint Johnsbury School District

Racial breakdown:

White:

88.9%

Hispanic:

3.6%

Two or more races:

2.6%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 24th percentile in 2021 → 58th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 34 percentile points since 2021

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Vermont average (37% vs 49% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (13th percentile)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school37%

Vermont avg49%

Elementary school

119^th of 137

Vermont public elementary schools ?

Bottom 13%▲ up 3 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

31^st of 74

Vermont public middle schools ?

Top 42%▲ up 36 pts since 2015

From bottom 22% (2015) to top 42% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Vermont percentile	Rating
2025	20.4	119 of 137	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	29.3	102 of 133	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	35.1	77 of 113	31.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	32.6	96 of 133	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	30.1	112 of 148	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	15.7	129 of 138	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	36.4	105 of 142	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	25.2	144 of 169	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	25.1	146 of 169	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	22.8	158 of 176	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	24.8	140 of 167	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	22.1	164 of 187	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	25.1	159 of 187	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	30.8	148 of 189	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	22.6	175 of 189	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	22.0	173 of 189	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	10.5	191 of 193	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	12.2	183 of 189	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	20.0	171 of 184	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Vermont percentile	Rating
2025	26.8	50 of 60	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.3	46 of 55	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	30.8	35 of 44	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	29.3	46 of 61	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	32.5	50 of 66	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	17.1	60 of 66	9.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	35.3	35 of 46	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Vermont percentile	Rating
2025	28.2	35 of 45	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	29.4	38 of 44	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	33.3	15 of 21	28.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	38.9	26 of 38	31.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	39.8	28 of 44	36.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	45.8	25 of 42	40.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	61.6	9 of 32	71.9%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Vermont percentile	Rating
2025	24.3	50 of 61	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	38.3	30 of 56	46.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	34.8	30 of 46	34.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	35.4	41 of 62	33.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	31.0	47 of 67	29.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	14.1	61 of 65	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	43.7	26 of 46	43.5%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Vermont percentile	Rating
2025	30.1	13 of 18	27.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	45.9	9 of 17	47.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	28.4	9 of 10	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	43.4	9 of 15	40.0%	★★★☆☆
2021	37.9	11 of 16	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	30.4	15 of 17	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	55.8	4 of 8	50.0%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Vermont percentile	Rating
2025	21.9	125 of 141	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	29.6	108 of 142	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	36.4	86 of 133	35.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	35.2	94 of 145	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	29.2	112 of 147	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.1	131 of 146	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	36.1	89 of 117	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Vermont percentile	Rating
2025	49.2	31 of 74	58.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	46.9	45 of 85	47.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	40.9	28 of 50	44.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	30.3	48 of 68	29.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	20.3	74 of 85	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	31.4	69 of 89	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	26.8	65 of 80	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	21.3	89 of 104	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	23.1	86 of 105	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	25.2	83 of 106	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	42.4	58 of 91	36.3%	★★☆☆☆
2013	38.8	71 of 107	33.6%	★★☆☆☆
2012	27.3	88 of 111	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	21.0	97 of 106	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	16.2	94 of 104	9.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	30.5	81 of 102	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	14.0	94 of 99	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	25.0	86 of 98	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	43.4	61 of 105	41.9%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Vermont percentile	Rating
2025	30.3	32 of 43	25.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	39.5	32 of 48	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	38.9	14 of 21	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	31.7	28 of 39	28.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	14.8	51 of 55	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	27.7	38 of 46	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	30.6	28 of 35	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Vermont percentile	Rating
2025	42.9	24 of 38	36.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	47.1	21 of 40	47.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	39.2	10 of 19	47.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	27.4	22 of 27	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	24.2	31 of 35	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	51.5	15 of 33	54.5%	★★★☆☆
2018	32.0	18 of 25	28.0%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Vermont percentile	Rating
2025	63.1	13 of 43	69.8%	★★★★☆
2024	50.5	20 of 49	59.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	38.6	19 of 30	36.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	33.1	32 of 42	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	27.1	39 of 54	27.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	27.1	37 of 46	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	28.3	26 of 34	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Vermont percentile	Rating
2024	46.2	11 of 22	50.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	19.0	9 of 9	0.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	33.2	13 of 20	35.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	62.2	4 of 15	73.3%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Vermont percentile	Rating
2025	48.7	45 of 91	50.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	45.4	46 of 92	50.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	35.4	58 of 88	34.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	30.4	63 of 91	30.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	22.0	82 of 94	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	30.4	65 of 87	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.9	61 of 71	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

Special Education (2025)28th percentile+15 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)22nd percentile+9 vs school

Male (2025)18th percentile+5 vs school

Female (2025)17th percentile+4 vs school

White (2025)11th percentile~ school

Middle school

Male (2025)70th percentile+12 vs school

White (2025)51st percentile-8 vs school

Special Education (2024)50th percentile+3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)37th percentile-21 vs school

Female (2025)26th percentile-33 vs school

By subject vs Vermont (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts48%-10 vs state

Mathematics27%-13 vs state

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What people are saying

by a student
Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Where to start... as a public school it's expected that the learning, environment, etc would be relatively subpar. However, as a high school student, looking back on my years as a St. J School student, they were some of the worst of my life. This school struggles with containing bullying and promoting a positive environment and community in a real way without being forceful or condescending. I'd recommend if you're interested in sending your child here that you find somewhere else to send them. Close Quote

by a parent
Tuesday, May 22, 2018

This school has a significant problem with bullying. The professional attitude of some of the teachers is very disappointing. If you have a child with an IEP or 504 I urge you to seriously review the information provided by these sites. The statistics are not good. Close Quote

by a citizen
Saturday, March 3, 2018

Worst possible school you could send your child to. I have a child with an IEP. I spent a great deal as well as the school we transferred from making sure that it would be a good choice for my child. I was seriously mislead about the schools special education department. Also we experienced bullying issues. Oh and the free lunch...there are days when there is not enough food because if you don't like what mom packs you why not get a free lunch too. So much for the kids who really need the lunch. Seriously research the area. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking ()				Ranking ()				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 ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	SchoolDigger Rating ()	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	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 English Language Arts 7th Grade	VTCAP English Language Arts 8th Grade	VTCAP English Language Arts 9th Grade	VTCAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	VTCAP Mathematics 4th Grade	VTCAP Mathematics 5th Grade	VTCAP Mathematics 6th Grade	VTCAP Mathematics 7th Grade	VTCAP Mathematics 8th Grade	VTCAP Mathematics 9th Grade	VTCAP Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
St. Johnsbury School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	257 Western Avenue	Saint Johnsbury	05819	Caledonia County	Saint Johnsbury School District	(n/a)	No	No	Yes	(802) 748-8912	1,030	62	16.6	62.6%	916 (88.9%)	24 (2.3%)	37 (3.6%)	21 (2.0%)	5 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (2.6%)								(n/a)	29.2	37.7	45.6	52.3	55.6	64.5		10.9	21.3	21.1	37.8	39.4	30.3			$12,043	$00	$12,043
Danville School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	143 Peacham Road	Danville	05828	Caledonia County	Danville School District	(n/a)	No	No	Yes	(802) 684-3651	329	33	9.9	49.8%	303 (92.1%)	5 (1.5%)	8 (2.4%)	7 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.8%)								(n/a)	29.4	72.7	50.0	54.6	52.4	59.3	38.1	29.4	40.9	16.7	45.5	28.6	25.9	14.3	33.3	$11,959	$00	$11,959
Cabot School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	25 Common Road	Cabot	05647	Washington County	Cabot School District	(n/a)	No	No	Yes	(802) 563-2289	150	18	8.3	62.7%	138 (92.0%)	3 (2.0%)	1 (0.7%)	1 (0.7%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.0%)								(n/a)		50.0		46.2	33.3				16.7		15.4	16.7				$15,053	$00	$15,053
Blue Mountain Union School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	2420 Route 302	Wells River	05081	Orange County	Blue Mountain Union School District #21	(n/a)	No	No	Yes	(802) 757-2711	392	45	8.6	71.9%	361 (92.1%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (2.6%)	6 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.6%)								(n/a)	27.3		34.5			61.5	52.0	9.1		10.3			38.5	24.0		$13,058	$629	$12,429

Frequently Asked Questions about St. Johnsbury School

What is the racial makeup of St. Johnsbury School?

Students at St. Johnsbury School are 89% White, 4% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races, 2% African American, 2% Asian.

How many students attend St. Johnsbury School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,030 students attended St. Johnsbury School.

Is St. Johnsbury School a good school?

St. Johnsbury School ranks in the bottom 13.1% of Vermont alternative schools.

What district is St. Johnsbury School in?

Saint Johnsbury School District

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