Burlington

Burlington has three public schools serving prekindergarten through grade 12: Burlington Elementary School (PK–4), Burlington Middle School 5 - 8 (grades 5–8), and Burlington High (grades 9–12); together, they enroll 810 students. The clearest overall strength is at Burlington Middle, whose latest results are strong in math and science and nearly at the state level in ELA.

Burlington Middle leads the group in the latest reported results: 50% proficient in math, 9 points above the state, and 48% in science, 9 points above; its 46% ELA result is nearly level with the state. SchoolDigger ranks it 72nd of 368 schools, in the 80th percentile, with 4 stars. Burlington High is the weakest in ELA and math: 22% in ELA, 24 points below the state, and 26% in math, 15 points below. But High’s 47% science result is 9 points above the state. Its SchoolDigger rating is 2 stars, at the 39th percentile. Elementary is close to the state in math at 41%—less than a point below—but its 42% ELA result is 4 points below. SchoolDigger places it in the 33rd percentile, with 2 stars.

Recent results show a marked decline at Elementary and High, while Middle was stable or improved. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, Elementary ELA fell 16 points and math fell 10; High fell 13 points in ELA and 12 in math. Middle ELA was essentially unchanged, while math rose 2 points and science rose 4. SchoolDigger’s three-year percentile history also improved for Middle, from the 51st to the 80th percentile, while Elementary moved from the 69th to the 33rd and High from the 36th to the 39th. Contextual measures do not follow the achievement pattern: High has the lowest student–teacher ratio (9.6) and free/reduced-lunch rate (39%), yet the lowest ELA and math results; Middle’s ratio is 10.7 and its rate is 45%, while it leads most subjects.