Summary:
The city of East Barre, Vermont has only one public middle school, the Orange Center School, which serves grades 5-8 with a total enrollment of 77 students. The school is part of the Echo Valley Community Union School District #67, which is ranked 64 out of 72 districts in Vermont and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
The Orange Center School's academic performance, as measured by VTCAP proficiency rates, is consistently below the statewide averages in both English Language Arts and Mathematics. The school's proficiency rates range from 41.67% to 47.37% in English Language Arts, compared to the statewide averages of 49% to 57%, and from 16.67% to 41.18% in Mathematics, compared to the statewide averages of 34% to 46%. The school has been ranked in the bottom half of Vermont middle schools in recent years, with rankings ranging from 42 out of 50 to 72 out of 85, and has consistently received a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
The school has a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, at 62.34% for the 2023-2024 school year. The school's per-student spending for the 2018-2019 school year was $11,874, and it has a student-teacher ratio of 14.5 for the 2023-2024 school year. These factors suggest the school may be facing resource allocation challenges that could contribute to its academic underperformance and low rankings.
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