Best Public Schools in Highgate Center, VT

Summary:

Highgate Center, Vermont is home to a single public elementary school, Highgate Elementary School, which serves students from grades K-6. The school is part of the Missisquoi Valley School District #89, which is ranked 37 out of 75 districts in the state.

Highgate Elementary School has seen fluctuating performance in recent years, with its statewide ranking ranging from 47th out of 113 Vermont elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 73rd out of 133 in 2023-2024, before improving to 56th out of 137 in 2024-2025. The school performs above the state average in 3rd grade English Language Arts (ELA) and 4th grade Math, but struggles in 5th and 6th grade ELA. Additionally, the school has a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, at 58.87%, indicating a relatively economically disadvantaged student population.

Overall, Highgate Elementary School appears to be a moderately performing school, with some areas of strength but also areas where it falls behind the state averages. The school's ranking instability and the challenges presented by its economically disadvantaged student population suggest that the school may benefit from targeted interventions or support to improve its academic outcomes, particularly in the upper elementary grades.

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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 (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 (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 Science 5th Grade	Total
Highgate Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	219 Gore Road	Highgate Center	05459	Franklin County	Missisquoi Valley School District #89	(n/a)	No	No	Yes	(802) 868-4170	282	23	12.2	58.9%	217 (77.0%)	1 (0.4%)	11 (3.9%)	2 (0.7%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (17.0%)	59.8	56^th of 137 public elementary schools	59.1%		43	73^rd of 133 public elementary schools	45.1%	17	71.1	55.2	50.0	39.3	47.4	41.4	50.0

Cities Near Highgate Center

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Sheldon	3.94 mi	2	101^st
Swanton	4.64 mi	4	80^th
Franklin	5.11 mi	2	23^rd
Saint Albans	9.72 mi	9	79^th
Enosburg Falls	10.63 mi	6	60^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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