Summary:
The city of Washington, Vermont has only one school, the Washington Village School, which serves grades PK-4 with an enrollment of 120 students. The school is part of the Echo Valley Community Union School District #67, which is ranked 45 out of 75 districts in Vermont and has a 2-star rating.
The Washington Village School has seen fluctuating performance, with its statewide ranking ranging from 101 out of 138 Vermont elementary schools in 2018-2019 (1-star rating) to 35 out of 113 in 2022-2023 (4-star rating), before dropping back down to 69 out of 137 in 2024-2025 (3-star rating). The school struggles with a high chronic absenteeism rate of 37.5% and underperformance in English Language Arts, with 4th-grade proficiency rates of 29.41% compared to the state average of 61%. However, the school performs relatively better in Mathematics, with 4th-grade proficiency rates of 47.06% compared to the state average of 34.25%.
Notably, 63.33% of the Washington Village School's students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage in the student population. The school's spending per student was $11,193 in the 2018-2019 school year, and it maintains a low student-teacher ratio of 9.4 to 1. Overall, the data suggests the need for the Washington Village School to address its inconsistent performance, high chronic absenteeism, and underperformance in English Language Arts, while building on its relatively stronger mathematics instruction and supporting its economically disadvantaged student population.
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