Best Cities in Vermont for Schools

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Rank (of 122)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2024)	Rank (2023)	Rank change from 2023
1^st	Montgomery Center	2	0	0	0	0	0.992	4	3
2^nd	Richmond	3	3	0	0	1	0.965	26	24
3^rd	South Strafford	1	0	0	0	0	0.962	2	1
4^th	Jericho	5	3	3	0	1	0.959		(n/a)
5^th	Charlotte	2	0	0	0	0	0.954		(n/a)
6^th	Stowe	2	2	3	0	1	0.936	8	2
7^th	Shelburne	2	0	0	0	4	0.934	19	12
8^th	Monkton	2	0	0	0	0	0.932	16	8
9^th	Middlesex	2	0	0	0	0	0.925	3	6
10^th	Westford	2	0	0	0	1	0.918		(n/a)
11^th	Mount Holly	2	0	0	0	0	0.917	61	50
12^th	Hinesburg	2	0	2	0	0	0.891	10	2
13^th	Williston	2	0	0	0	4	0.876	9	4
14^th	South Burlington	3	1	1	0	4	0.872	21	7
15^th	Essex Junction	10	4	4	0	2	0.849	20	5
16^th	East Montpelier	2	0	0	0	1	0.842	7	9
17^th	Orwell	2	0	0	0	0	0.835	50	33
18^th	Woodstock	3	0	3	0	0	0.831	23	5
19^th	Guilford	2	0	0	0	0	0.827		(n/a)
20^th	Duxbury	0	1	0	0	0	0.824		(n/a)
21^st	Colchester	3	1	1	0	0	0.819	34	13
22^nd	Quechee	1	0	0	0	1	0.797	13	9
23^rd	Franklin	2	0	0	0	0	0.789		(n/a)
24^th	Moretown	2	1	2	0	1	0.787	5	19
25^th	Glover	2	0	0	0	0	0.783	58	33
26^th	Ascutney	1	0	0	0	0	0.777	31	5
27^th	Londonderry	2	0	0	0	0	0.76	17	10
28^th	East Dummerston	1	0	0	0	0	0.752		(n/a)
29^th	Chelsea	0	1	0	1	1	0.741	33	4
30^th	Wolcott	1	0	0	0	1	0.737	70	40
31^st	Jeffersonville	1	0	0	0	0	0.729	37	6
32^nd	Chittenden	2	0	0	0	0	0.727	18	14
33^rd	Middlebury	4	2	3	0	1	0.725	29	4
34^th	Waterbury	4	1	0	0	0	0.722	12	22
35^th	Hartland	1	0	0	0	0	0.718	54	19
36^th	Montpelier	2	2	4	0	3	0.715	14	22
37^th	Vergennes	2	1	2	0	2	0.71		(n/a)
38^th	Bethel	2	1	1	0	0	0.703	39	1
39^th	Waitsfield	4	0	0	0	2	0.684	1	38
40^th	Sharon	1	0	0	0	1	0.677	47	7
41^st	Dorset	2	0	0	0	1	0.651	36	5
42^nd	Newfane	2	0	0	0	1	0.647	25	17
43^rd	Bradford	2	0	4	0	1	0.641	53	10
44^th	Ludlow	2	0	1	0	1	0.639		(n/a)
45^th	South Royalton	1	0	1	1	0	0.631	44	1
46^th	Bristol	2	0	2	0	1	0.626	69	23
47^th	Burlington	6	2	2	0	6	0.624	27	20
48^th	Putney	2	0	0	0	3	0.617	6	42
49^th	Starksboro	2	0	0	0	0	0.594	43	6
50^th	Fairfield	2	0	0	0	0	0.592		(n/a)
51^st	Sutton	2	0	0	0	0	0.586	24	27
52^nd	Thetford	1	0	0	0	1	0.579	32	20
53^rd	Waterford	2	0	0	0	0	0.577	60	7
54^th	Morrisville	3	3	3	0	2	0.565	68	14
55^th	White River Junction	2	1	2	0	1	0.56	52	3
56^th	Orford	0	0	1	0	0	0.558	46	10
57^th	Barnet	2	0	0	0	0	0.548	40	17
58^th	Wilmington	2	0	0	0	0	0.526	55	3
59^th	Ferrisburgh	2	0	0	0	0	0.519		(n/a)
60^th	Enosburg Falls	2	0	4	0	0	0.512	49	11
61^st	Underhill Center	3	0	0	0	0	0.511	30	31
62^nd	West Pawlet	2	0	0	0	0	0.504	22	40
63^rd	Brattleboro	6	2	4	0	9	0.492	89	26
64^th	Saxtons River	1	0	0	0	1	0.489		(n/a)
65^th	Randolph	2	0	4	0	0	0.488	42	23
66^th	Proctor	2	0	2	0	0	0.488		(n/a)
67^th	Milton	1	1	1	0	1	0.487	64	3
68^th	Fairfax	1	0	1	0	0	0.481	96	28
69^th	Rutland	4	1	2	0	5	0.463	63	6
70^th	Berlin	2	0	0	0	0	0.459	15	55
71^st	West Burke	4	0	0	0	0	0.452	66	5
72^nd	Chester	2	0	2	0	0	0.452	78	6
73^rd	Highgate Center	2	0	0	0	0	0.451	51	22
74^th	Manchester Center	2	0	0	0	2	0.446	48	26
75^th	Pittsford	2	0	0	0	0	0.444	56	19
76^th	Orleans	2	0	1	0	0	0.439		(n/a)
77^th	Brownington	2	0	0	0	0	0.388	45	32
78^th	Arlington	3	0	1	0	0	0.38	62	16
79^th	Saint Albans	5	0	4	0	0	0.372	57	22
80^th	Swanton	2	0	2	0	0	0.367	86	6
81^st	Newport	1	0	2	0	1	0.353		(n/a)
82^nd	Saint Johnsbury	1	0	0	0	5	0.352	73	9
83^rd	Shaftsbury	2	0	0	0	0	0.346	72	11
84^th	Northfield	2	0	1	1	0	0.331	75	9
85^th	West Charleston	1	0	0	0	0	0.331	76	9
86^th	Derby	0	1	0	0	0	0.318		(n/a)
87^th	Vernon	1	0	0	0	0	0.308	74	13
88^th	Grand Isle	2	0	0	0	0	0.301	41	47
89^th	Barre	4	0	5	0	3	0.292	97	8
90^th	Whitingham	0	0	1	1	0	0.292	71	19
91^st	Fair Haven	3	0	3	0	0	0.287	90	1
92^nd	Hardwick	2	0	1	0	0	0.274	110	18
93^rd	Tunbridge	2	0	0	0	0	0.271	106	13
94^th	Poultney	2	0	2	0	1	0.26	94
95^th	Coventry	1	0	0	0	0	0.259		(n/a)
96^th	Concord	2	0	0	0	0	0.256	77	19
97^th	Bellows Falls	1	1	1	0	0	0.249	84	13
98^th	North Clarendon	2	0	2	0	0	0.231	87	11
99^th	Derby Line	1	0	0	0	0	0.218	95	4
100^th	Hyde Park	2	2	4	0	0	0.21	102	2
101^st	Sheldon	2	0	0	0	0	0.192	88	13
102^nd	Lyndonville	2	0	0	0	3	0.19	80	22
103^rd	Bakersfield	2	0	0	0	0	0.188	111	8
104^th	Williamstown	2	0	1	1	0	0.187	82	22
105^th	Rochester	1	0	0	1	0	0.18	28	77
106^th	Bennington	8	1	2	0	6	0.176		(n/a)
107^th	Eden	2	0	0	0	0	0.158	101	6
108^th	Springfield	2	1	2	0	0	0.156	108
109^th	East Barre	1	1	0	0	0	0.153	103	6
110^th	East Corinth	1	0	0	0	0	0.146	65	45
111^th	Brandon	2	0	2	0	0	0.139	91	20
112^th	Richford	4	0	2	0	0	0.135	93	19
113^th	Shoreham	2	0	0	0	0	0.12	85	28
114^th	Island Pond	1	0	0	0	1	0.087	79	35
115^th	Townshend	2	0	2	0	0	0.085	100	15
116^th	Wallingford	2	0	0	0	0	0.068	83	33
117^th	Winooski	1	1	1	0	2	0.061	104	13
118^th	Sheffield	2	0	0	0	0	0.053	99	19
119^th	Newport Center	1	0	0	0	0	0.045	113	6
120^th	North Troy	1	0	0	0	0	0.043	107	13
121^st	Barton	2	0	0	0	1	0.033	105	16
122^nd	Pownal	2	0	0	0	0	0.023	112	10

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* Private schools are not used in determining city rank.
Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on test scores released by the Vermont Agency of Education.
These rankings were last updated on February 12, 2025, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Vermont Agency of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Vermont Agency of Education.
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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.