Best Cities in Vermont for Schools

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Rank (of 124)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2025)	Rank (2024)	Rank change from 2024
1^st	Braintree	2	0	0	0	0	0.993		(n/a)
2^nd	Montgomery Center	2	0	0	0	0	0.986	1	1
3^rd	Norwich	1	0	0	0	0	0.978		(n/a)
4^th	Barnard	2	0	0	0	0	0.971		(n/a)
5^th	Killington	3	0	0	0	1	0.964		(n/a)
6^th	Shelburne	2	0	0	0	4	0.946	7	1
7^th	Cornwall	2	0	0	0	0	0.942		(n/a)
8^th	Woodstock	3	0	3	0	0	0.931	18	10
9^th	Middlesex	2	0	0	0	0	0.927	9
10^th	Waitsfield	4	0	0	0	3	0.923	39	29
11^th	Woodbury	2	0	0	0	0	0.912		(n/a)
12^th	Hinesburg	2	0	2	0	0	0.908	12
13^th	Warren	2	0	0	0	0	0.905		(n/a)
14^th	South Burlington	3	1	1	0	4	0.896	14
15^th	Charlotte	2	0	0	0	0	0.893	5	10
16^th	South Strafford	1	0	0	0	0	0.883	3	13
17^th	Mount Holly	2	0	0	0	0	0.876	11	6
18^th	Westford	2	0	0	0	1	0.869	10	8
19^th	Stowe	2	2	3	0	2	0.869	6	13
20^th	South Hero	1	0	0	0	0	0.854		(n/a)
21^st	Essex Junction	10	4	4	0	2	0.847	15	6
22^nd	East Montpelier	2	0	0	0	1	0.839	16	6
23^rd	Montpelier	2	2	4	0	3	0.839	36	13
24^th	Williston	2	0	0	0	4	0.812	13	11
25^th	Brookfield	2	0	0	0	0	0.81		(n/a)
26^th	Moretown	2	1	2	0	1	0.801	24	2
27^th	Putney	2	0	0	0	3	0.795	48	21
28^th	Wolcott	1	0	0	0	1	0.788	30	2
29^th	Colchester	3	1	1	0	0	0.784	21	8
30^th	Monkton	2	0	0	0	0	0.766	8	22
31^st	Duxbury	0	1	0	0	0	0.757	20	11
32^nd	Underhill Center	3	0	0	0	0	0.745	61	29
33^rd	Jay	1	0	0	0	0	0.737		(n/a)
34^th	Middlebury	4	2	3	0	1	0.712	33	1
35^th	Ascutney	1	0	0	0	0	0.708	26	9
36^th	Wilmington	2	0	0	0	0	0.701	58	22
37^th	Dorset	2	0	0	0	1	0.697	41	4
38^th	Waterford	2	0	0	0	0	0.696	53	15
39^th	Pittsford	2	0	0	0	0	0.693	75	36
40^th	West Pawlet	2	0	0	0	0	0.679	62	22
41^st	Jeffersonville	1	0	0	0	0	0.664	31	10
42^nd	Orwell	2	0	0	0	0	0.657	17	25
43^rd	Thetford	1	0	0	0	1	0.65	52	9
44^th	Ferrisburgh	2	0	0	0	0	0.628	59	15
45^th	Waterbury	4	1	0	0	0	0.62	34	11
46^th	Castleton	2	1	0	0	0	0.613		(n/a)
47^th	Vergennes	2	1	2	0	2	0.606	37	10
48^th	South Royalton	1	0	1	1	0	0.598	45	3
49^th	Highgate Center	2	0	0	0	0	0.591	73	24
50^th	Bristol	2	0	2	0	1	0.581	46	4
51^st	Hartland	1	0	0	0	0	0.563	35	16
52^nd	Fairfield	2	0	0	0	0	0.554	50	2
53^rd	Burlington	6	2	2	0	6	0.553	47	6
54^th	Brattleboro	6	2	4	0	10	0.549	63	9
55^th	Orleans	2	0	1	0	0	0.548	76	21
56^th	Sharon	1	0	0	0	1	0.547	40	16
57^th	Franklin	2	0	0	0	0	0.54	23	34
58^th	Manchester Center	2	0	0	0	2	0.539	74	16
59^th	Quechee	1	0	0	0	1	0.518	22	37
60^th	Randolph	2	0	4	0	0	0.514	65	5
61^st	Orford	0	0	1	0	0	0.507	56	5
62^nd	Newfane	2	0	0	0	1	0.504	42	20
63^rd	Washington	2	0	0	0	0	0.496		(n/a)
64^th	Londonderry	2	0	0	0	0	0.495	27	37
65^th	White River Junction	2	1	2	0	1	0.494	55	10
66^th	Fair Haven	3	0	3	0	0	0.494	91	25
67^th	Townshend	2	0	2	0	0	0.492	115	48
68^th	Rutland	4	1	2	0	5	0.487	69	1
69^th	Milton	1	1	1	0	2	0.484	67	2
70^th	West Charleston	1	0	0	0	0	0.478	85	15
71^st	Northfield	2	0	1	1	0	0.476	84	13
72^nd	Williamstown	2	0	1	1	0	0.463	104	32
73^rd	Chester	2	0	2	0	0	0.449	72	1
74^th	West Burke	4	0	0	0	0	0.429	71	3
75^th	Saint Albans	5	0	4	0	1	0.423	79	4
76^th	Bradford	2	0	4	0	1	0.41	43	33
77^th	Chittenden	2	0	0	0	0	0.409	32	45
78^th	Bethel	2	1	1	0	0	0.405	38	40
79^th	Fairfax	1	0	1	0	0	0.401	68	11
80^th	Derby	0	1	0	0	0	0.378	86	6
81^st	Guilford	2	0	0	0	0	0.372	19	62
82^nd	Vernon	1	0	0	0	0	0.35	87	5
83^rd	Hyde Park	2	2	4	0	0	0.347	100	17
84^th	Sutton	2	0	0	0	0	0.336	51	33
85^th	Tunbridge	2	0	0	0	0	0.328	93	8
86^th	Derby Line	1	0	0	0	0	0.321	99	13
87^th	Barre	4	0	5	0	3	0.319	89	2
88^th	Rochester	1	0	0	1	0	0.314	105	17
89^th	Poultney	2	0	2	0	2	0.309	94	5
90^th	Coventry	1	0	0	0	0	0.299	95	5
91^st	Shaftsbury	2	0	0	0	0	0.292	83	8
92^nd	Sheldon	2	0	0	0	0	0.288	101	9
93^rd	North Clarendon	2	0	2	0	0	0.286	98	5
94^th	Berlin	2	0	0	0	0	0.285	70	24
95^th	Barton	2	0	0	0	1	0.284	121	26
96^th	East Barre	1	1	0	0	0	0.27	109	13
97^th	Whitingham	0	0	1	1	0	0.262	90	7
98^th	Enosburg Falls	2	0	4	0	0	0.256	60	38
99^th	Swanton	2	0	2	0	0	0.255	80	19
100^th	Richford	4	0	2	0	0	0.25	112	12
101^st	Alburgh	1	0	0	0	0	0.248		(n/a)
102^nd	Concord	2	0	0	0	0	0.231	96	6
103^rd	Grand Isle	2	0	0	0	0	0.219	88	15
104^th	Lyndonville	2	0	0	0	2	0.214	102	2
105^th	Brandon	2	0	2	0	0	0.197	111	6
106^th	Wallingford	2	0	0	0	0	0.19	116	10
107^th	Island Pond	1	0	0	0	1	0.182	114	7
108^th	Whiting	2	0	0	0	0	0.175		(n/a)
109^th	Arlington	3	0	1	0	0	0.154	78	31
110^th	Bakersfield	2	0	0	0	0	0.154	103	7
111^th	Winooski	1	1	1	0	2	0.137	117	6
112^th	Barnet	2	0	0	0	0	0.122	57	55
113^th	East Corinth	1	0	0	0	0	0.113	110	3
114^th	Newport Center	1	0	0	0	0	0.102	119	5
115^th	Bennington	8	1	2	0	7	0.101	106	9
116^th	Hardwick	2	0	1	0	0	0.077	92	24
117^th	Springfield	2	1	2	0	0	0.068	108	9
118^th	Newport	1	0	2	0	1	0.068	81	37
119^th	Sheffield	2	0	0	0	0	0.058	118	1
120^th	Proctor	2	0	2	0	0	0.051	66	54
121^st	North Troy	1	0	0	0	0	0.037	120	1
122^nd	Bellows Falls	1	1	1	0	0	0.036	97	25
123^rd	Johnson	2	0	0	0	1	0.022		(n/a)
124^th	Pownal	2	0	0	0	0	0.015	122	2

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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 20, 2026, 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.