Newport City School District

Summary:

The Newport City School District consists of a single school, Newport City Elementary School, which serves students from pre-kindergarten through 6th grade. The school's performance has been inconsistent, with its statewide ranking fluctuating between 86th and 125th place out of 137 Vermont elementary schools over the past few years. The school's overall rating by SchoolDigger is 0 out of 5 stars, indicating poor performance.

Academically, Newport City Elementary School struggles significantly compared to state averages. The school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics are well below the state averages, with ELA proficiency ranging from 20.59% to 48.72% and Mathematics proficiency ranging from 10.26% to 29.27%, compared to state averages of 55.07% to 61% and 34.25% to 48.11%, respectively. The school's 5th-grade Science proficiency rate of 40.63% is also below the state average of 44.2%.

Additionally, the school faces challenges with high chronic absenteeism, with a rate of 30.8% for the 2023-2024 school year. The school serves a predominantly low-income population, with 81.96% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch in the 2024-2025 school year. While the school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 8.8, the overall data suggests that the Newport City Elementary School is struggling to provide a high-quality education to its students and may require targeted interventions and support to improve student outcomes.

District Detail

166 Sias Avenue
Newport, VT 05855-1699

(802) 334-2455

SchoolDigger Rank:
70^th of 75 Vermont districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-6
Students: 316

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 0
High Schools: 0
Alternative Schools: 0

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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 Mathematics 5th Grade	VTCAP Mathematics 6th Grade	VTCAP Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Newport City Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	166 Sias Avenue	Newport	05855	Orleans County	Newport City School District	(n/a)	No	No	Yes	(802) 334-2455	316	36	8.8	82.0%	279 (88.3%)	3 (0.9%)	15 (4.7%)	3 (0.9%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.4%)	18.6	125^th of 137 public elementary schools	8.8%		36.5	86^th of 133 public elementary schools	35.3%	39	20.6	48.7	40.6	31.7	26.5	10.3	15.6	29.3	40.6	$10,708	$1,233	$9,475

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
North Country Union High School District	0.57 mi	2	74^th
North Country Union Junior High School District	2.97 mi	1	46^th
Derby School District	5.3 mi	1	50^th
Newport Town School District	5.63 mi	1	68^th
Coventry School District	6.73 mi	1	53^rd

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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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