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Bingham Memorial School

Public Grades PK, KG-5
8th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 137 Vermont Elementary Schools
Better than 94% of Vermont elementary schools
Summary

Bingham Memorial School is an exceptional elementary school located in Cornwall, Vermont, serving 91 students in grades PK-5. This school consistently ranks among the top elementary schools in the state, currently placing 8th out of 137 schools for the 2024-2025 school year.

Bingham Memorial School's academic performance is truly impressive, with students consistently outperforming the state average in standardized test scores across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the school's 4th-grade English Language Arts proficiency rate was 76.47%, compared to the state average of 61%, and its 5th-grade Mathematics proficiency rate was 61.54%, compared to the state average of 35.59%. The school's 5th-grade Science proficiency rate of 69.23% is also significantly higher than the state average of 44.2%. Additionally, Bingham Memorial School maintains a low student-teacher ratio, ranging from 12.5 to 12.7 students per teacher, and its per-student spending of $13,407 in the 2018-2019 school year is lower than the nearby schools.

Compared to the nearby Addison Central Unified Union School District #55, Slate Valley Unified Union School District #62, Otter Valley Unified Union School District #53, and Mt. Abraham Unified School District #61, Bingham Memorial School has a lower percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a lower proportion of students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. This demographic difference may contribute to the school's strong academic performance, though further investigation would be needed to fully understand the factors behind its success.

91
Students ?
12.6
Student/teacher ratio ?
$13,407
Per pupil spending ?
26.4%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 112 School Road
       Cornwall, VT  05753-8504

(802) 462-2463

District: Addison Central Unified Union School District #55


Students who attend Bingham Memorial School usually attend:

Middle:    Middlebury Union Middle School
High:    Middlebury Union High School
Racial breakdown:

White:
95.6%
Hispanic:
3.3%
African American:
1.1%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Holding steady — 91st percentile in 2018 → 94th in 2025
Strengths
Test scores above the Vermont average (69% vs 46% meeting standards)
Ranks in the top 6% of Vermont elementary schools
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school69%
Vermont avg46%
8th of 137
Vermont public elementary schools ?
Top 6%▲ up 3 pts since 2018
From top 9% (2018) to top 6% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
1st of 2Elementary Schools in the Addison Central Unified Union School District #55
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankVermont percentileRating
202591.38 of 13794.2%★★★★★
202350.153 of 11353.1%★★★☆☆
202197.42 of 14898.6%★★★★★
201880.513 of 14290.8%★★★★★

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankVermont percentileRating
202590.39 of 14193.6%★★★★★
202355.457 of 13357.1%★★★☆☆
202195.52 of 14798.6%★★★★★
201876.223 of 11780.3%★★★★☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
White (2025)94th percentile~ school
By subject vs Vermont (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts73%+16 vs state
Science69%+25 vs state
Mathematics64%+29 vs state

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Students who attend Bingham Memorial School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Middlebury Union Middle School
High : Middlebury Union High School

Yes. Bingham Memorial School ranks in the top 5.8% of Vermont elementary schools.

Students at Bingham Memorial School are 96% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% African American.

In the 2024-25 school year, 91 students attended Bingham Memorial School.


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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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