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Barre City Elementary/Middle School

Public Grades PK, KG-8

133^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 137 Vermont Elementary Schools

Better than 3% of Vermont elementary schools

Summary

Barre City Elementary/Middle School is a public school serving grades PK-8 in Barre, Vermont, with 701 students. The school is part of the Barre Unified Union School District, which is ranked 51 out of 75 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Academically, Barre City Elementary/Middle School has consistently ranked in the bottom quarter of Vermont elementary schools in recent years, with only 29.69% of 3rd graders proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 61% for 4th graders. The school's performance is particularly low in mathematics, with only 10.94% of 3rd graders and 7.41% of 5th graders reaching proficiency, compared to state averages of 34.25% and 35.59%, respectively. The school also struggles with science assessments, with only 12.96% of 5th graders and 36.84% of 8th graders reaching proficiency, compared to state averages of 44.2% and 40.41%.

The school's high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 67.9% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, likely contributes to its academic challenges. In contrast, the nearby Barre Town Elementary & Middle School had only 35.81% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-2025. However, the school's relatively low student-teacher ratio of 9.4 suggests it may have the resources to provide more individualized attention and support to students, which could help improve outcomes, particularly for its struggling subgroups.

701

Students ?

9.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

67.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

50 Parkside Terrace
Barre, VT 05641-4846

(802) 476-6541

District: Barre Unified Union School District #97

Students who attend Barre City Elementary/Middle School usually attend:

High:

Spaulding Union High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

84.5%

Hispanic:

6.8%

Two or more races:

4.1%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 12th percentile in 2021 → 3rd in 2025

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 9 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Vermont average (30% vs 48% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (3rd percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 9 percentile points since 2021

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school30%

Vermont avg48%

Elementary school

133^rd of 137

Vermont public elementary schools ?

Bottom 3%▼ down 9 pts since 2021

From bottom 12% (2021) to bottom 3% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

53^rd of 74

Vermont public middle schools ?

Bottom 28%▲ up 12 pts since 2021

From bottom 16% (2021) to bottom 28% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

51^st of 75Barre Unified Union School District #97 among Vermont districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Vermont percentile	Rating
2025	9.8	133 of 137	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.5	123 of 133	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	18.9	103 of 113	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	21.8	116 of 133	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	21.6	130 of 148	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Vermont percentile	Rating
2025	11.5	58 of 60	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.9	50 of 55	9.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.8	55 of 61	9.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	19.4	59 of 66	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Vermont percentile	Rating
2025	14.2	44 of 45	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	15.9	43 of 44	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	30.1	16 of 21	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	34.5	27 of 38	28.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	31.5	35 of 44	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Vermont percentile	Rating
2025	14.7	59 of 61	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	15.2	52 of 56	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	16.5	42 of 46	8.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	27.1	47 of 62	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	27.5	53 of 67	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Vermont percentile	Rating
2025	36.1	10 of 18	44.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	42.0	10 of 17	41.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	61.7	3 of 10	70.0%	★★★★☆
2022	44.2	8 of 15	46.7%	★★★☆☆
2021	31.0	14 of 16	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Vermont percentile	Rating
2025	9.7	137 of 141	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.0	132 of 142	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	14.2	124 of 133	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	23.2	126 of 145	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	21.3	128 of 147	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Vermont percentile	Rating
2025	31.7	53 of 74	28.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	25.7	65 of 85	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.0	44 of 50	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.3	54 of 68	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	24.8	71 of 85	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Vermont percentile	Rating
2025	26.5	36 of 43	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.5	43 of 48	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.9	19 of 21	9.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.3	33 of 39	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	25.9	43 of 55	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Vermont percentile	Rating
2025	36.2	26 of 38	31.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	26.1	35 of 40	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.0	17 of 19	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	42.6	18 of 27	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2021	55.9	13 of 35	62.9%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Vermont percentile	Rating
2025	32.8	33 of 43	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	28.0	35 of 49	28.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	21.9	22 of 30	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	40.8	28 of 42	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2021	26.8	40 of 54	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Vermont percentile	Rating
2025	30.3	16 of 22	27.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	46.2	12 of 22	45.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	49.8	3 of 9	66.7%	★★★★☆
2022	64.2	5 of 17	70.6%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Vermont percentile	Rating
2025	33.3	61 of 91	33.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	26.5	69 of 92	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.8	79 of 88	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.0	71 of 91	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	26.2	76 of 94	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

Elementary school

Special Education (2025)44th percentile+42 vs school

Female (2025)3rd percentile~ school

Male (2025)3rd percentile~ school

White (2025)3rd percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)2nd percentile~ school

Middle school

White (2025)33rd percentile+5 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)32nd percentile+3 vs school

Special Education (2025)27th percentile~ school

Male (2025)23rd percentile-5 vs school

Female (2025)16th percentile-12 vs school

By subject vs Vermont (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts41%-17 vs state

Science27%-15 vs state

Mathematics20%-20 vs state

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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 English Language Arts 7th Grade	VTCAP English Language Arts 8th Grade	VTCAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	VTCAP Mathematics 4th Grade	VTCAP Mathematics 5th Grade	VTCAP Mathematics 6th Grade	VTCAP Mathematics 7th Grade	VTCAP Mathematics 8th Grade	VTCAP Science 5th Grade	VTCAP Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Barre City Elementary/Middle School	Public	PK, KG-8	50 Parkside Terrace	Barre	05641	Washington County	Barre Unified Union School District #97	(n/a)	No	No	Yes	(802) 476-6541	701	74	9.4	67.9%	592 (84.5%)	13 (1.9%)	48 (6.8%)	10 (1.4%)	8 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	29 (4.1%)	9.8	133^rd of 137 public elementary schools	2.9%		12.5	123^rd of 133 public elementary schools	7.5%	10	29.7	46.6	31.5	34.3	43.9	55.3	10.9	11.9	7.4	17.1	33.9	34.2	13.0	36.8
Barre Town Elementary & Middle School	Public	PK, KG-8	70 Websterville Road	Barre	05641	Washington County	Barre Unified Union School District #97	(n/a)	No	No	Yes	(802) 476-6617	821	73	11.2	35.8%	759 (92.4%)	9 (1.1%)	24 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (3.5%)	29.1	104^th of 137 public elementary schools	24.1%		37.2	84^th of 133 public elementary schools	36.8%	20	37.7	47.4	43.4	53.3	61.3	50.0	16.5	18.0	34.2	43.3	50.7	44.6	35.5	28.4
Berlin Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	372 Paine Turnpike North	Berlin	05602	Washington County	Washington Central Unified Union School District #92	(n/a)	No	No	Yes	(802) 223-2796	182	14	13.1	52.7%	162 (89.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.4%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (6.0%)	33.3	98^th of 137 public elementary schools	28.5%		44.4	72^nd of 133 public elementary schools	45.9%	26	48.2	45.0	46.2	46.7			18.5	25.0	23.1	53.3			38.5
Williamstown Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	100 Brush Hill Road	Williamstown	05679	Orange County	Paine Mountain Union School District #68	(n/a)	No	No	Yes	(802) 433-6653	231	21	11.0	58.4%	217 (93.9%)	1 (0.4%)	8 (3.5%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.3%)	55.3	65^th of 137 public elementary schools	52.6%		20.3	114^th of 133 public elementary schools	14.3%	49	50.0	63.0	62.1				31.3	11.1	62.1				46.7		$10,221	$00	$10,221
Union Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	1 Park Avenue	Montpelier	05602	Washington County	Montpelier Roxbury Unified Union School District #71	(n/a)	No	No	No	(802) 225-8200	447	39	11.6	33.8%	374 (83.7%)	15 (3.4%)	13 (2.9%)	28 (6.3%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	13 (2.9%)	81.8	19^th of 137 public elementary schools	86.1%					(n/a)	67.1	77.8					51.3	38.3							$12,625	$395	$12,230
Washington Village School	Public	PK, KG-4	72 School Lane	Washington	05675	Orange County	Echo Valley Community Union School District #67	(n/a)	No	No	Yes	(802) 883-2312	120	13	9.4	63.3%	116 (96.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.7%)	52.6	69^th of 137 public elementary schools	49.6%					(n/a)	40.9	29.4					50.0	47.1							$11,193	$00	$11,193
East Montpelier Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	665 Vincent Flats Road	East Montpelier	05651	Washington County	Washington Central Unified Union School District #92	(n/a)	No	No	No	(802) 223-7936	202	17	12.1	35.6%	177 (87.6%)	3 (1.5%)	10 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.4%)	77.2	22^nd of 137 public elementary schools	83.9%		78.2	21^st of 133 public elementary schools	84.2%	1	73.9	71.9	65.0	85.3			60.9	31.3	55.0	55.9			55.0
Northfield Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	10 Cross Street	Northfield	05663	Washington County	Paine Mountain Union School District #68	(n/a)	No	No	Yes	(802) 485-6161	263	23	11.4	47.1%	232 (88.2%)	3 (1.1%)	13 (4.9%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.9%)	50.9	71^st of 137 public elementary schools	48.2%		54	58^th of 133 public elementary schools	56.4%	13	39.5	63.3	51.3				36.8	36.7	33.3				51.3		$9,314	$00	$9,314
Calais Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	321 Lightening Ridge Road	Plainfield	05667	Washington County	Washington Central Unified Union School District #92	(n/a)	No	No	Yes	(802) 454-7777	91	9	10.4	36.3%	84 (92.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.3%)								(n/a)
Rumney Memorial School	Public	1-6	433 Shady Rill Road	Middlesex	05602	Washington County	Washington Central Unified Union School District #92	(n/a)	No	No	No	(802) 223-5429	114	8	13.5	43.9%	108 (94.7%)	1 (0.9%)	3 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	89.2	10^th of 137 public elementary schools	92.7%		89.4	10^th of 133 public elementary schools	92.5%		82.6	83.3	68.8	92.3			56.5	50.0	43.8	92.3			68.8

Frequently Asked Questions about Barre City Elementary/Middle School

What district is Barre City Elementary/Middle School in?

Barre Unified Union School District #97

What schools do graduates of Barre City Elementary/Middle School attend?

Students who attend Barre City Elementary/Middle School usually go on to attend:

High : Spaulding Union High School

Is Barre City Elementary/Middle School a good school?

Barre City Elementary/Middle School ranks in the bottom 2.9% of Vermont elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of Barre City Elementary/Middle School?

Students at Barre City Elementary/Middle School are 84% White, 7% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races, 2% African American, 1% Asian, 1% American Indian.

How many students attend Barre City Elementary/Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 701 students attended Barre City Elementary/Middle School.

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