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Fisher School

Public Grades PK, KG-5

117^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 137 Vermont Elementary Schools

Better than 15% of Vermont elementary schools

Summary

Fisher School is an elementary school located in Arlington, Vermont, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 205 students. The school is part of the Arlington School District, which is ranked 65 out of 75 districts in Vermont and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. Over the past several years, Fisher School has consistently ranked in the bottom quarter of Vermont elementary schools, with a 1-star or 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Fisher School has struggled with high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 8.5% in 2019-2020 to 27.4% in 2021-2022, which is significantly higher than the state average and the nearby schools like Wardsboro Central School and Dorset Elementary School. Additionally, Fisher School's academic performance, as measured by standardized test scores, is well below the state averages across all grade levels and subject areas, with only 59.26% of 3rd graders proficient or better in English Language Arts and 22.22% in mathematics.

The challenges faced by Fisher School may be unique to its specific context and student population, as the nearby schools generally perform better academically and have lower chronic absenteeism rates. The school's high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 79.02% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, may be a contributing factor to its poor performance. Despite the school's struggles, it spends a relatively high amount per student ($16,226 in 2018-2019), which raises questions about the efficient use of resources and the need to explore alternative strategies to improve student outcomes.

205

Students ?

12.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$16,226

Per pupil spending ?

79%

Free/discounted lunch ?

504 East Arlington Road
Arlington, VT 05250

(802) 375-6409

District: Arlington School District

Students who attend Fisher School usually attend:

High:

Arlington Memorial

Racial breakdown:

White:

88.3%

Hispanic:

7.8%

African American:

2.0%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 34th percentile in 2013 → 15th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Vermont average (28% vs 46% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (15th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 19 percentile points since 2013

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school28%

Vermont avg46%

117^th of 137

Vermont public elementary schools ?

Bottom 15%▲ up 8 pts since 2015

From bottom 6% (2015) to bottom 15% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

65^th of 75Arlington School District 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)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Vermont percentile	Rating
2025	23.0	117 of 137	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	40.3	80 of 133	39.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	36.2	73 of 113	35.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	38.9	77 of 133	42.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	22.2	123 of 138	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	26.2	142 of 169	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	28.4	140 of 169	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	18.6	165 of 176	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	29.6	132 of 167	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	38.2	123 of 187	34.2%	★★☆☆☆
2012	37.0	131 of 187	29.9%	★★☆☆☆
2011	27.2	156 of 189	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	53.0	84 of 189	55.6%	★★★☆☆
2009	60.1	75 of 189	60.3%	★★★☆☆
2008	55.7	81 of 193	58.0%	★★★☆☆
2007	62.4	68 of 189	64.0%	★★★☆☆
2006	46.9	103 of 184	44.0%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Vermont percentile	Rating
2025	20.3	52 of 60	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Vermont percentile	Rating
2025	31.8	32 of 45	28.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	52.9	19 of 44	56.8%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Vermont percentile	Rating
2025	17.4	56 of 61	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Vermont percentile	Rating
2025	22.4	123 of 141	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.3	110 of 133	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	29.5	110 of 145	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	50.0	72 of 147	51.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	22.1	129 of 146	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)29th percentile+14 vs school

Female (2025)13th percentile~ school

White (2025)13th percentile~ school

Male (2025)8th percentile-6 vs school

By subject vs Vermont (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts49%-9 vs state

Science24%-21 vs state

Mathematics9%-26 vs state

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by a parent
Friday, April 17, 2015

This school is so behind in compliance to Federal Law for special education. Leadership has a reactive approach to solving student challenges, rather than a proactive approach. Leadership also prefers punitive remediation for students, which is disappointing. An eloping kindergartner gets a police response on the playground. Children are restrained by uncertified personnel. Bad paraprofessionals are moved amongst special needs child frequently, passing staffing problems on to from child to child rather than taking appropriate action to hire a person with appropriate skills and training qualifications.

The principal and special education director are barely accountable to the superintendent, who is barely accountable to the school board. The school board ignores problems and would prefer to be sucked into an expensive due process situation.

i would not move to Arlington for the schools, especially if your student is not strong academically. The school as a whole is tested with accommodations yet continues to fail to meet adequate yearly progress. After School programming consists of a homework club where two staff members do as little as possible to interact with students. Close Quote

Schools Near Fisher School

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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
Fisher School	Public	PK, KG-5	504 East Arlington Road	Arlington	05250	Bennington County	Arlington School District	(n/a)	No	No	Yes	(802) 375-6409	205	16	12.8	79.0%	181 (88.3%)	4 (2.0%)	16 (7.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.0%)	23	117^th of 137 public elementary schools	14.6%		40.3	80^th of 133 public elementary schools	39.8%	37	59.3	44.8	44.1				22.2	6.9	0.0				23.5		$16,226	$00	$16,226
Sunderland Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	98 Bear Ridge Road	Arlington	05250	Bennington County	Taconic and Green Regional School District #63	(n/a)	No	No	No	(802) 375-6100	58	6	10.0	56.9%	52 (89.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (6.9%)								(n/a)															$12,947	$397	$12,550
Shaftsbury Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	150 Buck Hill Road	Shaftsbury	05262	Bennington County	Southwest Vermont Union Elementary School District #87	(n/a)	No	No	Yes	(802) 442-4373	245	20	12.3	76.3%	220 (89.8%)	3 (1.2%)	15 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.9%)	33.3	97^th of 137 public elementary schools	29.2%		36.4	87^th of 133 public elementary schools	34.6%	10	25.0			62.2			21.9			48.7			16.7
Manchester Elementary/Middle School	Public	PK, KG-8	80 Memorial Avenue	Manchester Center	05255	Bennington County	Taconic and Green Regional School District #63	(n/a)	No	No	Yes	(802) 362-1597	396	36	11.0	47.0%	313 (79.0%)	18 (4.5%)	40 (10.1%)	5 (1.3%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.5%)	60	54^th of 137 public elementary schools	60.6%		56.5	52^nd of 133 public elementary schools	60.9%	2		63.2			47.4	46.4	40.0	21.1	44.1	61.5	42.4	22.8	52.9	32.1	$12,126	$372	$11,754
Dorset Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	130 School Drive	Dorset	05251	Bennington County	Taconic and Green Regional School District #63	(n/a)	No	No	No	(802) 362-2606	187	14	13.3	34.8%	172 (92.0%)	1 (0.5%)	9 (4.8%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.1%)	59.8	57^th of 137 public elementary schools	58.4%		51.6	60^th of 133 public elementary schools	54.9%	3	47.4	70.6	56.5	61.9	54.6	86.7	42.1	29.4	39.1	52.4	59.1	60.0	52.2	78.6	$13,172	$404	$12,768
Molly Stark School	Public	PK, KG-5	181 Orchard Street	Bennington	05201	Bennington County	Southwest Vermont Union Elementary School District #87	(n/a)	No	No	Yes	(802) 442-2692	402	22	18.6	84.3%	349 (86.8%)	8 (2.0%)	23 (5.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.0%)	5.7	137^th of 137 public elementary schools	0.0%		11.1	125^th of 133 public elementary schools	6.0%	12	10.4	35.6	30.0				6.4	2.2	12.0				16.7
Woodford Hollow School	Public	PK, KG-6	995 VT Route 9	Bennington	05201	Bennington County	Southwest Vermont Union Elementary School District #87	(n/a)	No	No	Yes	(802) 442-4071	30	3	8.8	73.3%	30 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Monument Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	66 Main Street	Bennington	05201	Bennington County	Southwest Vermont Union Elementary School District #87	(n/a)	No	No	Yes	(802) 447-7979	147	9	17.2	76.9%	134 (91.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	3 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (6.1%)								(n/a)
Bennington Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	128 Park Street	Bennington	05201	Bennington County	Southwest Vermont Union Elementary School District #87	(n/a)	No	No	Yes	(802) 442-5256	278	17	16.3	82.4%	246 (88.5%)	4 (1.4%)	9 (3.2%)	10 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.2%)								(n/a)													15.4
Wardsboro Central School	Public	PK, KG-6	70 School Road	Wardsboro	05355	Windham County	River Valleys Unified School District #73	(n/a)	No	No	Yes	(802) 896-6210	48	4	12.0	31.3%	44 (91.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.2%)	2 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)

Frequently Asked Questions about Fisher School

What schools do graduates of Fisher School attend?

Students who attend Fisher School usually go on to attend:

High : Arlington Memorial

What district is Fisher School in?

Arlington School District

How many students attend Fisher School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 205 students attended Fisher School.

Is Fisher School a good school?

Fisher School ranks in the bottom 14.6% of Vermont elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of Fisher School?

Students at Fisher School are 88% White, 8% Hispanic, 2% African American, 2% Two or more races.

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