Best Public Schools in Zip Code 05059

Summary:

The 05059 zip code is home to a single elementary school, Ottauquechee School, which serves grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 180 students. The school is part of the Hartford School District, which is ranked 33 out of 75 districts in Vermont and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Ottauquechee School has seen a decline in its statewide ranking over the past few years, dropping from 13th out of 113 Vermont elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 66th out of 137 in 2024-2025. The school's overall rating from SchoolDigger has also decreased from 4 stars to 3 stars during this time period. While the school's 5th-grade proficiency rates in English Language Arts (ELA) and Science were higher than the state averages, its 4th and 5th-grade proficiency rates in ELA and Mathematics were below the state averages.

Ottauquechee School has a relatively high percentage of students (43.89%) eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a higher proportion of students from low-income families. However, the school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 8.5, which may suggest smaller class sizes and more individualized attention for students. The school's per-student spending for the 2018-2019 school year was $15,316, which is higher than the state average.

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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 Mathematics 3rd Grade	VTCAP Mathematics 4th Grade	VTCAP Mathematics 5th Grade	VTCAP Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Ottauquechee School	Public	PK, KG-5	304 Dody Lane	Quechee	05059	Windsor County	Hartford School District	(n/a)	No	No	No	(802) 295-8654	180	21	8.5	43.9%	155 (86.1%)	4 (2.2%)	11 (6.1%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.4%)	55.3	66^th of 137 public elementary schools	51.8%		73.4	27^th of 133 public elementary schools	79.7%	39	42.4	45.5	52.2	51.5	27.3	56.5	52.2	$15,316	$282	$15,034

Cities Near Zip Code 05059

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Quechee	0.73 mi	1	22^nd
South Pomfret	5.08 mi	4
Woodstock	5.2 mi	6	18^th
White River Junction	5.37 mi	5	55^th
Norwich	7.21 mi	1

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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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