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Best High Schools in Zip Code 05478

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Schools

905

Students

Top rankedBellows Free Academy (St. Albans)30^th of 42 Vermont high schools

Summary:

The 05478 zip code in Vermont is home to a single public high school, Bellows Free Academy (St. Albans), which serves grades 9-12 and has a total enrollment of 905 students. The school is part of the Maple Run Unified Union School District #57, which is ranked 39 out of 75 districts in Vermont and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Bellows Free Academy (St. Albans) has seen a decline in its statewide ranking over the past few years, dropping from 24th out of 37 Vermont high schools in 2021-2022 to 30th out of 42 in 2024-2025, with a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's 4-year graduation rate for the 2023-2024 school year was 82.0%, which is below the state average. Academic performance, as measured by proficiency rates on the VTCAP assessments, is also below state averages, with 40.1% proficient or better in English Language Arts, 30.69% in Mathematics, and 32.51% in Science (compared to the state average of 44.46% in Science).

The school has a relatively high percentage of students (42.54%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a higher level of economic disadvantage among the student population. However, the school's spending per student for the 2018-2019 school year was $12,119, which is in line with the state average, and the student-teacher ratio of 11.3 is slightly lower 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 (2024)
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 9th Grade	VTCAP Mathematics 9th Grade	VTCAP Science 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Bellows Free Academy (St. Albans)	Public	9-12	71 South Main Street	Saint Albans	05478	Franklin County	Maple Run Unified Union School District #57	(n/a)	No	No	Yes	(802) 527-6555	905	79	11.3	42.5%	798 (88.2%)	9 (1.0%)	27 (3.0%)	11 (1.2%)	5 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	54 (6.0%)	29.9	30^th of 42 public high schools	28.6%		39	28^th of 47 public high schools	40.4%	2	40.1	30.7	32.5	$20,069	$1,155	$18,915
Northwest Technical Center	Public	9-12	71 South Main Street	Saint Albans	05478	Franklin County	Maple Run Unified Union School District #57	(n/a)	No	No	No	(802) 527-6517	0	15	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)

Cities Near Zip Code 05478

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Saint Albans	0.2 mi	9	79^th
Fairfield	6.96 mi	2	50^th
Swanton	7.87 mi	4	80^th
Sheldon	8.97 mi	2	101^st
North Hero	9.15 mi	2

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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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