Best Public Schools in Zip Code 05830

Summary:

The 05830 zip code is home to a single public elementary school, Derby Elementary School, which serves grades PK-6 with a total enrollment of 485 students. The school is part of the Derby School District, which is ranked 50 out of 75 districts in Vermont and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Derby Elementary School's academic performance is mixed compared to statewide averages in Vermont. While the school performs well in 5th grade English Language Arts, it struggles in mathematics, with proficiency rates below the state average across all grade levels. The school's chronic absenteeism rate of 16.1% is also relatively high, and over 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high-poverty student population.

Despite these challenges, Derby Elementary School has a favorable student-teacher ratio of 11.4 to 1, and it spends $8,699 per student. However, the school's statewide ranking has declined over the past three years, suggesting that its performance may be declining relative to other schools in Vermont. Addressing the academic performance, chronic absenteeism, and high poverty rates should be priorities for the school and district in order to improve educational outcomes for the students.

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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 Mathematics 3rd Grade	VTCAP Mathematics 4th Grade	VTCAP Mathematics 5th Grade	VTCAP Mathematics 6th Grade	VTCAP Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Derby Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	907 Elm Street	Derby Line	05830	Orleans County	Derby School District	(n/a)	No	No	Yes	(802) 873-3162	485	42	11.4	64.1%	459 (94.6%)	3 (0.6%)	14 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.9%)	34.9	93^rd of 137 public elementary schools	32.1%		29.1	104^th of 133 public elementary schools	21.8%	11	32.1	46.6	58.6	54.4	17.9	27.6	24.1	49.1	39.7	$8,699	$904	$7,795

Cities Near Zip Code 05830

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Derby Line	0.74 mi	1	99^th
Derby	3.85 mi	1	86^th
Newport	5.82 mi	3	81^st
Newport Center	10.52 mi	1	119^th
West Charleston	11.68 mi	1	85^th

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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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