Best Public Schools in Shaftsbury, VT

Summary:

The city of Shaftsbury, Vermont is home to a single school, Shaftsbury Elementary School, which serves students from pre-kindergarten through 6th grade. With an enrollment of 245 students, the school's demographics are predominantly white (87.35%), with smaller percentages of Hispanic, African American, and multiracial students.

Academically, Shaftsbury Elementary School's performance is mixed compared to the state-wide averages in Vermont. While the school excels in 4th grade English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency, it lags behind the state in 3rd grade ELA and Mathematics proficiency across multiple grade levels. Additionally, the school's 5th grade Science proficiency rate of 33.33% is lower than the state's 44.45%. The school's free and reduced lunch rate of 36.73% suggests a significant portion of the student population comes from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

Over the past three school years, Southwest Vermont Union Elementary School District #87 has seen Shaftsbury Elementary School's ranking and rating decline, from 117 out of 148 schools with a 1-star rating in 2020-2021 to 69 out of 113 schools with a 2-star rating in the current 2022-2023 school year. This trend indicates a need for the school and district to address areas for improvement and implement strategies to enhance the educational experience and outcomes for the students of Shaftsbury Elementary School.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2023)				Ranking (2022)				VTCAP English Language Arts (2023)				VTCAP Mathematics (2023)				VTCAP Science (2023)	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 (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Statewide Rank (2022)	State Percentile (2022)	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	Total
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	236	20	11.9	63.6%	212 (89.8%)	2 (0.8%)	15 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.0%)	37.4	69^th of 113 public elementary schools	38.9%		40.7	74^th of 133 public elementary schools	44.4%	5	31.0	64.9	50.0	58.3	20.7	35.1	23.3	41.7	33.3

Cities Near Shaftsbury

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Manchester Center	3.23 mi	2	48^th
Arlington	4.56 mi	4	62^nd
Dorset	6.13 mi	2	36^th
Londonderry	13.15 mi	2	17^th
Jamaica	14.86 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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