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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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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