Best Cities in Vermont for Schools

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Rank (of 113)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2023)	Rank (2022)	Rank change from 2022
1^st	Waitsfield	4	0	0	0	2	0.991	4	3
2^nd	South Strafford	1	0	0	0	0	0.982	11	9
3^rd	Middlesex	2	0	0	0	0	0.947	22	19
4^th	Montgomery Center	2	0	0	0	0	0.945	5	1
5^th	Moretown	2	1	2	0	1	0.938	39	34
6^th	Putney	2	0	0	0	3	0.924	37	31
7^th	East Montpelier	2	0	0	0	1	0.92	20	13
8^th	Stowe	2	1	2	0	1	0.92	7	1
9^th	Williston	2	0	0	0	4	0.912	18	9
10^th	Hinesburg	2	0	2	0	0	0.904	10
11^th	Warren	2	0	0	0	0	0.903	12	1
12^th	Waterbury	5	2	0	0	0	0.897	29	17
13^th	Quechee	1	0	0	0	1	0.885	21	8
14^th	Montpelier	2	2	4	0	3	0.878	23	9
15^th	Berlin	2	0	0	0	0	0.858	33	18
16^th	Monkton	2	0	0	0	0	0.85	30	14
17^th	Londonderry	2	0	0	0	0	0.842	28	11
18^th	Chittenden	2	0	0	0	0	0.841	3	15
19^th	Shelburne	2	0	0	0	4	0.84	16	3
20^th	Essex Junction	10	4	4	0	2	0.823	19	1
21^st	South Burlington	3	1	1	0	4	0.82	14	7
22^nd	West Pawlet	2	0	0	0	0	0.814	97	75
23^rd	Woodstock	3	0	3	0	0	0.813	26	3
24^th	Sutton	2	0	0	0	0	0.805		(n/a)
25^th	Newfane	2	0	0	0	1	0.796	54	29
26^th	Richmond	3	3	0	0	1	0.788		(n/a)
27^th	Burlington	6	2	2	0	6	0.782	45	18
28^th	Rochester	1	0	0	1	0	0.77		(n/a)
29^th	Middlebury	4	2	3	0	1	0.764	42	13
30^th	Underhill Center	3	0	0	0	0	0.761		(n/a)
31^st	Ascutney	1	0	0	0	0	0.758	40	9
32^nd	Thetford	1	0	0	0	1	0.752	64	32
33^rd	Chelsea	0	1	0	1	1	0.74	58	25
34^th	Colchester	3	1	1	0	0	0.738	24	10
35^th	E Dummerston	2	0	0	0	0	0.735		(n/a)
36^th	Dorset	2	0	0	0	1	0.726		(n/a)
37^th	Jeffersonville	1	0	0	0	0	0.708	2	35
38^th	Washington	2	0	0	0	0	0.69		(n/a)
39^th	Bethel	2	1	1	0	0	0.686	67	28
40^th	Barnet	2	0	0	0	0	0.676	25	15
41^st	Grand Isle	2	0	0	0	0	0.673	92	51
42^nd	Randolph	2	0	4	0	0	0.664	44	2
43^rd	Starksboro	2	0	0	0	0	0.655	38	5
44^th	South Royalton	1	0	1	1	0	0.646	46	2
45^th	Brownington	2	0	0	0	0	0.642	83	38
46^th	Orford	0	0	1	0	0	0.62	53	7
47^th	Sharon	1	0	0	0	1	0.619	43	4
48^th	Manchester Center	2	0	0	0	2	0.611	80	32
49^th	Enosburg Falls	2	0	4	0	0	0.603	56	7
50^th	Orwell	2	0	0	0	0	0.602		(n/a)
51^st	Highgate Center	2	0	0	0	0	0.584	49	2
52^nd	White River Junction	2	1	2	0	1	0.579	47	5
53^rd	Bradford	2	0	4	0	1	0.569	77	24
54^th	Hartland	1	0	0	0	0	0.558	65	11
55^th	Wilmington	2	0	0	0	0	0.558	17	38
56^th	Pittsford	2	0	0	0	0	0.549	115	59
57^th	Saint Albans	5	0	4	0	0	0.538	66	9
58^th	Glover	2	0	0	0	0	0.533	34	24
59^th	Cornwall	2	0	0	0	0	0.531		(n/a)
60^th	Waterford	2	0	0	0	0	0.497	82	22
61^st	Mount Holly	2	0	0	0	0	0.496	84	23
62^nd	Arlington	3	0	1	0	0	0.491	60	2
63^rd	Rutland	4	1	2	0	5	0.477	98	35
64^th	Milton	1	1	1	0	1	0.471	93	29
65^th	East Corinth	1	0	0	0	0	0.469	62	3
66^th	West Burke	4	0	0	0	0	0.441	50	16
67^th	Jay	1	0	0	0	0	0.425		(n/a)
68^th	Morrisville	3	3	3	0	2	0.42	69	1
69^th	Bristol	2	0	2	0	1	0.41	79	10
70^th	Wolcott	1	0	0	0	1	0.407	61	9
71^st	Whitingham	0	0	1	1	0	0.4	89	18
72^nd	Shaftsbury	2	0	0	0	0	0.389	76	4
73^rd	Saint Johnsbury	1	0	0	0	5	0.379	95	22
74^th	Vernon	1	0	0	0	0	0.372	57	17
75^th	Northfield	2	0	1	1	0	0.364	72	3
76^th	West Charleston	1	0	0	0	0	0.363	112	36
77^th	Concord	2	0	0	0	0	0.353	96	19
78^th	Chester	2	0	2	0	0	0.327	71	7
79^th	Island Pond	1	0	0	0	1	0.32		(n/a)
80^th	Lyndonville	2	0	0	0	3	0.312	94	14
81^st	Johnson	2	0	0	0	1	0.31	88	7
82^nd	Williamstown	2	0	1	1	0	0.307	101	19
83^rd	Wallingford	2	0	0	0	0	0.301	102	19
84^th	Bellows Falls	1	1	1	0	0	0.288	87	3
85^th	Shoreham	2	0	0	0	0	0.274	70	15
86^th	Swanton	2	0	2	0	0	0.265	81	5
87^th	North Clarendon	2	0	2	0	0	0.262	91	4
88^th	Sheldon	2	0	0	0	0	0.255	90	2
89^th	Brattleboro	6	2	4	0	9	0.254	78	11
90^th	Fair Haven	3	0	3	0	0	0.248	86	4
91^st	Brandon	2	0	2	0	0	0.239		(n/a)
92^nd	Alburg	1	0	0	0	0	0.23	63	29
93^rd	Richford	4	0	2	0	0	0.229	99	6
94^th	Poultney	2	0	2	0	1	0.212	104	10
95^th	Derby Line	1	0	0	0	0	0.204	109	14
96^th	Fairfax	1	0	1	0	0	0.195	59	37
97^th	Barre	4	0	5	0	3	0.19	85	12
98^th	Castleton	2	1	0	0	0	0.186	74	24
99^th	Sheffield	2	0	0	0	0	0.181	120	21
100^th	Townshend	2	0	2	0	0	0.18	105	5
101^st	Eden	2	0	0	0	0	0.177		(n/a)
102^nd	Hyde Park	2	2	4	0	0	0.168	111	9
103^rd	East Barre	1	1	0	0	0	0.16	106	3
104^th	Winooski	1	1	1	0	2	0.159	121	17
105^th	Barton	2	0	0	0	1	0.119	113	8
106^th	Tunbridge	2	0	0	0	0	0.106	103	3
107^th	North Troy	1	0	0	0	0	0.081	119	12
108^th	Springfield	2	1	2	0	0	0.08	116	8
109^th	Irasburg	2	0	0	0	0	0.035	68	41
110^th	Hardwick	2	0	1	0	0	0.027	108	2
111^th	Bakersfield	2	0	0	0	0	0.022		(n/a)
112^th	Pownal	2	0	0	0	0	0.018	114	2
113^th	Newport Center	1	0	0	0	0	0		(n/a)

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* Private schools are not used in determining city rank.
Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on test scores released by the Vermont Agency of Education.
These rankings were last updated on February 20, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Vermont Agency of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Vermont Agency of Education.
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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.