Richford Junior/Senior High School is a public school located in Richford, Vermont, serving grades 6-12 with a total enrollment of 256 students. The school is part of the Enosburgh-Richford Unified Union School District #88.
Despite having a relatively low student-teacher ratio comparable to the nearby Enosburg Falls Middle/High School, Richford Junior/Senior High School has consistently underperformed the state average in various standardized test scores, including VTCAP/English Language Arts, VTCAP/Mathematics, and Smarter Balanced assessments. For example, in the 2022-2023 school year, only 40.74% of 8th-grade students at Richford were proficient or better in VTCAP/English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 55.74%. Similarly, only 14.81% of 8th-grade students were proficient or better in VTCAP/Mathematics, compared to the state average of 35.99%. Richford's academic performance is also significantly lower than Enosburg Falls Middle/High School, which is part of the same school district.
Richford Junior/Senior High School has a significantly higher percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch (63.28%) compared to Enosburg Falls Middle/High School (47.14%), suggesting that the school may be serving a population with significant socioeconomic challenges. This could be contributing to the persistent academic underperformance and the lower performance of specific student subgroups, such as female students and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds. The proximity and shared school district between Richford Junior/Senior High School and Enosburg Falls Middle/High School could present opportunities for collaboration, resource sharing, and learning from the higher-performing school to improve outcomes at Richford.
Richford Junior/Senior High School is fed by the following schools:Elementary : Richford Elementary School
Students at Richford Junior/Senior High School are 91% White, 3% American Indian, 2% African American, 2% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races, 1% Pacific Islander.
In the 2022-23 school year, 256 students attended Richford Junior/Senior High School.
Enosburgh-Richford Unified Union School District #88