Albert D. Lawton School

Albert D. Lawton School operates as a middle-of-the-pack intermediate school in Essex Junction, Vermont, part of Essex Westford Educational Community Unified Union SD #51. Current enrollment sits at 297 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

Albert D. Lawton School is one of 9 schools operated by Essex Westford Educational Community Unified Union SD #51, a district that educates 3,635 students overall.

On demographics, Albert D. Lawton School logs that 74% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 13% Asian, 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.5:1 average. About 33% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Chittenden County put the typical household earns roughly $96,759 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Chittenden County's 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,894 students), Albert D. Lawton School is one campus in the mix.

Summit Street School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Albert D. Lawton School has decreased 18%, going from 363 students in 2018 to 297 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 79% to 74%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.0:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 today.

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