Bellows Falls Middle School

Families in Bellows Falls, Vermont, are served by Bellows Falls Middle School, a mid-sized middle school. It enrolls 245 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 5 through 8.

Rockingham School District runs 3 schools with a combined 506 students. Bellows Falls Middle School is one of them.

A large majority of enrollment at Bellows Falls Middle School is White, at 88%. The school is also 6% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Among Windham County residents, the White share is about 91%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Bellows Falls Middle School scores 22%.

With 25.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 9.4:1. The average for middle schools in Vermont is 10.5:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Bellows Falls Middle School, 64% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Windham County is 54%.

Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Windham County show that the median household earns about $72,217 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 44%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Across Windham County, 28 public schools serve about 4,839 students.

Measured in a straight line, Central Elementary School is about 0.2 miles from Bellows Falls Middle School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Remote. That means it sits in a town far from an urbanized area.

The school's enrollment increased 5% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 11.7:1 to 9.4:1.

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