Blue Mountain Union School

Blue Mountain Union School is a mid-sized school serving multiple grade levels in Vermont, with an address in Wells River. The school has 392 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 12.

Blue Mountain Union School belongs to Blue Mountain Union School District #21.

White students account for 92% of the school's enrollment. After that, the student body is 4% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. Among Orange County residents, the White share is about 93%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 15%.

The student-to-teacher ratio is 8.7:1. The school has 45.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across combined schools in Vermont, the average ratio is 10.4:1. Federal data show 72% of students (282) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 56% average for public schools in Orange County, the school's rate is higher.

Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Orange County show that the median household earns about $82,232 a year, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Orange County has 21 public schools with about 3,532 students, including Blue Mountain Union School.

Woodsville High School, about 2.5 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles.

NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Remote. That means it sits in rural territory far from an urban area.

Since 2017-18, enrollment has fallen 6%, from 419 to 392. Meanwhile, the White share shrank from 98% to 92% of enrollment. The school's ratio dropped from 9.7:1 to 8.7:1 between 2017-18 and 2024-25.

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