Braintree School

As a close-knit elementary campus in Braintree, Vermont, Braintree School serves 88 students from grades pre-K through 6, operated by Orange Southwest Unified Union School District #59. That puts it 59% smaller than the typical public school in Vermont, which averages around 213 students.

Orange Southwest Unified Union School District #59 runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 810 students. Braintree School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Braintree School logs that nearly all students (95%) are White. Other groups include 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Orange County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.5:1 average. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Orange County indicate median household earnings sit near $82,232, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Braintree School is one of 21 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 3,532 students).

Nearest neighbor: Randolph Elementary School, around 3.4 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 88 students in 2018 compared to 88 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 in 2025.

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