Bristol Elementary School

Bristol Elementary School is a moderately sized primary school in Bristol, Vermont, run under Mt. Abraham Unified School District #61. The school educates 284 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 33% above the typical public school in Vermont, which averages around 213 students.

Across the 6 schools in Mt. Abraham Unified School District #61 (1,293 students total), Bristol Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Bristol Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 2% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Addison County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 11.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 40% of students at Bristol Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Addison County) records that median household earnings sit near $89,639, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Bristol Elementary School is one of 23 public schools in Addison County (combined enrollment of about 4,250 students).

Nearest neighbor: Mt. Abraham Union High School, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Bristol Elementary School.

Bristol Elementary School operates from a rural location.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.