Colchester High School

Set in Colchester, Vermont, Colchester High School is a well-populated four-year high school, part of Colchester School District. It works with 715 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 51% larger than the state mean of about 475.

Colchester School District runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,443 students. Colchester High School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Colchester High School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (80%). The remainder reads as 5% multiracial, 5% Black, 5% Hispanic, 4% Asian.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 10.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 29% of students at Colchester High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Around the school, Chittenden County reports that median household income runs about $96,759, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Colchester High School is one of 49 public schools in Chittenden County (combined enrollment of about 20,894 students).

Nearest neighbor: Colchester Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Colchester High School has rose 12%, going from 641 students in 2018 to 715 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 90% to 80% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 10.7:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.