Dummerston Schools

Dummerston Schools operates as a modestly sized elementary school in East Dummerston, Vermont, overseen by Windham Southeast Unified Union School District #96. Current enrollment sits at 171 students spanning grades pre-K through 8.

Within Windham Southeast Unified Union School District #96, which oversees 8 schools and 2,246 students, Dummerston Schools is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Dummerston Schools logs that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.5:1 average. Roughly 35% of students at Dummerston Schools qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Windham County (around 54%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Windham County indicate median household income runs about $72,217, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Dummerston Schools is one of 28 public schools in Windham County (combined enrollment of about 4,839 students).

Putney Central School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

Dummerston Schools operates from a low-density location.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.