Hiawatha Elementary School

Hiawatha Elementary School operates as an average-sized K-5 school in Essex Junction, Vermont, part of Essex Westford Educational Community Unified Union SD #51. Current enrollment sits at 203 students spanning grades pre-K through 3.

Essex Westford Educational Community Unified Union SD #51 runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 3,635 students. Hiawatha Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hiawatha Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment; the rest looks like 15% Asian, 8% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black. By comparison, Chittenden County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Hiawatha Elementary School lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.1:1. The state averages about 11.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 36% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the surrounding community, census data for Chittenden County shows the typical household earns roughly $96,759 per year, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Chittenden County runs 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,894 students), of which Hiawatha Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Summit Street School, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hiawatha Elementary School.

Hiawatha Elementary School operates from an outer-ring location.

Over the past 7-year window. Hiawatha Elementary School's enrollment has fell 3% since 2018, when it stood at 210 (now 203). Over the same period, the White share fell from 79% to 70%.

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