Hinesburg Community School

Located at 10888 Route 116, in Hinesburg, Vermont, Hinesburg Community School is a large primary school that educates 542 students (grades pre-K through 8), part of Champlain Valley Unified Union School District #56. By comparison, Vermont's public schools average about 213 students each, so Hinesburg Community School sits 154% bigger than that benchmark.

Champlain Valley Unified Union School District #56 comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 4,028 students; Hinesburg Community School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Hinesburg Community School shows that nearly all students (93%) are White. The remainder comes out to 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Hinesburg Community School has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.5:1 average. Roughly 29% of students at Hinesburg Community School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the surrounding community, census data for Chittenden County shows median household earnings sit near $96,759, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Chittenden County's 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,894 students), Hinesburg Community School is one campus in the mix.

Champlain Valley Union High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 7%: 583 students in 2018 compared to 542 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.