Lake Region Union High School

Lake Region Union High School operates as a cozy 9-12 campus in Orleans, Vermont, run under Lake Region Union High School District #24. Current enrollment sits at 353 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 26% below the typical public school in Vermont, which averages around 475 students.

Operationally, Lake Region Union High School answers to Lake Region Union High School District #24, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lake Region Union High School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). Other groups include 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Orleans County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.5:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Orleans County put the typical household earns roughly $70,103 per year, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Orleans County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,662 students), of which Lake Region Union High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Orleans Elementary School, around 2.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 7%: 380 students in 2018 compared to 353 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 today.

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