Lunenburg & Gilman Schools

Located at 2720 River Road, in Gilman, Vermont, Lunenburg & Gilman Schools is an one-room-style elementary campus that teaches 64 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by Kingdom East Unified Union School District #64. Compared to the state average of about 213 students per school, that is 70% leaner than typical.

Across the 7 schools in Kingdom East Unified Union School District #64 (1,170 students total), Lunenburg & Gilman Schools accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Lunenburg & Gilman Schools reports that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.5:1, putting Lunenburg & Gilman Schools tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Essex County runs at roughly 62%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, Essex County reports that the typical household earns roughly $59,294 per year, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Essex County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 519 students), of which Lunenburg & Gilman Schools is one.

Nearest neighbor: White Mountains Regional High School, around 5.5 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

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