Moretown Elementary School

Moretown Elementary School is a K-5 school of small scale in Moretown, Vermont, one of the schools within Harwood Unified Union School District #60, teacheing 169 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 21% leaner than the typical public school in Vermont, which averages around 213 students.

Harwood Unified Union School District #60 runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 1,774 students. Moretown Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Moretown Elementary School records that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Moretown Elementary School has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.5:1 average. About 23% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Washington County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, census data for Washington County shows median household income runs about $83,449, roughly 48% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Moretown Elementary School is one of 26 public schools in Washington County (combined enrollment of about 7,465 students).

The closest other public school is Harwood Union Middle/High School, roughly 1.3 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 18%: 143 students in 2018 compared to 169 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.