North Hero School

North Hero School is an elementary-level community of tiny scale in North Hero, Vermont, overseen by Champlain Islands Unified Union School District #66, enrolling 48 students in grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Vermont's public schools average about 213 students each, so North Hero School sits 77% below that benchmark.

North Hero School is one of 2 schools operated by Champlain Islands Unified Union School District #66, a district that hosts 199 students overall.

On the student-mix side, North Hero School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%). The remainder reads as 8% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Native American. By comparison, Grand Isle County as a whole is about 91% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.5:1 average. Roughly 58% of students at North Hero School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Grand Isle County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, census data for Grand Isle County shows median household income runs about $97,396, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Grand Isle County's 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 551 students), North Hero School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Swanton School, roughly 8.6 miles away. 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 rural setting.

On the community side, members of the North Hero School community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.