Orange Center School

Orange Center School is a middle school of rural-scale scale in East Barre, Vermont, overseen by Echo Valley Community Union School District #67, educateing 80 students in grades 5 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 280 students per school, that is 71% smaller than typical.

Echo Valley Community Union School District #67 comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 200 students; Orange Center School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Orange Center School reports that nearly all students (94%) are White. Other groups include 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Orange Center School records 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. The state averages around 10.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 57% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Orange County indicate the typical household earns roughly $82,232 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Orange County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,532 students), of which Orange Center School is one.

The closest other public school is Washington Village School, roughly 3.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

The school occupies a rural site.

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