Pownal Elementary School

Pownal Elementary School is one of the middle-of-the-pack K-5 schools in Pownal, Vermont, overseen by Southwest Vermont Union Elementary School District #87, with 249 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6.

Pownal Elementary School is one of 6 schools operated by Southwest Vermont Union Elementary School District #87, a district that educates 1,351 students overall.

Demographically, Pownal Elementary School logs that nearly all students (94%) are White; the rest looks like 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. Compared to Bennington County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.5:1 average. Roughly 83% of students at Pownal Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Bennington County (around 73%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Bennington County put the typical household earns roughly $73,325 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Pownal Elementary School is one of 16 public schools in Bennington County (combined enrollment of about 3,854 students).

Nearest neighbor: Bennington Elementary School, around 5.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

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