Richford Elementary School

Richford Elementary School is a K-5 school of average-sized scale in Richford, Vermont, run under Enosburgh-Richford Unified Union School District #88, enrolling 187 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Enosburgh-Richford Unified Union School District #88 runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,100 students. Richford Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Richford Elementary School logs that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.5:1, putting Richford Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 79% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Franklin County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Franklin County put median household earnings sit near $81,313, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Franklin County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,007 students), Richford Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Richford Junior/Senior High School, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Richford Elementary School.

The school occupies a rural site.

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