Rick Marcotte Central School

Rick Marcotte Central School is an elementary school of well-populated scale in South Burlington, Vermont, one of the schools within South Burlington School District, enrolling 378 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 213 students per school, that is 77% above typical.

South Burlington School District comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,628 students; Rick Marcotte Central School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Rick Marcotte Central School records that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 9% Asian, 8% Black, 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 86% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Rick Marcotte Central School has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 32% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Chittenden County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $96,759 per year, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Chittenden County runs 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,894 students), of which Rick Marcotte Central School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Chamberlin School, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 12%: 339 students in 2018 compared to 378 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 79% to 71% across the same window.

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