Salisbury Community School

As an one-room-style K-5 school in Salisbury, Vermont, Salisbury Community School caters to 62 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Addison Central Unified Union School District #55. By comparison, Vermont's public schools average about 213 students each, so Salisbury Community School sits 71% below that benchmark.

Salisbury Community School is one of 9 schools operated by Addison Central Unified Union School District #55, a district that serves 1,743 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Salisbury Community School shows that 100% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 90%.

Looking at school resources, Salisbury Community School shows 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.5:1 average. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Addison County's rate of about 39%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Addison County put the typical household earns roughly $89,639 per year, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Addison County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,250 students), Salisbury Community School is one campus in the mix.

Bingham Memorial School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 45%: 113 students in 2018 compared to 62 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.