Shaftsbury Elementary School

Located at 150 Buck Hill Road, in Shaftsbury, Vermont, Shaftsbury Elementary School is a moderately sized K-5 school that instructs 245 students (grades pre-K through 6), overseen by Southwest Vermont Union Elementary School District #87.

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

Looking at the student body, Shaftsbury Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). Beyond that, the school records 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Shaftsbury Elementary School has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.5:1, putting Shaftsbury Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 76% of students at Shaftsbury Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Bennington County indicate the typical household earns roughly $73,325 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Bennington County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,854 students), Shaftsbury Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Mt. Anthony Union Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Shaftsbury Elementary School.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

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