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Shelburne Community School
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 110 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 77 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 75 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 87 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 30% smaller than its 8th grade class (87).
School pathway
Test scores
VT Annual Snapshot 2024-25 . Academic Proficiency ScoreWhat this means: On the VT Annual Snapshot, Vermont's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The Vermont average is about 51 of 100.
Schools most like Shelburne Community School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shelburne Community School this school | 788 | 18.4% | N/A |
| Charlotte Central School Charlotte | 407 | 20.1% | N/A |
| Richmond Elementary School Richmond | 356 | 16.9% | N/A |
| Brookside Primary School Waterbury | 389 | 24.4% | N/A |
| Hinesburg Community School Hinesburg | 542 | 29.3% | N/A |
| Stowe Elementary School Stowe | 347 | 29.4% | N/A |
Where Shelburne Community School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Vermont | In Chittenden County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.8% | #23 of 141 | #7 of 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 788 | #3 of 207 | #2 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #64 of 82 | #15 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.4% | #47 of 82 | #21 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.4% | #146 of 151 | #25 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.2% | #36 of 46 | #14 of 17 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 788 | 54.7 | 14.4:1 | 18% (145) |
| 2023-24 | 727 | 56.6 | 12.9:1 | 17% (120) |
| 2022-23 | 736 | 55.7 | 13.2:1 | 14% (101) |
| 2020-21 | 790 | 53 | 14.9:1 | 12% (93) |
| 2017-18 | 849 | 52.9 | 16.1:1 | 14% (119) |
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (849 to 788); teachers up 4% (52.9 to 54.7).
About Shelburne Community School
Federal records list Shelburne Community School as an elementary school in Shelburne, Vermont. Federal data show 788 students enrolled in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in Vermont enroll around 213, and this school is 270% larger than that mark.
Shelburne Community School falls under Champlain Valley Unified Union School District #56, which has 5 schools enrolling 4,028 students.
Shelburne Community School is 89% White by enrollment. The next largest groups are 6% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. That is in line with Chittenden County, where about 86% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Shelburne Community School scores 20%.
Shelburne Community School has 54.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 14.4:1. Elementary schools in Vermont average 11.5:1, 2.9 fewer students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 18% at Shelburne Community School. On average, public schools in Chittenden County report 33%.
In Chittenden County, median household income comes to about $96,759, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Chittenden County counts 49 public schools with about 20,894 students.
Shelburne Community School's closest public school neighbor is Orchard School, about 4.3 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 2 other public schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Mid-size.
The school's size has been steady, with 790 students in 2020-21 and 788 in 2024-25.
Shelburne Community School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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