Sustainability Academy at Lawrence Barnes

As a moderately sized K-5 school in Burlington, Vermont, Sustainability Academy at Lawrence Barnes serves 213 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Burlington School District.

Sustainability Academy at Lawrence Barnes is one of 9 schools operated by Burlington School District, a district that caters to 3,398 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Sustainability Academy at Lawrence Barnes reports that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 17% Black, 15% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 11% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 86% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Sustainability Academy at Lawrence Barnes has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.9:1. The state averages about 11.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 62% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Chittenden County runs at roughly 33%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, census data for Chittenden County shows median household earnings sit near $96,759, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Sustainability Academy at Lawrence Barnes is one of 49 public schools in Chittenden County (combined enrollment of about 20,894 students).

Nearest neighbor: Integrated Arts Academy at H. O. Wheeler, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sustainability Academy at Lawrence Barnes.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Sustainability Academy at Lawrence Barnes's enrollment has rose 13% since 2018, when it stood at 188 (now 213). The Asian share of enrollment edged down from 24% to 15% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 8.4:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.