Sustainability Academy at Lawrence Barnes

Sustainability Academy at Lawrence Barnes serves students in Burlington, Vermont, as a medium-sized elementary school. The school's 213 students are in pre-K through 5.

Burlington School District includes 9 schools. Together they enroll 3,398 students.

No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Sustainability Academy at Lawrence Barnes. The largest is White students, at 44%. The remaining shares are 17% Black, 15% Asian, 11% Hispanic, and 11% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Chittenden County's population at about 86%. Sustainability Academy at Lawrence Barnes's diversity index is 73%, against a US figure of 70%.

The school reports 19.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 10.9 students per teacher. That matches the 11.5:1 average for elementary schools in Vermont fairly closely. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 62% of students. The 33% average for public schools in Chittenden County is 29 points lower.

Recent Census Bureau figures for Chittenden County show that the median household income is $96,759, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sustainability Academy at Lawrence Barnes is one of 49 public schools in the county.

Of nearby public schools, Integrated Arts Academy at H. O. Wheeler is the closest, at about 0.3 miles. Sustainability Academy at Lawrence Barnes has at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

Its location is classified as City: Small by the National Center for Education Statistics.

Enrollment is up 16% from 2020-21, when Sustainability Academy at Lawrence Barnes had 183 students, to 2024-25, when it had 213. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 9.6:1 to 10.9:1.

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