Swanton School

Swanton School is one of the expansive K-5 schools in Swanton, Vermont, one of the schools within Missisquoi Valley School District #89, with 644 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Vermont's public schools average about 213 students each, so Swanton School sits 202% larger than that benchmark.

Missisquoi Valley School District #89 runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,828 students. Swanton School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Swanton School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). Beyond that, the school records 12% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 92%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 62% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Franklin County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Franklin County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $81,313 per year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Franklin County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,007 students), Swanton School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Missisquoi Valley Union High School, roughly 1.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

On allk12, the feed for Swanton School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.