Union Memorial School

Union Memorial School is a large elementary school in Colchester, Vermont, (ZIP code 05446). It reported 355 students in pre-K through 2 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Vermont have about 213 students on average; enrollment here is 67% higher.

The Colchester School District system has 5 schools and 2,443 students.

More than half of enrollment at Union Memorial School is White: 78%. The remaining shares are 7% Black, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Union Memorial School scores 37%.

With 18.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 19.6:1. Elementary schools in Vermont average 11.5:1, 8.1 fewer students per teacher than here. Roughly 25% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Chittenden County average 33%.

Looking at the county, Chittenden County, the median household earns about $96,759 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Chittenden County has 49 public schools with about 20,894 students, including Union Memorial School.

Union Memorial School's nearest public school is Malletts Bay School (about 2.5 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools.

The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Mid-size).

The 2020-21 count was 248 students and the 2024-25 count was 355. A difference that large may reflect a change in which grades the school serves. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 19.6:1.

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