Best High Schools in Vermont for African American Students

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Every year, the Vermont Agency of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, African American students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Vermont test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the VTCAP test scores by the Vermont Agency of Education. The most recent update was on Tuesday, February 20, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (African American vs All Students - 2023)
ID	Rank (of 7)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Statewide Rank Percentile (African American)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (African American)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
500324000087	1	Colchester High School	Public	9-12	131 Laker Lane	Colchester	05446	Chittenden County	Colchester School District	(n/a)	No	No	No	(802) 264-5700	716	60	11.8	21.9%	630 (88.0%)	26 (3.6%)	17 (2.4%)	35 (4.9%)	4 (0.6%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,060			$00			$13,060	85.7%		(n/a)%
500039500120	2	Essex High School	Public	9-12	2 Educational Drive	Essex Junction	05452	Chittenden County	Essex Westford Educational Community Unified Union School D	(n/a)	No	No	No	(802) 879-7121	1,191	111	10.6	16.0%	959 (80.5%)	27 (2.3%)	49 (4.1%)	67 (5.6%)	5 (0.4%)	6 (0.5%)	78 (6.5%)								71.4%		(n/a)%
500039600082	3	Champlain Valley Union High School	Public	9-12	396 CVU Road	Hinesburg	05461	Chittenden County	Champlain Valley Unified Union School District #56	(n/a)	No	No	No	(802) 482-7100	1,325	94	14	14.3%	1,180 (89.1%)	40 (3.0%)	45 (3.4%)	30 (2.3%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	26 (2.0%)	$11,764			$241			$11,523	57.1%	93.8%	36.61%
500747000294	4	South Burlington High School	Public	9-12	550 Dorset Street	South Burlington	05403	Chittenden County	South Burlington School District	(n/a)	No	No	Yes	(802) 652-7000	838	77	10.8	13.6%	635 (75.8%)	40 (4.8%)	36 (4.3%)	66 (7.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	60 (7.2%)	$12,457			$226			$12,231	42.9%		(n/a)%
500282000063	5	Burlington High School	Public	9-12	52 Institute Road	Burlington	05408	Chittenden County	Burlington School District	(n/a)	No	No	Yes	(802) 864-8411	987	81	12.2	47.7%	625 (63.3%)	175 (17.7%)	31 (3.1%)	78 (7.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	77 (7.8%)	$11,851			$960			$10,891	28.6%	68.8%	40.18%
500936000389	6	Winooski High School	Public	9-12	60 Normand Street	Winooski	05404	Chittenden County	Winooski Incorporated School District	(n/a)	No	No	Yes	(802) 655-3530	215	26	8.1	68.4%	75 (34.9%)	78 (36.3%)	10 (4.7%)	37 (17.2%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (6.5%)	$15,247			$00			$15,247	14.3%		(n/a)%
500043100051	7	Brattleboro Union High School	Public	9-12	131 Fairground Road	Brattleboro	05301	Windham County	Windham Southeast Unified Union School District #96	(n/a)	No	No	No	(802) 451-3400	757	58	13	27.6%	634 (83.8%)	13 (1.7%)	50 (6.6%)	18 (2.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (5.4%)								0.0%		(n/a)%

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on VTCAP Science, VTCAP English Language Arts, VTCAP Mathematics test scores released by the Vermont Agency of Education.
These rankings were last updated on February 20, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Vermont Agency of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Vermont Agency of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

Public School Districts and Their Services: A Comprehensive Guide

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Vermont Agency of Education.