Essex Westford Educational Community Unified Union Sd #51 vs Jay/Westfield Joint Elementary School District

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated August 2026

How do these districts compare?

Metric	Essex Westford Educational Community Unified Union Sd #51	Jay/Westfield Joint Elementary School District
Location	Essex Junction, Vermont	Jay, Vermont
Total Enrollment	3,767	80
Number of Schools	9	1
Student:Teacher Ratio	12:1	16.2:1

Metric	Essex Westford Educational Community Unified Union Sd #51	Jay/Westfield Joint Elementary School District
Per-Pupil Expenditure	$29,600	$20,963
Federal Revenue	7.9%	1.7%
State Revenue	85.8%	10.5%
Local Revenue	6.4%	87.8%

Essex Westford Educational Community Unified Union Sd #51

Federal State Local

Jay/Westfield Joint Elementary School District

Federal State Local

Average across all schools in each district. Source: CCD Membership 2024-25.

Group	Essex Westford Educational Community Unified Union Sd #51	Jay/Westfield Joint Elementary School District
White	78.9%	87.7%
African American	2.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	7.4%
Asian	7.5%	0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Multiracial	7.2%	4.9%
Free/Reduced Lunch	12.8%	28.8%

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22

Resource	Essex Westford Educational Community Unified Union Sd #51	Jay/Westfield Joint Elementary School District
AP Courses Offered	14	N/A
Schools with AP	1	0
Avg Gifted Enrollment	N/A	N/A
Avg Counselor Ratio	204.6:1	N/A
Chronic Absenteeism	17.5%	34.6%

Regular Schools 0

Charter Schools 0

Magnet Schools 0

Title I Schools 0

Regular Schools 0

Charter Schools 0

Magnet Schools 0

Title I Schools 0

Source: U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data + F-33 finance + Civil Rights Data Collection Compiled and formatted by PlainSchools.