At $20,963 per pupil, Jay/Westfield Joint Elementary School District ranks #42 of 102 Vermont districts by per-pupil spending (Vermont districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Jay/Westfield Joint Elementary School District operates 1 public schools serving 80 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Vermont. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Orleans County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,963 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 102 Vermont districts by per-pupil spending. See how Vermont compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 87.8% local, 10.5% state, and 1.7% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
and 34.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 87.7% White, 7.4% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Jay/Westfield Joint Elementary School accounts for 100.0% of all Jay/Westfield Joint Elementary School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Jay/Westfield Joint Elementary School District a distant remainder — means Jay/Westfield Joint Elementary School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Jay/Westfield Joint Elementary School District chronic absenteeism rate is 34.6% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Comparisons are relative to Jay/Westfield Joint Elementary School District's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Jay/Westfield Joint Elementary School District?
Jay/Westfield Joint Elementary School District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 80 students.
How much does Jay/Westfield Joint Elementary School District spend per student?
Jay/Westfield Joint Elementary School District spends $20,963 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Jay/Westfield Joint Elementary School District?
Jay/Westfield Joint Elementary School District students are 87.7% White, 7.4% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.