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Orleans, Vermont - 6 schools
An equity score of 28/100 ranks Lake Region Union Elementary Middle School District #70 of 80 districts in Vermont (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,853 per pupil, Lake Region Union Elementary Middle School District ranks #78 of 102 Vermont districts by per-pupil spending (Vermont districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
733
Total Enrollment
6
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$14,853
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Lake Region Union Elementary Middle School District operates 6 public schools serving 733 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Vermont. The school portfolio breaks down into 6 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 $14,853 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 102 Vermont districts by per-pupil spending. See how Vermont compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 48.0% local, 51.8% state, and 0.1% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 28/100, ranked #70 of 80 in Vermont against a state average of 51, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 107.3:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 57.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 92.0% White, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Orleans Elementary School, with a diversity index of 23.6/100.
Its largest campus is Barton Graded School, enrolling 136 students (21% of the district's total enrollment).
Barton Graded School accounts for 18.6% of all Lake Region Union Elementary Middle School District student enrollment
That concentration means Lake Region Union Elementary Middle School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Lake Region Union Elementary Middle School District student-counselor ratio is 107:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Lake Region Union Elementary Middle School District chronic absenteeism rate is 57.4% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Comparisons are relative to Lake Region Union Elementary Middle 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 Lake Region Union Elementary Middle School District?
Lake Region Union Elementary Middle School District has 6 schools, including 6 combined. Total enrollment is 733 students.
How much does Lake Region Union Elementary Middle School District spend per student?
Lake Region Union Elementary Middle School District spends $14,853 per student. The district has an equity score of 28/100, ranking #70 in Vermont.
What is the demographic composition of Lake Region Union Elementary Middle School District?
Lake Region Union Elementary Middle School District students are 92.0% White, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% African American, averaged across 6 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Lake Region Union Elementary Middle School District?
Lake Region Union Elementary Middle School District has an equity score of 28/100, ranking #70 out of 80 districts in Vermont.