At $20,268 per pupil, Readsboro School District ranks #45 of 102 Vermont districts by per-pupil spending (Vermont districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Readsboro School District operates 1 public schools serving 41 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 Bennington County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,268 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 1.0% local, 98.6% state, and 0.4% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 76:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 44.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 89.5% White, 7.9% Hispanic or Latino, 2.6% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Readsboro Elementary School, enrolling 38 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Readsboro Elementary School accounts for 92.7% of all Readsboro School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Readsboro School District a distant remainder — means Readsboro 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.
Readsboro School District student-counselor ratio is 76:1 — 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.
Readsboro School District chronic absenteeism rate is 44.7% — 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.
How many schools are in Readsboro School District?
Readsboro School District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 41 students.
How much does Readsboro School District spend per student?
Readsboro School District spends $20,268 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Readsboro School District?
Readsboro School District students are 89.5% White, 7.9% Hispanic or Latino, 2.6% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.