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Townshend, Vermont - 1 schools
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District-Level NCES Analysis
West River Valley Union Education District #72b operates 1 public schools serving 265 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 Windham County.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (4 AP courses district-wide), a 121.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 80.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 95.9% White, 1.2% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% African American across the district's schools.
Leland & Gray Union Middle & High School accounts for 91.7% of all West River Valley Union Education District #72b student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of West River Valley Union Education District #72b a distant remainder — means West River Valley Union Education District #72b-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.
West River Valley Union Education District #72b student-counselor ratio is 122:1 — 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.
West River Valley Union Education District #72b chronic absenteeism rate is 80.7% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to West River Valley Union Education District #72b'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 West River Valley Union Education District #72b?
West River Valley Union Education District #72b has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 265 students.
What is the demographic composition of West River Valley Union Education District #72b?
West River Valley Union Education District #72b students are 95.9% White, 1.2% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% African American, 0.4% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.