Blue Mountain Union School
Public school, pre-kindergarten to adult education · Wells River, Vermont
Blue Mountain Union School in Wells River, Vermont enrolled 392 students in 2024-25 with 45.2 full-time teachers, 8.7 students per teacher against the Vermont median of 9.8. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). On the state tests, 35-39% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 15-19% proficient in math in 2022-23 (Vermont: 44.4% and 39.9%). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 80-89% (Vermont: 82%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment fell 5% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers rose 26%
411 students in 2022-23, 393 students in 2023-24, 392 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 36.0 to 45.2.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 411 | 36.0 | 11.4 |
| 2023-24 | 393 | 45.4 | 8.7 |
| 2024-25 | 392 | 45.2 | 8.7 |
8.7 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 80 of every 100 Vermont schools of this kind
Among the 10 Vermont schools of this kind that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 9.8; the national median for schools of this kind is 13.8. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
10 AP courses and one counselor per 182 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Blue Mountain Union School enrolled 363 students and had 2.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 84 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement courses10
- Gifted and talented programNo
- Counselors (FTE)2.0, one per 182 of the 363 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions84
- Chronically absent39.2% (2022-23)
Who attends
92.1% of students were White, 3.6% of two or more races, 2.6% Hispanic in 2024-25.
- White92.1%
- Two or more races3.6%
- Hispanic2.6%
- Asian1.5%
- Black0.3%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
State test results, 2021-22 and 2022-23
The students tested at Blue Mountain Union School scored proficient or above: 35-39% in reading in 2021-22 and 15-19% in math in 2022-23, against 44.4% in reading in 2021-22 and 39.9% in math in 2022-23 across Vermont. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Vermont, not across states.
| Subject and year | This school | Its district | Vermont |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading and language arts, 2021-22 | 35‑39% | not published | 44.4% |
| Math, 2022-23 | 15‑19% | not published | 39.9% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22 and 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
Graduation rate, class of 2023
80-89% of the 31 students in Blue Mountain Union School's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 82% across Vermont. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.
| This school | Its district | Vermont | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four-year graduation rate | 80‑89% | not published | 82% |
| Students in the class | 31 | not published | 5,828 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows school and district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.
What to look at next about Blue Mountain Union School
- How much Blue Mountain Union School spends per student$23,990 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$23,990
- The largest public schools in VermontBlue Mountain Union School is the number 3 by size of 10 Vermont schools of this kind open in 2024-25.#3 of 10
- Vermont schools by students per teacher8.7 students per teacher here against the Vermont median of 9.8 for schools of this kind.8.7:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Blue Mountain Union School
How many students attend Blue Mountain Union School?
392 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 411 in 2022-23. It is a public school in Wells River, VT.What is the student-teacher ratio at Blue Mountain Union School?
8.7 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the Vermont median for schools of this kind is 9.8. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Blue Mountain Union School a Title I school?
Blue Mountain Union School ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.How do students at Blue Mountain Union School do on state tests?
The students tested at Blue Mountain Union School scored proficient or above: 35-39% in reading in 2021-22 and 15-19% in math in 2022-23, against 44.4% in reading in 2021-22 and 39.9% in math in 2022-23 across Vermont. Vermont's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.What is the graduation rate at Blue Mountain Union School?
80-89% of the 31 students in Blue Mountain Union School's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 82% across Vermont. The rate counts the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and the share of them with a regular diploma by 2023. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23; ED publishes school rates as ranges to protect small groups.What district is Blue Mountain Union School in?
Blue Mountain Union School, NCES district ID 5008224. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 500822400334 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.