Harwood Union Middle/High School
Public high school, 7 to adult education · Moretown, Vermont
Harwood Union Middle/High School in Moretown, Vermont enrolled 556 students in 2024-25 with 57.8 full-time teachers, 9.6 students per teacher against the Vermont high-school median of 10.2. 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, 52% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 35-39% proficient in math in 2022-23 (Vermont: 44.4% and 39.9%). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 85-89% (Vermont: 82%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment held steady from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 5%
556 students in 2022-23, 550 students in 2023-24, 556 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 60.8 to 57.8.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 556 | 60.8 | 9.1 |
| 2023-24 | 550 | 60.8 | 9.0 |
| 2024-25 | 556 | 57.8 | 9.6 |
9.6 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 64 of every 100 Vermont high schools
Among the 47 Vermont high schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 10.2; the national median for high schools is 14.5. 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 144 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Harwood Union Middle/High School enrolled 577 students and had 4.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 19 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement courses10
- Gifted and talented programNo
- Counselors (FTE)4.0, one per 144 of the 577 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions19
- Chronically absent25.7% (2022-23)
Who attends
96.8% of students were White, 1.4% Asian, 1.1% Hispanic in 2024-25.
- White96.8%
- Asian1.4%
- Hispanic1.1%
- Black0.5%
- American Indian0.2%
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 Harwood Union Middle/High School scored proficient or above: 52% in reading in 2021-22 and 35-39% 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 | 52% | not published | 44.4% |
| Math, 2022-23 | 35‑39% | 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
85-89% of the 133 students in Harwood Union Middle/High 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 | 85‑89% | not published | 82% |
| Students in the class | 133 | 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 Harwood Union Middle/High School
- Northfield Middle/High SchoolThe nearest public high school, 9.3 miles away: 254 students, 10.0 per teacher (2024-25).9.3 mi
- Montpelier High SchoolThe next nearest public high school, 9.9 miles away: 388 students, 10.4 per teacher (2024-25).9.9 mi
- Compare Harwood Union Middle/High School with Northfield Middle/High SchoolStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Harwood Unified Union School District spends per student$26,132 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$26,132
- The largest public schools in VermontHarwood Union Middle/High School is the number 16 by size of 47 Vermont high schools open in 2024-25.#16 of 47
- Vermont schools by students per teacher9.6 students per teacher here against the Vermont median of 10.2 for high schools.9.6:1
- 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 Harwood Union Middle/High School
How many students attend Harwood Union Middle/High School?
556 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 556 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Moretown, VT.What is the student-teacher ratio at Harwood Union Middle/High School?
9.6 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the Vermont median for high schools is 10.2. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Harwood Union Middle/High School a Title I school?
Harwood Union Middle/High School ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.How do students at Harwood Union Middle/High School do on state tests?
The students tested at Harwood Union Middle/High School scored proficient or above: 52% in reading in 2021-22 and 35-39% 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 Harwood Union Middle/High School?
85-89% of the 133 students in Harwood Union Middle/High 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 Harwood Union Middle/High School in?
Harwood Unified Union School District, NCES district ID 5000403. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 500040300148 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.