White River Valley Middle School
Public middle school, grades 6 to 8 · Bethel, Vermont
White River Valley Middle School in Bethel, Vermont enrolled 133 students in 2024-25 with 12.7 full-time teachers, 10.5 students per teacher against the Vermont middle-school 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 40-44% proficient in math in 2022-23 (Vermont: 44.4% and 39.9%).
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 31%
134 students in 2022-23, 126 students in 2023-24, 133 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 18.3 to 12.7.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 134 | 18.3 | 7.3 |
| 2023-24 | 126 | 17.7 | 7.1 |
| 2024-25 | 133 | 12.7 | 10.5 |
10.5 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 58 of every 100 Vermont middle schools
Among the 26 Vermont middle schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 9.8; the national median for middle schools is 14.6. 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).
Programs and staff in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection White River Valley Middle School enrolled 150 students and reported no counselor; it reported 20 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programNo
- Counselors (FTE)0.0
- Out-of-school suspensions20
- Chronically absent33.6% (2022-23)
Who attends
97.0% of students were White, 1.5% Hispanic, 0.8% Black in 2024-25.
- White97.0%
- Hispanic1.5%
- Black0.8%
- Two or more races0.8%
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 White River Valley Middle School scored proficient or above: 35-39% in reading in 2021-22 and 40-44% 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 | 40‑44% | 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.
What to look at next about White River Valley Middle School
- Prosper Valley SchoolThe nearest public middle school, 14 miles away: 90 students, 13.2 per teacher (2024-25).14 mi
- First Branch Middle SchoolThe next nearest public middle school, 14 miles away: 89 students, 6.6 per teacher (2024-25).14 mi
- Compare White River Valley Middle School with Prosper Valley SchoolStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much White River Unified School District #79 spends per student$16,506 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$16,506
- The largest public schools in VermontWhite River Valley Middle School is the number 23 by size of 26 Vermont middle schools open in 2024-25.#23 of 26
- Vermont schools by students per teacher10.5 students per teacher here against the Vermont median of 9.8 for middle schools.10.5:1
- 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 White River Valley Middle School
How many students attend White River Valley Middle School?
133 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 134 in 2022-23. It is a middle school in Bethel, VT.What is the student-teacher ratio at White River Valley Middle School?
10.5 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the Vermont median for middle schools is 9.8. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is White River Valley Middle School a Title I school?
White River Valley Middle School ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.How do students at White River Valley Middle School do on state tests?
The students tested at White River Valley Middle School scored proficient or above: 35-39% in reading in 2021-22 and 40-44% 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 district is White River Valley Middle School in?
White River Unified School District #79, NCES district ID 5000426. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 500042600545 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
- 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.