Vermont · EDFacts 2021-22

Chronic Absenteeism in Vermont

The 100 schools with the highest chronic absenteeism rates in Vermont, ranked by the share of students missing 15 or more school days a year.

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated August 2026

The picture in one line

The 100 Vermont schools listed here average 52.4% chronic absenteeism, against a national school average of 29.5%, and 49 of them sit above the 50% critical line.

52.4%
average across these 100 schools: 29.5%
national school average: 80.7%
highest rate (Leland & Gray Union Middle & High School): 49
schools above 50%

#	School	Enrollment	Status	Absent %
1	Leland & Gray Union Middle & High SchoolTownshend	243	Critical	80.7%
2	Richford Junior/Senior High SchoolRichford	217	Critical	80.6%
3	Barton Graded SchoolBarton	136	Critical	76.5%
4	White River Valley Middle SchoolBethel	133	Critical	67.7%
5	Orange Center SchoolEast Barre	80	Critical	67.5%
6	Spaulding Union High SchoolBarre	610	Critical	67.4%
7	Fair Haven Grade SchoolFair Haven	248	Critical	66.5%
8	Johnson Elementary SchoolJohnson	185	Critical	65.4%
9	Barre City Elementary/Middle SchoolBarre	701	Critical	65.0%
10	Poultney High SchoolPoultney	208	Critical	64.9%
11	Lunenburg & Gilman SchoolsGilman	64	Critical	64.1%
12	Springfield High SchoolSpringfield	306	Critical	63.7%
13	Concord Graded/Middle SchoolConcord	144	Critical	63.2%
14	Mt. Anthony Union Middle SchoolBennington	484	Critical	62.8%
15	Williamstown Middle/High SchoolWilliamstown	261	Critical	62.5%
16	Clarendon Elementary SchoolNorth Clarendon	152	Critical	61.8%
17	Winooski High SchoolWinooski	182	Critical	61.5%
18	Mt. Anthony Senior Union High SchoolBennington	855	Critical	60.9%
19	Irasburg Village SchoolIrasburg	87	Critical	60.9%
20	Riverside Middle SchoolSpringfield	247	Critical	60.7%
21	Albany Community SchoolAlbany	98	Critical	60.2%
22	North Country Union High SchoolNewport	678	Critical	59.9%
23	Barre Town Elementary & Middle SchoolBarre	821	Critical	59.3%
24	Union Street SchoolSpringfield	246	Critical	58.1%
25	Bellows Falls Middle SchoolBellows Falls	245	Critical	58.0%
26	Chester Andover Elementary SchoolChester	246	Critical	56.9%
27	Orleans Elementary SchoolOrleans	132	Critical	56.8%
28	Cabot SchoolCabot	150	Critical	56.7%
29	Green Street SchoolBrattleboro	237	Critical	56.5%
30	Orwell Village SchoolOrwell	115	Critical	56.5%
31	Wells Village SchoolWells	80	Critical	56.3%
32	Charleston Elementary SchoolWest Charleston	118	Critical	55.9%
33	Burke Town SchoolWest Burke	188	Critical	55.3%
34	Hazen Union High SchoolHardwick	265	Critical	54.0%
35	Glover Community SchoolGlover	78	Critical	53.8%
36	Central Elementary SchoolBellows Falls	182	Critical	53.3%
37	Poultney Elementary SchoolPoultney	267	Critical	53.2%
38	Lyndon Town SchoolLyndonville	471	Critical	52.7%
39	Molly Stark SchoolBennington	402	Critical	52.7%
40	North Country Union Junior High SchoolDerby	234	Critical	52.6%
41	Blue Mountain Union SchoolWells River	392	Critical	52.0%
42	Newport City Elementary SchoolNewport	316	Critical	51.9%
43	Neshobe SchoolBrandon	387	Critical	51.2%
44	Oak Grove SchoolBrattleboro	125	Critical	51.2%
45	Newark SchoolNewark	51	Critical	51.0%
46	Mill River Union High SchoolNorth Clarendon	368	Critical	50.8%
47	Lake Region Union High SchoolOrleans	353	Critical	50.4%
48	Hartford Memorial Middle SchoolWhite River Junction	280	Critical	50.4%
49	Pownal Elementary SchoolPownal	249	Critical	50.2%
50	Hardwick Elementary SchoolHardwick	223	High	49.8%
51	Alburg Community Education CenterAlburg	188	High	49.5%
52	Waterville Elementary SchoolWaterville	79	High	49.4%
53	Lowell Graded SchoolLowell	79	High	49.4%
54	Lamoille Union Middle SchoolHyde Park	229	High	49.3%
55	Troy SchoolNorth Troy	195	High	49.2%
56	Proctor Junior/Senior High SchoolProctor	116	High	49.1%
57	Braintree SchoolBraintree	88	High	48.9%
58	Brighton Elementary SchoolIsland Pond	127	High	48.8%
59	Oxbow Union High SchoolBradford	322	High	48.4%
60	Randolph Elementary SchoolRandolph	289	High	48.4%
61	Danville SchoolDanville	329	High	48.3%
62	Eden Central SchoolEden	114	High	48.2%
63	Woodbury Elementary SchoolWoodbury	54	High	48.1%
64	St. Albans City Elementary SchoolSaint Albans	681	High	48.0%
65	White River SchoolWhite River Junction	204	High	48.0%
66	Elm Hill SchoolSpringfield	343	High	47.8%
67	Vernon Elementary SchoolVernon	170	High	47.1%
68	Currier Memorial Union SchoolDanby	70	High	47.1%
69	Grand Isle SchoolGrand Isle	151	High	47.0%
70	Halifax West SchoolWest Halifax	66	High	47.0%
71	Bradford Elementary SchoolBradford	216	High	46.8%
72	Washington Village SchoolWashington	120	High	46.7%
73	Walden SchoolWalden	73	High	46.6%
74	Bennington Elementary SchoolBennington	278	High	46.4%
75	Twinfield Union SchoolPlainfield	315	High	46.3%
76	Hartford High SchoolWhite River Junction	502	High	45.8%
77	Otter Creek Academy at Leicester Sudbury and WhitingWhiting	92	High	45.7%
78	Twin Valley Elementary SchoolWilmington	190	High	45.3%
79	Lamoille Union High SchoolHyde Park	506	High	44.7%
80	Shoreham Elementary SchoolShoreham	56	High	44.6%
81	Middletown Springs Elementary SchoolMiddletown Springs	54	High	44.4%
82	Brattleboro Area Middle SchoolBrattleboro	255	High	44.3%
83	Ludlow Elementary SchoolLudlow	79	High	44.3%
84	Saxton River Elementary SchoolSaxtons River	79	High	44.3%
85	Bellows Free Academy (St. Albans)Saint Albans	905	High	44.2%
86	Rivendell AcademyOrford	209	High	44.0%
87	Rutland Senior High SchoolRutland	721	High	43.8%
88	Putney Central SchoolPutney	192	High	43.8%
89	Richford Elementary SchoolRichford	187	High	43.3%
90	Barnet Elementary SchoolBarnet	135	High	43.0%
91	Brattleboro Union High SchoolBrattleboro	705	High	42.8%
92	Green Mountain Union High SchoolChester	300	High	42.7%
93	Bellows Falls Union High SchoolBellows Falls	303	High	42.6%
94	Hartland Elementary SchoolHartland	272	High	42.6%
95	Arlington MemorialArlington	202	High	42.6%
96	Academy SchoolBrattleboro	418	High	42.1%
97	Enosburg Falls Middle/High SchoolEnosburg Falls	436	High	41.7%
98	Shrewsbury Mountain SchoolCuttingsville	72	High	41.7%
99	Sutton Village SchoolSutton	106	High	41.5%
100	Rutland Middle SchoolRutland	249	High	41.4%

← National Rankings All Vermont Schools Funding Equity

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts, Chronic Absenteeism Data (SY 2021-22). Schools with fewer than 50 students excluded. Percentage = chronically absent students / total enrollment

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.