Vermont · NCES F-33 finance data

Highest Spending Districts in Vermont

The 47 Vermont districts that spend the most per student, ranked from NCES F-33 finance data (2022-23). Only districts enrolling 500 or more students are included.

$33,251
Top per-pupil spend
$21,768
Avg across top 47
47
Districts listed

The spending picture in one line

Orange Southwest Unified Union School District #59 spends $33,251 per student, the most of any Vermont district listed, against an average of $21,768 across the top 47.

$33,251
top spend (Orange Southwest Unified Union School District #59)
$10,243
lowest on this list
3.2×
spread across the listed districts
859
students in the top district
#DistrictPer-Pupil $
1Orange Southwest Unified Union School District #59Randolph$33,251
2Winooski Incorporated School DistrictWinooski$33,225
3Rutland City School DistrictRutland$30,414
4Burlington School DistrictBurlington$29,715
5Essex Westford Educational Community Unified Union Sd #51Essex Junction$29,600
6Barre Unified Union School District #97Barre$27,371
7Mill River Unified Union School District #52North Clarendon$27,225
8Hartford School DistrictWhite River Junction$27,129
9Washington Central Unified Union School District #92Montpelier$27,095
10Springfield School DistrictSpringfield$26,961
11Maple Run Unified Union School District #57Saint Albans$26,352
12Harwood Unified Union School District #60Waitsfield$26,132
13Mt. Abraham Unified School District #61Bristol$25,696
14Addison Central Unified Union School District #55Middlebury$25,531
15Milton School DistrictMilton$25,369
16Addison Northwest Unified Union School District #54Vergennes$24,845
17Missisquoi Valley School District #89Swanton$24,690
18Lamoille South Unified Union School District #90Morrisville$24,549
19Lamoille North Modified Union School District #058aHyde Park$24,385
20Slate Valley Unified Union School District #62Fair Haven$24,253
21Montpelier Roxbury Unified Union School District #71Montpelier$24,233
22South Burlington School DistrictSouth Burlington$23,871
23Lamoille North Modified Union School District #058bHyde Park$23,783
24Champlain Valley Unified Union School District #56Shelburne$23,370
25Colchester School DistrictColchester$22,605
26North Country Union High School DistrictNewport$22,447
27Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District #401Jericho$21,876
28Kingdom East Unified Union School District #64Lyndonville$21,505
29Oxbow Unified Union School District #91Bradford$20,702
30Windsor Central Unified Union School District #76Woodstock$19,969
31Saint Johnsbury School DistrictSaint Johnsbury$19,826
32Green Mountain Unified School District #77Ludlow$19,424
33Windham Southeast Unified Union School District #96Brattleboro$18,907
34Enosburgh-Richford Unified Union School District #88Richford$17,572
35White River Unified School District #79Royalton$16,506
36Mount Ascutney School District #86Windsor$15,806
37Lake Region Union Elementary Middle School DistrictOrleans$15,738
38Quarry Valley Unified Union School District #70Rutland$14,984
39Northern Mountain Valley Unified Union School District #85Richford$14,306
40Georgia School DistrictSaint Albans$14,095
41Mount Anthony Union High School District #14Bennington$14,021
42Otter Valley Unified Union School District #53Brandon$14,008
43Rockingham School DistrictBellows Falls$13,184
44Paine Mountain Union School District #68Williamstown$12,800
45Fairfax School DistrictFairfax$12,475
46Southwest Vermont Union Elementary School District #87Bennington$11,056
47Taconic and Green Regional School District #63Sunderland$10,243

Methodology

Per-pupil expenditure data comes from the NCES F-33 Finance Survey. Only districts with 500 or more students are included to ensure meaningful comparisons. Spending figures include all current operational expenditures divided by total enrollment.

Per-pupil spending figures come from the National Center for Education Statistics F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2022-23, the federal government's annual census of revenues and expenditures across more than 13,000 public school districts. Only districts enrolling 500 or more students are ranked, to keep small-district outliers from distorting the comparison.