Vermont · NCES F-33 finance data
Highest Spending Districts in Vermont Top 47 districts ranked by per-pupil expenditure from the NCES F-33 Finance Survey, limited to districts with 500 or more students.
$38,145 Top per-pupil spend
$20,535 Avg across top 47
47 Districts listed The spending picture in one line
Winooski Incorporated School District spends $38,145 per student, the most of any Vermont district listed, against an average of $20,535 across the top 47.
$38,145 top spend (Winooski Incorporated School District)
$9,641 lowest on this list
4.0× spread across the listed districts
803 students in the top district # District Enrollment Schools Per-Pupil $ 1 Winooski Incorporated School District Winooski 803 3 $38,145 2 Orange Southwest Unified Union School District #59 Randolph 859 5 $28,623 3 Burlington School District Burlington 3,500 10 $28,262 4 Hartford School District White River Junction 1,459 6 $28,056 5 Rutland City School District Rutland 1,960 6 $27,621 6 Essex Westford Educational Community Unified Union Sd #51 Essex Junction 3,767 10 $27,102 7 Mill River Unified Union School District #52 North Clarendon 800 5 $26,995 8 Springfield School District Springfield 1,243 4 $26,125 9 Washington Central Unified Union School District #92 Montpelier 1,430 6 $25,398 10 Barre Unified Union School District #97 Barre 2,221 3 $25,148 11 Harwood Unified Union School District #60 Waitsfield 1,818 7 $25,042 12 Maple Run Unified Union School District #57 Saint Albans 2,666 5 $24,806 13 Lamoille North Modified Union School District #058a Hyde Park 629 4 $24,046 14 Addison Northwest Unified Union School District #54 Vergennes 940 3 $24,042 15 Slate Valley Unified Union School District #62 Fair Haven 1,268 5 $24,015 16 Addison Central Unified Union School District #55 Middlebury 1,773 9 $23,788 17 Missisquoi Valley School District #89 Swanton 1,842 4 $23,788 18 Mt. Abraham Unified School District #61 Bristol 1,420 6 $23,163 19 Milton School District Milton 1,478 3 $22,807 20 Champlain Valley Unified Union School District #56 Shelburne 4,235 5 $22,463 21 North Country Union High School District Newport 688 2 $22,330 22 Lamoille South Unified Union School District #90 Morrisville 1,609 7 $22,256 23 Montpelier Roxbury Unified Union School District #71 Montpelier 1,234 4 $21,708 24 South Burlington School District South Burlington 2,717 5 $21,608 25 Lamoille North Modified Union School District #058b Hyde Park 748 3 $21,187 26 Colchester School District Colchester 2,435 5 $20,786 27 Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District #401 Jericho 2,620 8 $20,343 28 Oxbow Unified Union School District #91 Bradford 688 4 $18,805 29 Kingdom East Unified Union School District #64 Lyndonville 1,736 7 $18,643 30 Windham Southeast Unified Union School District #96 Brattleboro 2,373 9 $17,938 31 Windsor Central Unified Union School District #76 Woodstock 1,027 6 $17,428 32 Otter Valley Unified Union School District #53 Brandon 1,246 4 $17,229 33 Green Mountain Unified School District #77 Ludlow 689 3 $16,777 34 Enosburgh-Richford Unified Union School District #88 Richford 1,067 5 $16,722 35 White River Unified School District #79 Royalton 629 4 $16,205 36 Saint Johnsbury School District Saint Johnsbury 1,085 1 $15,996 37 Lake Region Union Elementary Middle School District Orleans 733 6 $14,853 38 Quarry Valley Unified Union School District #70 Rutland 1,111 5 $14,376 39 Mount Ascutney School District #86 Windsor 644 2 $13,893 40 Northern Mountain Valley Unified Union School District #85 Richford 834 4 $13,883 41 Rockingham School District Bellows Falls 532 3 $13,143 42 Mount Anthony Union High School District #14 Bennington 1,456 2 $13,069 43 Georgia School District Saint Albans 632 1 $12,747 44 Paine Mountain Union School District #68 Williamstown 1,061 4 $12,716 45 Fairfax School District Fairfax 1,049 2 $10,865 46 Southwest Vermont Union Elementary School District #87 Bennington 1,425 6 $10,568 47 Taconic and Green Regional School District #63 Sunderland 1,643 5 $9,641
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.
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