Schools · Rutland

Rutland, VT schools

Kids attend Northeast Primary School or Northwest Primary School through grade 2, then Rutland Middle School.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

C+School Grade #51Best schools in VT (of 70)#24Highest graduation rate in VT (of 68)

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Rutland’s School Grade: C+

The public schools Rutland’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 65% of Vermont’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

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Vermont school districts we grade (52)Better than 35%

Lower resultsHigher results

Vermont towns with similar household incomes (145)Better than 43%

High confidence. Built on 805 tested students and a graduating class of 215; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Vermont’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Vermont only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Vermont with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

School path

Where Rutland kids go to school

Grades PK–2

Northeast Primary School or Northwest Primary School Depends on your address Rutland City School District

Grades 7–8

D-Rutland Middle School 249 students · Rutland Rutland City School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

State test results

Math (Rutland City Supervisory)22%

State average 33.3%

Graduation · class of 2020

86% graduate on time

Graduation rate

86%

VT: 83%

Graduating class

215

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #24 of 68 VT towns →

Districts

Two districts serve Rutland

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Rutland City School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 6 schools · 1,911 students

$33,482 per studentVT $25,064 🏫

Rutland City Supervisory District

C+

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Rutland

There’s no college in Rutland, but 3 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Vermont Law and Graduate School in Royalton, 27.1 miles away.

Vermont Law and Graduate SchoolUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Royalton27.1 mi439 students

Middlebury CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Middlebury29.3 mi2,800 students Vermont State UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Randolph29.4 mi4,368 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Rutland. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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