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Essex High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
2 Educational Drive
Essex Junction, VT 05452
Phone
(802) 879-7121
District
Essex Westford Educational Community Unified Union SD #51
County
CHITTENDEN COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1230
Classroom Teachers
112

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Vermont

9

(10 is best)

Better than 80.3% of all VT schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

Essex High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
50%
37%
62%
46%
37%
27%
50%
37%
62%
46%
37%
27%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
11
10
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 323 26.3%
Grade 10 306 24.9%
Grade 11 310 25.2%
Grade 12 291 23.7%
Total 1230 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 86.5% 85.7% 91.5%
Black 3.4% 3.0% 2.7%
Hispanic 4.3% 4.3% 3.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 5.0% 6.6% 2.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.7% 0.5% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 30.4% 28.8% 29.8%
Free lunch eligible 26.2% 24.5% 24.9%
Reduced lunch eligible 4.2% 4.3% 4.9%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 24,570 647,464
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 315.7 70
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.4% 4.3%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.5% 17.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.2% 30.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.4% 27.0%
65 OR OLDER 17.5% 20.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 10,457 269,466
Single Parent Households With Children 5.9% 6.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 95.1% 94.5%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 53.2% 42.6%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 26.1% 20.1%
$100,000 - $149,999 23.0% 18.6%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.3% 13.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 14.3% 16.4%
$30,000 - $49,999 12.3% 14.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 6.7% 10.4%
$15,000 or less 4.3% 7.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $16,504 $60,818,000 55.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,844 $10,480,000 9.6%
Staff $1,243 $4,579,000 4.2%
General Administration $199 $735,000 0.7%
School Administration $1,615 $5,953,000 5.5%
Operation $2,139 $7,882,000 7.2%
Transportation $709 $2,611,000 2.4%
Other $1,936 $7,135,000 6.5%
Total Support $10,685 $39,375,000 36.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,424 $8,932,000 8.2%
Total Expenditures $29,613 $109,125,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,877 $1,071,785,000 47.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,201 $183,157,000 8.1%
Staff $1,078 $89,703,000 3.9%
General Administration $413 $34,369,000 1.5%
School Administration $1,574 $131,001,000 5.8%
Operation $1,854 $154,351,000 6.8%
Transportation $733 $61,013,000 2.7%
Other $805 $66,997,000 2.9%
Total Support $8,658 $720,591,000 31.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,757 $479,197,000 21.1%
Total Expenditures $27,292 $2,271,573,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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