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Burlington 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 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
52 Institute Road
Burlington, VT 05408
Phone
(802) 864-8411
District
Burlington School District
County
CHITTENDEN COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
987
Classroom Teachers
81

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Vermont

7

(10 is best)

Better than 65.8% of all VT schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

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

Grade 10

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
42%
37%
47%
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
12
11
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 261 26.4%
Grade 10 237 24.0%
Grade 11 227 23.0%
Grade 12 262 26.5%
Total 987 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 68.7% 67.9% 91.5%
Black 19.2% 18.1% 2.7%
Hispanic 3.4% 4.9% 3.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 8.6% 9.0% 2.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.1% 0.1% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 47.7% 48.3% 29.8%
Free lunch eligible 38.7% 39.0% 24.9%
Reduced lunch eligible 9.0% 9.3% 4.9%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 44,646 647,064
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 4,333.3 70
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.3% 4.4%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.2% 17.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 49.6% 30.9%
45-64 YEARS OLD 16.3% 27.4%
65 OR OLDER 11.6% 20.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 17,448 265,858
Single Parent Households With Children 3.9% 6.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 94.1% 94.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 60.3% 41.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 18.1% 17.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.2% 18.4%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.0% 13.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 15.4% 16.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 14.3% 15.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 12.8% 10.8%
$15,000 or less 13.3% 7.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $17,079 $59,775,000 56.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,449 $8,572,000 8.1%
Staff $1,603 $5,612,000 5.3%
General Administration $227 $795,000 0.7%
School Administration $1,424 $4,984,000 4.7%
Operation $2,306 $8,070,000 7.6%
Transportation $290 $1,015,000 1.0%
Other $856 $2,995,000 2.8%
Total Support $9,155 $32,043,000 30.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,064 $14,223,000 13.4%
Total Expenditures $30,297 $106,041,000 100.0%
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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