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South 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
550 Dorset Street
South Burlington, VT 05403
Phone
(802) 652-7000
District
South Burlington School District
County
CHITTENDEN COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
838
Classroom Teachers
77

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Vermont

7

(10 is best)

Better than 69.6% of all VT schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

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

Grade 10

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
45%
37%
62%
46%
27%
27%
45%
37%
62%
46%
27%
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
12
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 187 22.3%
Grade 10 214 25.5%
Grade 11 236 28.2%
Grade 12 201 24.0%
Total 838 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 81.6% 80.1% 91.5%
Black 5.1% 6.3% 2.7%
Hispanic 4.6% 5.2% 3.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 8.5% 8.4% 2.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.1% 0.0% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 13.6% 16.5% 29.8%
Free lunch eligible 12.4% 15.0% 24.9%
Reduced lunch eligible 1.2% 1.5% 4.9%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 20,241 647,064
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,231.6 70
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.3% 4.4%
5-19 YEARS OLD 15.1% 17.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 38.6% 30.9%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.7% 27.4%
65 OR OLDER 16.3% 20.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 8,783 265,858
Single Parent Households With Children 7.6% 6.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 97.9% 94.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 63.0% 41.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 27.5% 17.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 17.7% 18.4%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.0% 13.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 14.7% 16.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 13.5% 15.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 7.8% 10.8%
$15,000 or less 4.8% 7.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,685 $34,389,000 58.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,790 $4,854,000 8.2%
Staff $778 $2,109,000 3.6%
General Administration $231 $625,000 1.1%
School Administration $1,174 $3,184,000 5.4%
Operation $1,387 $3,759,000 6.4%
Transportation $599 $1,625,000 2.8%
Other $790 $2,141,000 3.6%
Total Support $6,749 $18,297,000 31.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,286 $6,196,000 10.5%
Total Expenditures $21,720 $58,882,000 100.0%
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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