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Schools in Barre

Barre’s public schools

Barre Supervisory Union and Barre Unified Union School District 97 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Barre. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/3schools above Vermont’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 93% of students in Vermont’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
36%
2021–22
Math proficiency
26%
2021–22
Graduate on time
67%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$27.6K
▲ 10% vs VT $25.1K
FY2024 · Barre Unified Union School District 97
Students per teacher
10.5
VT 11.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
5
2,132 students on the public path
In brief

Barre’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Barre’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Vermont’s 269 public schools. Spaulding Union High School places highest (better than 67%); Barre City Elementary/Middle School lowest (17%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Barre, graded from C− to B−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one high school: Spaulding Union High School. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Barre, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–82 schoolsDepends on your addressC− to B−
9–12Spaulding Union High SchoolBarre Unified Union School District 97B+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Barre Supervisory Union.

Two districts serve Barre

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Barre Supervisory UnionGrades · 0 schools · 0 students
D
Barre Unified Union School District 97Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 2,132 students · 10.5 per teacher (VT 11.3)
$27,643VT $25,064 · FY2024
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading · , Barre Supervisory Union36%
State average 44.4% · 1001 students tested
Math · , Barre Supervisory Union26%
State average 33.1% · 995 students tested

Barre vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Vermont towns that share Barre’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Barre—Barre Unified Union School District 97 PK–12 · Barre Supervisory Union
Barre (city)DBarre Unified Union School District 97 PK–12 · Barre Supervisory Union
WilliamstownD−Paine Mountain PK–12 · Central Vermont Supervisory Union
BerlinB+Washington Central Unified Union School District 92 PK–12 · Washington Central Supervisory Union
OrangeD−Echo Valley PK–8 · Central Vermont Supervisory Union
East MontpelierB+Washington Central Unified Union School District 92 PK–12 · Washington Central Supervisory Union

Every school in Barre

6 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Vermont’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

District schools in Barreby address
Barre Town Elementary & Middle School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
B−
821 students11:1Rate it →
Barre City Elementary/Middle School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
C−
701 students9:1Rate it →
Also serving Barrein other towns
Spaulding Union High School
High · Grades 9–12
B+
610 students11:1Rate it →
Private schoolstuition; no state tests, so no grade
Websterville Christian Academy
Grades PK–12 · Websterville
Private · Religious
103 students9:1Rate it →
Websterville Baptist Christian Academy
Grades PK–12 · Websterville
Private · Religious
101 students6:1Rate it →
Montessori School of Central
Elementary · Grades PK–6
Private · Nonsectarian
87 students9:1Rate it →

Questions about Barre’s schools

Are Barre’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Barre. Barre Supervisory Union and Barre Unified Union School District 97 have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Barre. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Vermont’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Barre in?

Barre Supervisory Union and Barre Unified Union School District 97.

Where do Barre kids go to high school?

Spaulding Union High School.

Are there private schools in Barre?

Yes: Websterville Christian Academy (grades PK–12, 103 students), Websterville Baptist Christian Academy (grades PK–12, 101 students) and Montessori School of Central (grades PK–6, 87 students).

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.