Local schools make good grades, according to magazine

Scooter MacMillan, Editor

The Champlain Valley School District looks to be in pretty good shape, according to U.S. News and World Report.

The magazine, which is known for its educational rankings, has just released its 2025 rankings of Vermont’s top 10 elementary, middle and high schools, and local schools have reasons to be proud.

Charlotte Central School was No. 1 on the U.S. New and World Report ranking of Vermont’s top 10 middle schools. The school didn’t make the list of top 10 elementary schools.

However, there is an anomaly to the listing because Hinesburg Community School was named as No. 7 on both the list of top 10 elementary schools and the list of middle schools, when both schools are properly indicated as PK-8 schools.

Champlain Valley Union High was named No. 2, behind No. 1 Mt. Mansfield Union High.

Williston Schools, which are part of the Champlain Valley School District, were named No. 10 on the list of top 10 middle schools in the state.

Top 10 ranked Vermont elementary schools

  1. Marion W. Cross School (PK-6) – Norwich
  2. Cavendish Town Elementary School (PK-6) – Proctorsville
  3. Waitsfield Elementary School (PK-6) – Waitsfield
  4. Stowe Elementary School (PK-5) – Stowe
  5. Rumney Memorial School (PK-6) – Middlesex
  6. Braintree Elementary School (PK-6) – Braintree
  7. Hinesburg Community School (PK-8) – Hinesburg
  8. Washington Village School (PK-4) – Washington
  9. Warren Elementary School (PK-6) – Warren
  10. Moretown Elementary School (PK-6) – Moretown

Top 10 ranked Vermont middle schools

  1. Charlotte Central School (PK-8) – Charlotte
  2. Main Street Middle School (5-8) – Montpelier
  3. Camels Hump Middle School (5-8) – Richmond
  4. Woodstock Union Middle/High School (7-12) – Woodstock
  5. Stowe Middle School (6-8) – Stowe
  6. Albert D. Lawton Intermediate School (6-8) – Essex Junction
  7. Hinesburg Community School (PK-8) – Hinesburg
  8. Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School (6-8) – South Burlington
  9. Browns River Middle School (5-8) – Jericho
  10. Williston Schools (PK-8) – Williston

Top 10 ranked Vermont high schools

  1. Mt Mansfield Union High School – Jericho
  2. Champlain Valley Union High School – Hinesburg
  3. South Burlington High School – South Burlington
  4. Middlebury Union High School – Middlebury
  5. Essex High School – Essex Junction
  6. Craftsbury Schools – Craftsbury Common
  7. Montpelier High School – Montpelier
  8. Lake Region Union High School – Orleans
  9. Green Mountain Union High School – Chester
  10. Colchester High School – Colchester