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Burlington Senior 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 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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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
948
Classroom Teachers
78

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Vermont

8

(10 is best)

Better than 76.0% of all VT schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Burlington Senior 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%
43%
57%
55%
42%
31%
50%
43%
57%
55%
42%
31%
    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 9 230 24.3%
Grade 10 231 24.4%
Grade 11 253 26.7%
Grade 12 234 24.7%
Total 948 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 68.7% 69.2% 91.6%
Black 18.1% 17.0% 2.6%
Hispanic 3.1% 4.2% 3.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 9.8% 9.5% 2.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.2% 0.1% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 47.7% 48.2% 33.1%
Free lunch eligible 38.1% 38.6% 27.1%
Reduced lunch eligible 9.6% 9.6% 6.0%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 44,703 647,064
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 2,908.7 70
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.7% 4.4%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.8% 17.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 48.6% 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 17,174 265,858
Single Parent Households With Children 4.3% 6.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 93.1% 94.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 57.0% 41.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 14.6% 17.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 14.1% 18.4%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.5% 13.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.7% 16.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 14.4% 15.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 15.2% 10.8%
$15,000 or less 13.5% 7.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $14,440 $54,770,920 56.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,043 $7,749,099 8.0%
Staff $1,410 $5,348,130 5.5%
General Administration $189 $716,877 0.7%
School Administration $1,138 $4,316,434 4.4%
Operation $1,659 $6,292,587 6.5%
Transportation $268 $1,016,524 1.0%
Other $664 $2,518,552 2.6%
Total Support $7,371 $27,958,203 28.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,798 $14,405,814 14.8%
Total Expenditures $25,609 $97,134,937 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,156 $925,219,791 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,617 $134,137,967 7.2%
Staff $789 $65,465,043 3.5%
General Administration $301 $24,940,314 1.3%
School Administration $1,360 $112,820,784 6.0%
Operation $1,577 $130,803,513 7.0%
Transportation $444 $36,860,012 2.0%
Other $497 $41,238,685 2.2%
Total Support $6,587 $546,258,796 29.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,793 $397,541,312 21.3%
Total Expenditures $22,536 $1,869,015,334 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%