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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 6

Pownal Elementary School, Pownal, VT

CEP schoolPownal Elementary School is a public elementary school in Pownal, part of Southwest Vermont Union Elementary School District #87. It enrolled 249 students in 2024-25, with 14.6 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
249
Teachers (FTE)
17.0
Students per teacher
14.6
Grades
PK to 6

This school's ratio is 1.0 lower than the district figure of 15.6. The Vermont average across schools is 11.4. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school14.6
District15.6
Vermont11.4
United States15.3

School details

Address
94 School House Road, Pownal, VT 05261
Phone
(802)823-7333
District
Southwest Vermont Union Elementary School District #87
County
Bennington County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Distant
NCES school ID
500043400246
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
150
Reduced-price lunch
56
Free or reduced-price lunch
20682.7% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Southwest Vermont Union Elementary School District #87

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.