Local school district in a supervisory union · Essex County
Brighton School District, VT: schools, enrollment and spending
Brighton School District runs 1 public school with 130 students in grades PK to 8. Its ratio of 9.3 students per teacher is 2.1 lower than the Vermont figure of 11.4.
At a glance
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 130
- Teachers (FTE)
- 14
- Students per teacher
- 9.3
- VT: 11.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 825 Railroad Street, Island Pond, VT 05846
- Phone
- (802)723-4373
- County
- Essex County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 8
- Agency type
- Local school district in a supervisory union
- NCES district ID
- 5002610
- State district ID
- VT-T030
- Total staff (FTE)
- 38
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
Students per teacher compared
This district9.3
Vermont11.4
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (117), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $2.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $45,000
- State revenue
- $2.4 million
- Local revenue
- $59,000
- Total spending
- $2.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $23,094
- Salaries
- $1.2 million45.2% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $30,000
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 1.8%
- State: 95.9%
- Local: 2.3%
Vermont overall
- Federal: 9.3%
- State: 80.9%
- Local: 9.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$23,094
Vermont$24,082
United States$16,826
Schools in Brighton School District
By level: 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Brighton Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 127 | 9.1 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Essex County
- Northeast Kingdom Choice School District 234 students
- Canaan School District 184 students
- Averill School District 0 students
- Averys Gore School District 0 students
- Lewis School District 0 students
- Warners Grant School District 0 students
- Warrens Grant School District 0 students
- Essex North Supervisory Union
More in Vermont
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.