Local school district in a supervisory union · Chittenden County
Essex Westford Educational Community Unified Union SD #51, VT: schools, enrollment and spending
Essex Westford Educational Community Unified Union SD #51 runs 10 public schools with 3,656 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 10.8 students per teacher is 0.6 lower than the Vermont figure of 11.4.
At a glance
- Schools
- 10
- Students
- 3,656
- Teachers (FTE)
- 337
- Students per teacher
- 10.8
- VT: 11.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 76 Pearl Street Suite 201, Essex Junction, VT 05452
- Phone
- (802)857-7000
- County
- Chittenden County
- Locale
- Suburb: Midsize
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Local school district in a supervisory union
- NCES district ID
- 5000395
- State district ID
- VT-U051
- Total staff (FTE)
- 640
- School counselors (FTE)
- 18.0About 203 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 15.0
Students per teacher compared
This district10.8
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 (3,831), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $100.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $6.7 million
- State revenue
- $87.3 million
- Local revenue
- $6.1 million
- Total spending
- $97.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $25,522
- Salaries
- $52.6 million53.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $3.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 6.7%
- State: 87.2%
- Local: 6.1%
Vermont overall
- Federal: 9.3%
- State: 80.9%
- Local: 9.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$25,522
Vermont$24,082
United States$16,826
Schools in Essex Westford Educational Community Unified Union SD #51
By level: 2 high, 2 middle, 6 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Albert D. Lawton SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 297 | 9.3 |
| Essex Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 2 | 484 | 15.6 |
| Essex High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,224 | 11.8 |
| Essex Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 366 | 11.4 |
| Founders Memorial SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 353 | 12.2 |
| Hiawatha Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 3 | 203 | 11.3 |
| Summit Street SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 3 | 305 | 17.9 |
| The Center for Technology - EssexCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| Thomas Fleming SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 4 to 5 | 197 | 12.3 |
| Westford Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 206 | 14.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Chittenden County
- Champlain Valley Unified Union School District #56 4,044 students
- Burlington School District 3,429 students
- South Burlington School District 2,646 students
- Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District #401 2,574 students
- Colchester School District 2,463 students
- Milton School District 1,468 students
- Winooski Incorporated School District 762 students
- Buels Gore School District 0 students
- Burlington Supervisory District
- Champlain Valley Supervisory District
- Colchester Supervisory District
- Essex-Westford Supervisory District
- Milton Supervisory District
- Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District
- South Burlington Supervisory District
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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.