Local school district in a supervisory union · Bennington County
Southwest Vermont Union Elementary School District #87, VT: schools, enrollment and spending
Southwest Vermont Union Elementary School District #87 runs 6 public schools with 1,353 students in grades PK to 6. Its ratio of 15.6 students per teacher is 4.2 higher than the Vermont figure of 11.4.
At a glance
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 1,353
- Teachers (FTE)
- 87
- Students per teacher
- 15.6
- VT: 11.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 181 Orchard Road, Bennington, VT 05201
- Phone
- (802)447-8419
- County
- Bennington County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 6
- Agency type
- Local school district in a supervisory union
- NCES district ID
- 5000434
- State district ID
- VT-U087
- Total staff (FTE)
- 159
- School counselors (FTE)
- 6.0About 226 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 9.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.6
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 (1,375), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $24.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $639,000
- State revenue
- $23.6 million
- Local revenue
- $321,000
- Total spending
- $21.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,950
- Salaries
- $7.7 million34.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $3.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 2.6%
- State: 96.1%
- Local: 1.3%
Vermont overall
- Federal: 9.3%
- State: 80.9%
- Local: 9.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,950
Vermont$24,082
United States$16,826
Schools in Southwest Vermont Union Elementary School District #87
By level: 6 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bennington Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 278 | 16.4 |
| Molly Stark SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 402 | 19.1 |
| Monument Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 147 | 18.4 |
| Pownal Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 249 | 14.6 |
| Shaftsbury Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 245 | 12.9 |
| Woodford Hollow SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 30 | 10.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Bennington County
- Taconic and Green Regional School District #63 1,647 students
- Mount Anthony Union High School District #14 1,340 students
- Arlington School District 408 students
- Mettawee School District #84 260 students
- Winhall School District 174 students
- North Bennington Incorporated School District 114 students
- Stamford School District 105 students
- Readsboro School District 48 students
- Sandgate School District 30 students
- Glastenbury School District 0 students
- Southwest Tech 0 students
- Bennington Rutland Supervisory Union
- Southwest Vermont 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.