Local school district in a supervisory union · Windsor County
White River Unified School District #79, VT: schools, enrollment and spending
White River Unified School District #79 runs 4 public schools with 653 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 10.2 students per teacher is 1.2 lower than the Vermont figure of 11.4.
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 653
- Teachers (FTE)
- 64
- Students per teacher
- 10.2
- VT: 11.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 461 Waterman Road, Royalton, VT 05068
- Phone
- (802)763-8840
- County
- Windsor County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Local school district in a supervisory union
- NCES district ID
- 5000426
- State district ID
- VT-U079
- Total staff (FTE)
- 133
- School counselors (FTE)
- 3.0About 218 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 3.0
Students per teacher compared
This district10.2
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 (582), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $13.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $725,000
- State revenue
- $11.9 million
- Local revenue
- $716,000
- Total spending
- $12.0 million
- Spending per pupil
- $20,589
- Salaries
- $5.3 million44.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $1.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 5.4%
- State: 89.2%
- Local: 5.4%
Vermont overall
- Federal: 9.3%
- State: 80.9%
- Local: 9.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$20,589
Vermont$24,082
United States$16,826
Schools in White River Unified School District #79
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bethel Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 124 | 11.3 |
| South Royalton Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 168 | 12.0 |
| White River Valley High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 224 | 9.0 |
| White River Valley Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 133 | 11.1 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Windsor County
- Hartford School District 1,418 students
- Springfield School District 1,171 students
- Mountain Views Unified Union School District #76 1,006 students
- Mount Ascutney School District #86 640 students
- Green Mountain Unified School District #77 629 students
- Norwich School District 345 students
- First Branch Unified School District #82 296 students
- Hartland School District 285 students
- Weathersfield School District 266 students
- Sharon School District 240 students
- Ludlow Mt. Holly Unified Union School District #83 226 students
- Rochester Stockbridge Unified School District #81 140 students
- Granville Hancock Unified School District 6 students
- Pittsfield School District 6 students
- River Valley Technical Center 0 students
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.