About Barre Unified Union School District #97
Barre Unified Union School District #97 is a public school system serving Washington County, Vermont, based in Barre. It serves 2,174 students across 3 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a rural: fringe district. By enrollment it is the #9 largest of Vermont’s 116 school systems.
Size and structure
Barre Unified Union School District #97 enrolls 2,174 students in 3 schools — an average of about 725 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #9 of 116 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Barre Unified Union School District #97, from the NCES Common Core of Data (2,174 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Barre Unified Union School District #97 employs about 204 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 10.7:1 — below the Vermont average of about 11.4:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 427.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Vermont funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Barre Unified Union School District #97 are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Vermont reports accountability through the Annual Snapshot, the Agency of Education’s ESSA data tool, covering proficiency, staffing quality, personalization, safe-and-healthy-schools measures and investment priorities. Look up Barre Unified Union School District #97 on the Vermont Annual Snapshot.
Accreditation status
Vermont holds public schools to its own Education Quality Standards, State Board rules administered by the Agency of Education, rather than requiring a private accreditor (NEASC accreditation is voluntary). See the Vermont Education Quality Standards.
Barre Unified Union School District #97 vs. Vermont
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Look up Barre Unified Union School District #97’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):