About Northern Mountain Valley Unified Union School District #85
Northern Mountain Valley Unified Union School District #85 is a public school system serving Franklin County, Vermont, based in Richford. It serves 839 students across 4 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a rural: distant district. By enrollment it is the #33 largest of Vermont’s 116 school systems.
Size and structure
Northern Mountain Valley Unified Union School District #85 enrolls 839 students in 4 schools — an average of about 210 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #33 of 116 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Northern Mountain Valley Unified Union School District #85, from the NCES Common Core of Data (839 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
Northern Mountain Valley Unified Union School District #85 employs about 70 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 11.9:1 — above the Vermont average of about 11.4:1. Total district staff is roughly 175.
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 Northern Mountain Valley Unified Union School District #85 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 Northern Mountain Valley Unified Union School District #85 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.
Northern Mountain Valley Unified Union School District #85 vs. Vermont
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Look up Northern Mountain Valley Unified Union School District #85’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):