About West River Valley Union Education District #72A
West River Valley Union Education District #72A is a public school system serving Windham County, Vermont, based in Townshend. It serves 220 students across 3 schools spanning PreK–6, and is classified as a rural: remote district. By enrollment it is the #78 largest of Vermont’s 116 school systems.
Size and structure
West River Valley Union Education District #72A enrolls 220 students in 3 schools — an average of about 73 students per school. It serves grades PreK–6 and ranks #78 of 116 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in West River Valley Union Education District #72A, from the NCES Common Core of Data (220 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
West River Valley Union Education District #72A employs about 14 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 15.7:1 — above the Vermont average of about 11.4:1. Total district staff is roughly 26.
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 West River Valley Union Education District #72A 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 West River Valley Union Education District #72A 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.
West River Valley Union Education District #72A vs. Vermont
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Look up West River Valley Union Education District #72A’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):