Schools
Burlington School District compared with the state, from the Vermont Agency of Education.
Checked . The Agency of Education updates each figure once a year.
Summary
- Graduation rate 71.2% Class of 2025 · State 82.3%
- Chronically absent 26.0% 2024–25 · State 25.2%
- State test, English, grades 3–9 55.9% Spring 2025, proficient or above · State 54.6%
- State test, math, grades 3–9 38.9% Spring 2025, proficient or above · State 38.9%
- Budget per pupil $19,332 2025–26 · State $16,650
Graduation rate
Share of students who graduated high school within four years of starting ninth grade.
| Class of | Burlington | State |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 71.2% | 82.3% |
| 2024 | 75.0% | 82.0% |
| 2023 | 84.2% | 82.0% |
| 2022 | 76.0% | 82.8% |
| 2021 | 72.8% | 83.1% |
| 2020 | 69.9% | 83.0% |
| 2019 | 74.2% | 84.5% |
| 2018 | 69.8% | 85.1% |
The four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate. Source: Vermont Education Dashboard, student information (opens in new tab).
Chronic absenteeism
Share of students who missed 10% or more of the school days they were enrolled, for any reason.
| School year | Burlington | State |
|---|---|---|
| 2024–25 | 26.0% | 25.2% |
| 2023–24 | 29.7% | 27.2% |
| 2022–23 | 30.1% | 29.0% |
| 2021–22 | 37.4% | 40.2% |
| 2020–21 | 48.8% | 29.6% |
| 2018–19 | 21.3% | 18.4% |
| 2017–18 | 38.8% | 20.6% |
Calculated by Publick. The AOE publishes how many students were chronically absent and how many weren't; this is the first over both.
A year the Agency of Education doesn't publish, to protect students' privacy, is left out. Source: Vermont Agency of Education, chronic absenteeism (opens in new tab).
State test results
Share of students in grades 3 to 9 who scored proficient or proficient with distinction on the Vermont Comprehensive Assessment Program (VTCAP).
English
| Spring | Burlington | State |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 55.9% | 54.6% |
Math
| Spring | Burlington | State |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38.9% | 38.9% |
Calculated by Publick. The AOE publishes each grade's results; this is the share proficient or above across grades 3 to 9 together, each grade weighted by the number of its students tested.
Vermont first gave the VTCAP in spring 2023 and sets its own achievement levels, so these results can't be compared with other states' tests, such as Massachusetts's MCAS. Source: Vermont Education Dashboard, general assessment (opens in new tab).
Spending per pupil
The district's budget for each student, as voters approved it, and its education spending: the part of the budget its own other revenues, such as grants, don't cover, which the statewide education tax pays. Both are per long-term weighted pupil, Vermont's count of students, weighted for the higher cost of educating some of them.
| Fiscal year | Budget per pupil | State | Education spending per pupil | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | $19,332 | $16,650 | $14,825 | $13,947 |
| 2024–25 | $17,594 | $15,786 | $13,890 | $13,169 |
Budgets as voted for the year, not what was spent. Vermont changed how it counts pupils in fiscal year 2025, so earlier years can't be compared and aren't shown. Source: Vermont Agency of Education, per pupil spending (opens in new tab).
All figures from the Vermont Agency of Education (opens in new tab), most on the state's open data portal, data.vermont.gov (opens in new tab).
– means no figure for that year: the state hasn't published it, or, for a change, there's no earlier year to compare with.