Research · High schools - Vermont · October 2026

How Many High Schools Are in Vermont? 73 Public and 42 Private

Name: How Many High Schools Are in Vermont? 73 Public and 42 Private
Creator: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach)
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As of October 2026: Vermont has 115 high schools: 73 public and 42 private. The largest is Champlain Valley Union High School in Hinesburg, with 1,251 students in grades 9 through 12.

The table lists the 15 largest public high schools in Vermont by the number of students in grades 9 through 12.

Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com), October 2026. Figures and the table may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.

The findings, in plain English

Vermont has 115 high schools. 73 are public and 42 are private. The 57 public high schools that report enrollment hold 21,151 students in grades 9 through 12 between them. The private count is a floor, because the federal private school survey is voluntary and a school can skip it.

Champlain Valley Union High School is the largest public high school in Vermont. It enrolls 1,251 students in grades 9 through 12 in Hinesburg. The 15th largest school on the table, Hartford High School in White River Junction, enrolls 502. None of the 15 largest are charter schools.

The largest private high school in Vermont is Lyndon Institute. It enrolls 432 students in Lyndon Center. That is smaller than every public school on the table above. Private schools report total enrollment to the federal survey, so a school that also teaches younger grades counts those students too. Only schools whose lowest grade is 9 are listed here, so each one is a high school.

The 15 largest public high schools in Vermont

Ranked by the number of students in grades 9 through 12.

High school	City	Students in grades 9-12	Charter
Champlain Valley Union High School	Hinesburg	1,251	No
Essex High School	Essex Junction	1,224	No
Burlington High School	Burlington	921	No
Bellows Free Academy (St. Albans)	Saint Albans	905	No
Mt. Anthony Senior Union High School	Bennington	855	No
South Burlington High School	South Burlington	791	No
Rutland Senior High School	Rutland	721	No
Colchester High School	Colchester	715	No
Brattleboro Union High School	Brattleboro	705	No
Mt. Mansfield Union High School	Jericho	688	No
North Country Union High School	Newport	678	No
Spaulding Union High School	Barre	610	No
Middlebury Union High School	Middlebury	521	No
Lamoille Union High School	Hyde Park	506	No
Hartford High School	White River Junction	502	No

NCES Common Core of Data, grade 9-12 enrollment. Virtual schools are excluded. Absence from this list means a school is not among the largest, nothing more.

The largest private high schools in Vermont

Private schools whose lowest grade is 9, by total enrollment.

High school	City	Students
Lyndon Institute	Lyndon Center	432
Liberty High School	Brattleboro	240
The Putney School	Putney	225
Vermont Academy	Saxtons River	169
Mount St Joseph Academy	Rutland	84

NCES Private School Universe Survey 2021-22, respondents only. Total enrollment, not a grades 9-12 count.

What these counts cover

A high school here is a school that serves grade 12. Virtual schools are left out, because a school with no building is not comparable to one with a campus. Public counts come from the federal Common Core of Data, which every public district reports to. Private counts come from the federal Private School Universe Survey.

Enrollment for public schools is the number of students in grades 9 through 12, so a school that also teaches middle school grades is not inflated by them. A school that reports no enrollment figure is counted in the state total but cannot be ranked, which is why the number of schools with an enrollment figure is smaller than the public count.

Private high schools in Vermont

The private table below shows the largest private high schools whose lowest grade is 9. The survey is voluntary, so treat these as the largest among the schools that answered, not a complete ranking. A private school that declines the survey does not appear at all.

Private enrollment is a total, not a grades 9 through 12 count, because the survey does not break it out the same way. Limiting the list to schools that start at grade 9 keeps the figures comparable to each other.

What a family should do with this

Size is a starting point, not a verdict. A large school usually offers more courses, more sports and more clubs, and a small school usually gives a student more contact with the adults who write recommendation letters. Both shapes send students to good colleges.

The more useful question is where a school's own graduates actually go. Our page for each Vermont high school carries that school's figures and, where the school publishes one, its own numbered list of the colleges its graduates chose. Start from the school page rather than from the size of the building.

Questions parents ask

How many high schools are in Vermont?

Vermont has 115 high schools: 73 public and 42 private. The largest is Champlain Valley Union High School in Hinesburg, with 1,251 students in grades 9 through 12.

What is the largest high school in Vermont?

It enrolls 1,251 students in grades 9 through 12 in Hinesburg.

Are private high schools included in the Vermont count?

73 are public and 42 are private. The private count is a floor, because the federal private school survey is voluntary and a school can skip it.

Method & sources: Public school counts and grade 9-12 enrollment come from the NCES Common Core of Data; private counts and enrollment come from the NCES Private School Universe Survey, whose respondents are a floor. A high school is a school serving grade 12; virtual schools are excluded. The public table is ranked by grade 9-12 enrollment, and schools without an enrollment figure are counted in the state total but not ranked.

This brief as data: /research/high-schools-in-vermont.json. Free for editorial use with attribution to Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach).