Montpelier High School
Montpelier · VT · Montpelier Roxbury Unified Union School District #71 · Public
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U-32 Middle & High School → Harwood Union Middle/High School → Spaulding Union High School → Central Vermont Career Center → Mt. Abraham Union High School → Stowe High School → Peoples Academy → Lamoille Union High School →At a glance
- 7 AP courses offered — Strong
- Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 3 calculus classes · 1 physics · 5 chemistry
- AP rigor: 63rd percentile nationally
- SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 50% by test-taker volume
- 4-yr grad rate: 77% in 2019 (Bottom 25% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
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How Montpelier High School compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 63rd percentile nationally with 7 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyVT students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: U-32 Middle & High School, Harwood Union Middle/High School, Spaulding Union High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Strong — solid AP program + advanced courses
63rd percentile nationally
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 50% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 25% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
Federal Title I context
Mixed-income school
Below Title I eligibility threshold (FRPL < 35%)
25-34% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Below the federal Title I threshold but a meaningful share of the population is income-eligible for free lunch.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Your state's public flagship
University of Vermont
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $19,343/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -1.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 388 students:
≈ 30 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $23,081 per student in district revenue, the 30 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $692,430/year in funding at risk.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U-32 Middle & High School Montpelier |
Public | 3.2 | 449 | -6.5% |
| Harwood Union Middle/High School Moretown |
Public | 9.9 | 431 | -8.1% |
| Spaulding Union High School Barre |
Public | 6.7 | 610 | -0.5% |
| Central Vermont Career Center Barre |
Public | 6.7 | — | — |
| Mt. Abraham Union High School Bristol |
Public | 26.6 | 377 | -12.7% |
| Stowe High School Stowe |
Public | 15.7 | 225 | +5.6% |
| Peoples Academy Morrisville |
Public | 20.9 | 282 | +10.6% |
| Lamoille Union High School Hyde Park |
Public | 23.7 | 506 | +3.7% |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantMontpelier High School is a public high school in Montpelier, VT, enrolling 388 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
Enrollment is up 25% from 2021 to 2024.
It offers 7 AP courses, a course-rigor profile stronger than 63% of U.S. high schools, and has a dual-enrollment program (federal Civil Rights Data Collection).
67 students took the SAT or ACT in the most recent federal count, a participation level above 50% of U.S. high schools.
Its federal four-year graduation rate was about 77% in the latest EDFacts release.
It has about 194 students per school counselor.
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.
Questions families ask
How many AP courses does Montpelier High School offer? Montpelier High School offers 7 AP courses, a course-rigor profile stronger than 63% of U.S. high schools, and has a dual-enrollment program (federal Civil Rights Data Collection).
What is Montpelier High School's graduation rate? Montpelier High School's federal four-year graduation rate was about 77% in the latest EDFacts release.
How many students attend Montpelier High School? Montpelier High School is a public high school in Montpelier, VT, enrolling 388 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com). These figures may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.
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