Middle · Vermont
First Branch Middle School
Free meals for allFirst Branch Middle School, a public middle school in Chelsea, Vermont: grades 5–8, 89 students, 6.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of First Branch Unified School District #82.
Size and class size
Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 89
- Teachers (FTE)
- 13.5
- Students per teacher
- 6.6
- Grades
- 5–8
- Middle
Fewer students per teacher than 96% of middle schools in Vermont
Median 10.1 · 28 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 99% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Smaller than 93% of middle schools in Vermont
Median 259 · 28 schools compared
Smaller than 95% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Vermont's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Vermont: 56%53%proficient
−1.4 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 50% of middle schools in Vermont
Median 54% · 22 middle schools compared
19 students tested, grades 5 · Vermont Comprehensive Assessment Program; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
Math
Vermont: 39%37%proficient
−29.2 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 54% of middle schools in Vermont
Median 40% · 24 middle schools compared
19 students tested, grades 5 · Vermont Comprehensive Assessment Program; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Middle · Grades 5–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Remote rural area
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with First Branch Unified School District #82.
Location
- Address
- 6 School Street, Chelsea, VT 05038
- Phone
- (802)685-4551
- City or town
- Chelsea
- County
- Orange County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Orange Center SchoolFree meals for all | 5–8 | 80 | 13.6 |
White River Valley Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 133 | 10.5 |
Main Street Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 5–8 | 348 | 10.3 |
| 6–8 | 369 | 8.9 | |
| 4–8 | 229 | 10.4 | |
Prosper Valley SchoolFree meals for all | 5–6 | 90 | 13.2 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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