Mountain Views Unified Union School District #76, VT

Original Research by School Decision on Mountain Views Unified Union School District #76

Mountain Views Unified Union School District #76 spans a swath of central Vermont across Windsor County, threading together towns that differ noticeably in character and housing cost. The district serves pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade across six schools: Barnard Academy, Reading Elementary, Killington Elementary, Woodstock Elementary, Prosper Valley School, and Woodstock Union Middle/High School. Enrollment is modest for a district covering this many communities, and the student body is overwhelmingly white, with small representations from Hispanic, multiracial, Black, Asian, American Indian or Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students.

The housing picture across the district's catchment is mixed. Woodstock and Pomfret sit at the high end, with typical home values well above the state and national benchmarks. Killington, Ludlow, and parts of Bridgewater and Plymouth fall closer to the middle. Royalton, Bethel, Cavendish, and Stockbridge are the more affordable pockets, with values nearer to or modestly above the state benchmark. Rent data is thin, available only for the Ludlow zip code, so drawing a district-wide rental conclusion would be guessing. The county housing market has seen inventory grow in recent months with active listings and new listings both up year over year, while pending sales have softened. Homes are sitting longer than a year ago, suggesting a market that has cooled somewhat, though prices continue to drift upward at a measured pace.

On academic performance, the data sections are empty. State testing results were not available in the payload, so there is no proficiency picture to characterize. The same is true for graduation rate, which is missing. A parent looking for test scores or a four-year graduation figure will not find them here and may want to ask the district directly. The district does report a chronic absenteeism rate that sits above the midpoint among Windsor County's reporting districts, meaning students are missing school at a rate that is better than several peers but still elevated in absolute terms. This is a figure a parent may want to look into further with the school, as absenteeism at this level can affect both individual momentum and classroom continuity.

Per-pupil current spending lands in the upper range among Windsor County districts. That spending level does not translate into visible academic outcomes in the data provided, but it does suggest the district is investing above what many of its county peers spend per student.

The district brief turned up little in the way of recent parent-relevant changes. Searches for referendums, property-tax shifts, curriculum overhauls, or governance restructuring found no concrete evidence of those kinds of shifts. The district appears to be operating in a period of continuity rather than disruption, at least from what is publicly reported.

Several data gaps are worth naming plainly. Free and reduced-price lunch counts are missing, so the economic need profile of the student body cannot be characterized. IEP and English learner rates are also absent, leaving the special-populations picture incomplete. Civil rights data, discipline figures, course access details, staffing ratios, and attendance patterns beyond the absenteeism rate are all missing. The locale brief was not provided, so community-level detail about the individual towns is limited to what the housing data reveals about relative affordability.

What a parent can take from what is here is a rural Vermont district covering towns with real economic range, from the higher-priced Woodstock area to more accessible communities like Royalton and Stockbridge. The student population is small and largely homogeneous. Spending is high relative to county peers. Chronic absenteeism is a watch item. Academic outcomes are not available to assess, and a family evaluating this district should go directly to the schools and the central office for proficiency results, graduation rates, and program offerings before drawing conclusions about fit.

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District Context

Officially reported figures, 2024-25.

Enrollment

1,018

Grades

PK–12

Schools

Student body

Hispanic 3%

Black 1%

White 91%

Asian 0%

Two+ 3%

Am. Indian / AK Native 0%

Hawaiian / Pac. Isl. 0%

Schools in this District

6 schools are officially reported under this district.

Barnard Academy

Reading Elementary School

Killington Elementary School

Woodstock Elementary School

Woodstock Union Middle/High School

Prosper Valley School

Housing & Real Estate

Data as of April 2026 | District-weighted from constituent ZIP codes

Home Values

Typical home value$536,908

Year-over-year change+3.3%

Range across 16 ZIP codes$340K to $937K

vs. state typical1.36x

vs. national typical1.46x

Home value trend (12 months)

ZIP code home values (16 ZIP codes)

ZIP	City	Value	YoY	Weight
05091	Woodstock	$711K	+3.2%	20.2%
05751	Killington	$481K	-2.8%	14.9%
05035	Bridgewater	$413K	+13.8%	12.8%
05056	Plymouth	$483K	+1.1%	12.7%
05062	Reading	$441K	+4.0%	10.6%
05032	Bethel	$363K	+4.7%	7.6%
05071	Woodstock	$937K	-1.1%	4.5%
05068	Royalton	$370K	+0.0%	4.0%
05067	Pomfret	$758K	+3.5%	3.6%
05053	Pomfret	$677K	+3.9%	2.5%

Showing top 10 of 16 ZIP codes by land area weight

Rental Market

Typical monthly rent$2,300/mo

ZIP code rents (1 ZIP codes)

ZIP	City	Rent/mo	YoY	Weight
05149	Ludlow	$2,300	—	1.9%

Affordability

Est. monthly mortgage (20% down at 6.48%)$2,709/mo

Home price / national median income6.4x

Annual rent / national median income33.0%

Est. mortgage exceeds rent by$409/mo

Market Activity: Windsor County

Median listing price$569,000

Median listing price YoY+3.5%

Median price per sq ft$298

Median price per sq ft YoY+3.5%

Median days on market86.8 days

Median days on market YoY+12.7%

Active listings281

Active listings YoY+8.1%

New listings132

New listings YoY+22.2%

Pending listings126

Pending listings YoY-6.7%

Hotness: median listing price$602,750

Hotness: median listing price YoY+9.7%

Supply score4.6

Supply score YoY-37.5%

Demand score54.4

Demand score YoY-12.7%

Median listing price (12 months)

Median price per sq ft (12 months)

Median days on market (12 months)

Active listings (12 months)

New listings (12 months)

Pending listings (12 months)

Hotness: median listing price (12 months)

Supply score (12 months)

Demand score (12 months)

Comparison

State typical home value$394,227 (+1.6% YoY)

National typical home value$368,198 (+0.6% YoY)

State ZHVI trend (12 months)

National ZHVI trend (12 months)

Economic Context

30-year fixed mortgage rate6.48%

National unemployment rate4.3%

National median household income$83,730

CPI: Rent of shelter (index)447.05

30-year fixed mortgage rate (12 months)

National unemployment rate (12 months)

National median household income (12 months)

CPI: Rent of shelter (index) (12 months)

Sources: Zillow Home Value Index and Zillow Observed Rent Index (Zillow Group), Realtor.com via Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED)

Data Currently Unavailable

Academic Performance
Civil Rights Data (CRDC)

This profile is derived exclusively from publicly available federal and state datasets. It may not reflect the most current information available. We encourage parents and families to supplement this data with information published directly on the school’s website, which may include more recent figures, additional programs, or updated enrollment data.