Flood Brook School, Londonderry VT

Original Research by School Decision on Flood Brook School

Flood Brook School sits along Route 11 in Londonderry, a small rural town in Windham County whose economy runs largely on tourism and the seasonal pull of Magic Mountain Ski Area. The school serves prekindergarten through eighth grade and belongs to the Taconic and Green Regional School District. It is the kind of place where civic life and schooling are woven into the village fabric rather than separated onto a distant campus, with the town's two historic centers, Londonderry and South Londonderry, serving as focal points for community activity.

The town is very low-density, and walkability is limited. A community visit report identified revitalizing the village centers as a priority, with residents citing a need for sidewalks, signage, traffic calming, and benches. That vision is aspirational rather than something families will find already in place. The local economy is anchored by the ski area, a village market, alternative health care providers, and various small businesses. Many retirees live in the area, and the community is described as one where people care deeply for their neighbors. The West River runs through town and outdoor recreation is abundant.

Housing here costs above the state and national benchmarks. The typical home value in the school's zip code sits well above both the Vermont and national medians, and the price-to-income ratio is steep. A family buying at current mortgage rates would face a substantial monthly payment. Rental data was not available. The community has flagged affordable housing as a priority, and there is interest in working with regional housing trusts and revisiting zoning to open up development, but publicly reported specifics on new projects are thin.

Academically, Flood Brook's results on the Vermont Comprehensive Assessment Program tell a clear story across the tested grades. English language arts is the school's stronger subject. Proficiency in ELA holds up well from third grade through eighth, with most grades showing a solid share of students meeting or exceeding state standards. Sixth grade stands out as particularly strong in reading and writing. Science results, tested in fifth and eighth grades, are also respectable, with fifth grade performing notably well.

Mathematics is where the picture softens. Third grade starts strong, but proficiency dips in fourth and fifth grades. It recovers somewhat in sixth grade before dropping sharply in seventh and eighth. By the time students reach those upper-middle-school grades, a considerably smaller share demonstrates proficiency in math compared with their performance in English. This is the clearest soft spot in the school's academic profile, and a parent with a child heading into the upper grades may want to look into how the school supports math instruction and whether additional intervention is available for students who need it.

The student body is small, as is typical for a rural Vermont school serving this grade range. A moderate share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The enrollment is overwhelmingly white, with only a handful of students from other racial or ethnic backgrounds. This is characteristic of the region rather than an outlier. Data on students with individualized education programs and English learners was not reported, so those dimensions of the school's support environment are not visible in the available information.

Several other data points a parent might look for were absent. Title I status was not specified. Chronic absenteeism figures were not available. Staffing levels, course access details, and discipline data were not provided. Because the school does not serve high school grades, there is no graduation rate to report; that metric simply does not apply here. The county-level comparison set was too small to position Flood Brook meaningfully against neighboring districts on proficiency or other outcome measures, so no comparative read is available.

What the data does show is a small rural school with a stable English and science program and a math trajectory that weakens as students move toward high school. Families drawn to Londonderry's outdoor recreation, community closeness, and rural setting will find a school that reflects those qualities: intimate, locally rooted, and integrated into village life. The housing market is demanding, and the academic picture is mixed, with real strength in literacy and a clear area of concern in upper-grade mathematics that warrants direct conversation with the school.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 367%

School 67% · district not reported

▲ 33 pts above state median · ▲ 33 pts above county median

Grade 448%

School 48% · district not reported

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 22 pts above county median

Grade 548%

School 48% · district not reported

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▲ 19 pts above county median

Grade 656%

School 56% · district not reported

▲ 11 pts above state median

Grade 731%

School 31% · district not reported

▼ 11 pts below state median

Grade 832%

School 32% · district not reported

▼ 1 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 353%

School 53% · district not reported

▲ 7 pts above state median · even with county median

Grade 463%

School 63% · district not reported

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Grade 556%

School 56% · district not reported

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 672%

School 72% · district not reported

▲ 19 pts above state median

Grade 761%

School 61% · district not reported

▲ 2 pts above state median

Grade 860%

School 60% · district not reported

▲ 1 pts above state median

Science

Grade 566%

School 66% · district not reported

▲ 22 pts above state median

Grade 850%

School 50% · district not reported

▲ 12 pts above state median

This schoolDistrict average, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income18%Higher-income55%36 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income61%Higher-income65%4 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income50%Higher-income63%13 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income0%Higher-income77%77 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income48%Higher-income47%1 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income38%Higher-income60%23 pp gap