The reported proficiency rate for English language arts is 62%.
Original Research by School Decision on Beeman Elementary School
Beeman Elementary School sits in New Haven, a small rural town in Addison County's Champlain Valley. The school serves pre-kindergarten through sixth grade as part of the Mt. Abraham Unified School District. It is a traditional public school, not a charter or magnet, and its enrollment is small even by Vermont elementary standards, with roughly a dozen or fewer students per grade level.
The student body is predominantly white, which mirrors the surrounding community. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, indicating that a meaningful portion of families in the catchment area meet income-based eligibility thresholds. Data on individualized education programs and English learner status was not reported, so those pictures remain incomplete here.
State assessment results for the most recent year were almost entirely suppressed. This is common for small schools in Vermont, where reporting a grade-level proficiency rate for a handful of tested students could effectively identify individuals. Math results for grades three through six, English language arts for grades three through five, and fifth-grade science were all suppressed. The single reported figure is sixth-grade English language arts, where a majority of the small group tested reached proficiency. That result comes from a very small number of students, so it offers a limited window rather than a reliable trend. No multi-year trend data was available. A parent wanting a clearer read on academic outcomes would likely need to ask the school directly, since the publicly reported testing picture is sparse by nature of the school's size.
Because Beeman serves only elementary grades, there is no graduation rate to report. The neighbor comparison set, which positions this school relative to districts in Addison County, could not produce a proficiency index because the cohort of comparable schools with reported data was too small. Chronic absenteeism comparisons were also not available for the same reason.
On the program side, the school lists dance and music among its arts offerings. The school's website would carry more detail on what the daily academic and enrichment program looks like, since the available data here is thin.
New Haven itself is a farming community at heart, though the town's own historical accounts note that many farms have been divided and sold in recent years. The village center, where the school is located along with the town office, a green, a congregational church, and the long-running Village Green Market, sits at the junction of US Route 7 and Route 17. Scattered through the town are bed and breakfasts, campgrounds, riding stables, and trade businesses. The town also hosts the Addison County Fair and Field Days, described as one of the largest agricultural fairs in Vermont. The overall character is rural residential and agricultural, with limited commercial activity concentrated at the village core.
Housing in the area sits above both state and national benchmarks for typical home values, and the price-to-income ratio suggests moderate affordability pressure relative to national norms. Rental data was not available for this location. The broader economic backdrop includes a stable national unemployment rate and mortgage rates that have fluctuated within a narrow band in recent months.
At the district level, the Mt. Abraham Unified School District was searched for recent parent-relevant changes, but little of lasting impact surfaced, so there is nothing concrete to relay on that front.
What emerges is a picture of a small rural elementary school serving a close-knit agricultural community, where the small scale limits what can be publicly reported about academic outcomes but also defines the intimate environment families are choosing. The testing data that is available is limited to a single grade-level subject result. For parents weighing this school, the most productive next step would be a direct conversation with staff about day-to-day instruction, support services, and how the school handles its small class sizes.
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