The top reported proficiency rate is 43% in English language arts. The lowest is 20% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Irasburg Village School
Irasburg Village School sits along Route 58 in a small rural Orleans County town where civic life clusters at the junction of Routes 14 and 58 on a hilltop. The town hall, library, post office, church, and a few small businesses make up the village core, with open farmland and countryside spreading out from there. Publicly reported sources describe Irasburg as a quiet residential and agricultural community that once had mills, a tannery, and stove and plow factories but today functions as a slow-growing rural town. The Black River passes north of the village center, and the Lord's Creek Covered Bridge stands as a local landmark. The town common hosts the annual Kingdom Run foot race and the long-running Irasburg Church Fair. There is no public transit. The community has seen only modest population growth over the past decade, and no major housing developments or commercial projects surface in available sources.
The school serves prekindergarten through eighth grade on paper, though current enrollment shows students only in kindergarten through sixth grade, with no seventh or eighth graders enrolled. It is a very small school, part of the Lake Region Union Elementary Middle School District. The student body is nearly entirely white, and a substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Data on English learners and special education enrollment was not available. The school is not a charter or magnet school.
Academic results are limited. On Vermont's state assessment, only third grade produced reportable proficiency results. Third grade English language arts proficiency landed at a moderate level, while third grade math proficiency was low. Results for grades four through six in math and English language arts were suppressed, and fifth grade science was also suppressed. Suppression at this scale typically reflects very small class sizes, where reporting results could identify individual students. No multi-year trend data was available. A parent trying to assess academic performance would find little to go on from state testing alone, and may want to ask the school directly about grade-level outcomes and instructional support.
Because the school does not serve high school grades, no graduation rate applies. No chronic absenteeism, discipline, course access, or staffing data was provided. Civil rights data was also absent. The neighbor comparison set, drawn from districts in Orleans County, could not position the school on proficiency or graduation because the cohort was too small or the relevant metrics were missing. This is a data-thin profile, and much of what a parent might want to evaluate, from absenteeism to program offerings, would need to come from conversations with the school or district.
The district has implemented a K-8 school choice policy since the 2021-2022 school year. Families living anywhere in the Lake Region Union Elementary Middle School District can apply to send their child to any of the district's six elementary or middle schools outside their home town, though busing is provided only to the school in the student's town of residence. This gives parents some flexibility in choosing among the district's schools, a factor worth weighing alongside what Irasburg Village School itself offers.
Housing in the Irasburg zip code is modestly priced relative to Vermont and national benchmarks. Home values sit below both the state and national levels, though they have been rising year over year. The price-to-income ratio is moderate. Rental data was not available. For a family considering a move, the housing market is relatively accessible compared with much of Vermont, and the rural setting comes with the trade-offs of car dependency and limited local commerce.
What this school offers is a very small, community-rooted setting in a quiet rural town, with a peer environment that is tight-knit by nature of its size. The academic picture is hard to read from available data, and the suppressed assessment results mean parents should look beyond test scores and talk to the school about how it supports learning at each grade level. The district's choice policy adds a layer of optionality that some families may find useful.
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