The top reported proficiency rate is 90% in English language arts. The lowest is 35% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Killington Elementary School
Killington Elementary School sits in the town of Killington, Vermont, serving prekindergarten through sixth grade as part of the Mountain Views Unified Union School District. It is a small school by any measure, with roughly one hundred students spread across those grades, and that size shapes nearly everything about the academic picture available to a parent reading the data.
The state assessment results from the most recent testing cycle tell a limited story because most grade-level results were suppressed. Vermont does not publish proficiency figures when grade cohorts fall below reporting thresholds, and at a school this small that is the norm rather than the exception. Across third, fifth, and sixth grade in both math and English language arts, results were suppressed. Science results for fifth grade were also suppressed. The only grade with reported results was fourth grade, where the cohort was just large enough to publish. In English language arts, that fourth-grade group showed very strong proficiency, with nearly all tested students meeting the standard. In math, the same group had a lower share proficient, with only about a third reaching that mark. What this means for a parent is that the school's statewide testing footprint is thin, and a single grade's results should not be read as a school-wide trend. A parent may want to look into how the school supports math instruction across the upper elementary grades, since the one visible data point was modest. The ELA result, by contrast, was genuinely strong for the grade that reported.
No graduation rate applies here, since the school does not serve high school grades. No chronic absenteeism figure was available. Individualized education program data and English learner data were not reported, so the school's special-population supports are not visible in this dataset. The school is not a charter or magnet. Title I status was not reported.
The student body is predominantly white, with small Hispanic and multiracial populations and no reported Black, Asian, or Native American students. About a third of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which is a moderate level for the region. The school's setting in Killington, a resort town in Rutland County known for its ski area, connects directly to the housing picture. The typical home value in the school's zip code sits well above both the state and national benchmarks, reflecting a market shaped by second-home ownership and tourism demand. At the same time, the broader county housing market has been softening recently, with more active listings coming online, homes lingering longer before sale, and listing prices drifting downward from earlier highs. The estimated monthly mortgage on a typical home in this area is high relative to rents, and affordability relative to income is stretched. For a family considering a move into the attendance zone, this means the cost of entry is steep, and the market is not as tight as it was a year ago but remains expensive by statewide standards.
The parent district, Mountain Views Unified Union School District, had little publicly reported in the way of referendums, property-tax shifts, curriculum overhauls, or other parent-relevant changes from the recent period. The search turned up basic district profile and school listings but no concrete evidence of structural changes a parent would need to weigh.
Against its Rutland County district peers, the school could not be positioned on an overall proficiency index because the comparison cohort was too small to compute. Graduation and attendance comparisons were also inapplicable. This does not reflect poorly on the school; it reflects the reality that a small elementary school in a small district generates too little comparable data to rank.
What a parent is left with is a very small, community-rooted elementary school in an affluent resort-town setting, with one strong ELA data point and one modest math data point, and most of its academic results shielded by small numbers. The peer group is intimate by design. The housing market is expensive and loosening. The district is quiet on the changes front. For a family drawn to Killington for its setting and pace, the school is a place where individual teacher attention is nearly guaranteed, but where the public data trail is thin and direct conversations with the school will matter more than any report can provide.
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