Danville School, Danville VT - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Danville School

Danville School is a single public school serving pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade in the town of Danville, Vermont, part of the Danville School District in Caledonia County. It is a small school by any measure, with all grades under one roof on Peacham Road, set apart from the village green that forms the town's civic heart. The town itself is rural, slow-growing, and predominantly white, with a historical base of light industry, farming, and trade that has gradually given way to a tourism-oriented economy built around Joe's Pond, the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail, and covered bridges. The community clusters around a classic New England green surrounded by a church, library, town hall, post office, shops, and restaurants, while the surrounding countryside remains open and sparsely settled.

The student body is modest in size and overwhelmingly white, with only a handful of students identifying as Asian, Black, Hispanic, or multiracial. About half of the students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The school does not operate as a charter or magnet. Data on individualized education programs, English learner status, staffing ratios, course access, discipline, and attendance was not available in the provided materials, so those dimensions of school life cannot be characterized here.

On state assessments from the most recent reported year, Danville School's results paint a mixed picture that differs sharply by subject. English language arts is the stronger area, particularly in the middle grades. Proficiency in seventh and eighth grade ELA reaches about two-thirds of tested students, and sixth grade is not far behind. The upper elementary grades in ELA are more modest, with roughly four in ten students meeting proficiency in fourth and fifth grade, and about three in ten in third grade. Math tells a different story. Across all tested grades, math proficiency sits below a third of students, with some grades closer to one in five or one in six. The highest math proficiency appears in seventh grade, reaching just over a third of tested students. Science results fall in between, with fifth grade at about a third proficient and eighth grade at about half. A parent weighing these results may want to look into the school's math curriculum and support structures, as the gap between ELA and math performance is consistent across grade levels.

No multi-year trend data was available, so it is not possible to say whether these results represent improvement, decline, or stability over time. Graduation rate data was also not provided. The comparison set among Caledonia County districts was too small to produce a meaningful proficiency index, so the school's standing relative to its neighbors cannot be stated from this data. Rental market data for the area was not available either.

The housing market in Danville is relatively affordable compared to both state and national benchmarks, with typical home values sitting below the Vermont median and the national figure. The price-to-income ratio sits at a level that suggests moderate affordability by national standards, though current mortgage rates remain elevated. The town's housing stock is largely rural and residential, with no major new developments identified in recent publicly reported sources. Growth has been slow, and recent investment has centered on community and tourism infrastructure rather than residential expansion.

Danville School offers the continuity of a pre-K-through-twelve setting in a single building, which some families value for its cohesion and familiarity. The tradeoff is that a school this size has limited capacity for specialized programming, and the academic data shows real unevenness, particularly in mathematics. The ELA results in the upper grades are a genuine bright spot. Families considering Danville would be looking at a quiet, rural community with strong civic life centered on the village green, affordable housing relative to the broader region, and a small school where the academic picture is mixed and where questions about math instruction and secondary-level options would be worth raising directly with the school.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

80-89%Cohort of 39 students · Class of 2021

The federal source publishes a banded range instead of an exact rate when the graduating cohort is small enough that an exact number could risk identifying individual students.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

56 schools plotted. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Math

Grade 317%

School 17% · district not reported

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 423%

School 23% · district not reported

▼ 5 pts below state median

Grade 530%

School 30% · district not reported

▼ 5 pts below state median

Grade 626%

School 26% · district not reported

▼ 19 pts below state median

Grade 737%

School 37% · district not reported

▼ 4 pts below state median

Grade 820%

School 20% · district not reported

▼ 13 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 330%

School 30% · district not reported

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 443%

School 43% · district not reported

▼ 11 pts below state median

Grade 540%

School 40% · district not reported

▼ 8 pts below state median

Grade 658%

School 58% · district not reported

▲ 5 pts above state median

Grade 767%

School 67% · district not reported

▲ 8 pts above state median

Grade 867%

School 67% · district not reported

▲ 8 pts above state median

Science

Grade 535%

School 35% · district not reported

▼ 9 pts below state median

Grade 852%

School 52% · district not reported

▲ 14 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-income17%Higher-income46%29 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income33%Higher-income58%25 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income18%Higher-income61%43 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income72%Higher-income71%1 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income8%Higher-income27%19 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income17%Higher-income33%17 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income9%Higher-income33%24 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income36%Higher-income57%21 pp gap