Vermont State Card (Updated 3/13/2008)
The state card provides a statistical snapshot of high schools for that state and includes data on funding, teachers' salaries, graduation rates, college readiness, and academic achievement. Where applicable, statewide numbers are compared to the national average and include national rankings.
Potential Economic Impacts of Improved Education on Vermont
This economic impact fact sheet helps policymakers and the public understand the extent of the economic costs to society of an educational system that serves so many students poorly. It also provides an overview of the potential economic benefits that a state could enjoy were it to invest in a high school system that prepares all high school students for graduation and success after high school.
Promoting Power
How does your local high school measure up? View the complete list of high schools in your state or congressional district and their Promoting Power.
Vermont's Ten Largest School Districts
The chart provides graduation rate calculations for the state's ten largest school districts by enrollment. The chart provides an overall graduation rate for the school district and also breaks down graduation rates by student subgroup when available.
Education News from Vermont
HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS COST VERMONT MILLIONS IN LOST WAGES:
If the nearly 1,700 high school dropouts from the Class of 2008 had earned their diplomas instead of dropping out, Vermont’s economy would have seen an additional $439 million in wages over these students’ lifetimes. More information and a chart with state-by-state breakdown for all fifty states and the District of Columbia is available at http://www.all4ed.org/files/HighCost.pdf.
VERMONT’S ECONOMY COULD SEE MILLIONS IN WEALTH ACCUMULATION BY RAISING THE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATE:
If the high school dropouts who currently head households in Vermont had earned their diplomas, the state’s economy would have benefited from an additional $116 million in wealth accumulated by families. More information, as well as a chart with state-by-state breakdown for all fifty states and the District of Columbia, is available at http://www.all4ed.org/files/hiddenbenefits.pdf.
VERMONT COULD SAVE MILLIONS IN HEALTH CARE COSTS BY RAISING HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATES
If all of the students in Vermont who are estimated to drop out of school this year earn diplomas instead, the state could save more than $19 million over the course of those young people’s lifetimes. More information, as well as a chart with state-by-state breakdown for all fifty states and the District of Columbia, is available at http://www.all4ed.org/files/HandW.pdf.
VERMONT SPENDS MILLIONS ANNUALLY ON REMEDIAL EDUCATION FOR RECENT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES
Vermont spends over $5 million each year to provide community college remediation education for recent high school graduates who did not acquire the basic skills necessary to succeed in college or at work. More information, as well as a chart with state-by-state breakdown for all fifty states and the District of Columbia, is available at http://www.all4ed.org/files/remediation.pdf.
FIVE PERCENT INCREASE IN MALE GRADUATION RATE COULD SAVE VERMONT MILLIONS IN CRIME-RELATED SPENDING
Were Vermont to increase the graduation rate and college matriculation of its male students by only 5 percent, the state could see combined savings and revenue of almost $9 million each year. More information, as well as a chart with state-by-state breakdown for all fifty states and the District of Columbia, is available at http://www.all4ed.org/files/SavingFutures.pdf.
TEACHER TURNOVER COULD COST VERMONT MILLIONS ANNUALLY
More than 1,103 teachers in Vermont will not be returning to the schools where they taught last year. What’s more, replacing these individuals could cost the state up to $12 million. More information, as well as a chart with state-by-state breakdown for all fifty states and the District of Columbia, is available at http://www.all4ed.org/files/TeacherAttrition.pdf.