School District Name School Choice Grades Towns
Mettawee School District 7 - 12 Pawlet, Rupert
Taconic & Green Regional School District 9 - 12 Danby, Dorset, Landgrove, Londonderry, Manchester, Mt Tabor, Peru, Sunderland, Weston
Winhall School District All Winhall
Caledonia Coop UUSD 9 - 12 Barnet, Walden, Waterford
Peachham 7 - 12 Peacham
Echo Valley Commuity School District 9 - 12 Orange, Washington
NEK Choice School District All Bloomfield, Brunsick, East Haven, Granby, Guildhall, Kirby, Lemington, Maidstone, Norton, Victory
Averill All Averill
Avery's Gore All Avery's Gore
Ferdinand All Ferdinand
Lewis All Lewis
Warner's Grant All Warner's Grant
Warren's Gore All Warren's Gore
Northern Mountain Valley Unified Union School District 9 - 12 Bakersfield, Berkshire, Montgomery, Sheldon
Fletcher School District 7 - 12 Fletcher
Georgia School District 9 - 12 Georgia
Alburgh School District 9 - 12 Alburgh
Champlain Islands Unified Union School District 7 - 12 Grand Isle, Isle la Motte, North Hero
South Hero School District 9 - 12 South Hero
Ira School District All Ira
Rutland Town School District 9 - 12 Rutland Town
Wells Springs Unified Union School District 7 - 12 Middletown Springs, Wells
Kingdom East Unified Union School District 9 - 12 Burke, Concord, Lunenburg, Lyndon, Newark, Sheffield, Sutton, Wheelock
Lincoln School District 7 - 12 Lincoln
Buel's Gore All Buel's Gore
Coventry School District 9 - 12 Coventry
Holland School District All Holland
Morgan School District K - 6 Morgan
Thetford School District 7 - 12 Designated Thetford Academy Thetford
Waits River Valley Union School District 9 - 12 Corinth, Topsham
Stannard School District 7 - 12 Stannard
Wolcott School District 7 - 12 Wolcott
Barstow Unified Union School District 9 - 12 Chittenden, Mendon
North Bennington ID K - 6 (North Bennington)
Sandgate School District All Sandgate
St Johnsbury School District 9 - 12 St Johnsbury
Ludlow-Mt Holly Unified Union School District 7 - 12 Ludlow, Mount Holly
First Branch Unified School District 9 - 12 Chelsea, Tunbridge
Granville-Hancock Unified District All Granville, Hancock
Rochester-Stockbridge Unified District 7 - 12 Rochester, Stockbridge
Sharon School District 7 - 12 Sharon
Strafford School District 9 - 12 Strafford
Marlboro School District 9 - 12 Marlboro
River Valleys Unified School District 7 - 12 Dover, Wardsboro
Stratton School District All Stratton
Windham Northeast Union Elementary School District 7 - 8 Athens, Grafton, Westminster
Vernon School District 7 - 12 Vernon
Searsburg School District All Searsburg
Stamford School District 9 - 12 Stamford
Halifax 9 - 12 Halifax
Pittsfield School District All Pittsfield
Hartland School District 9 - 12 Hartland
Weathersfield School District 9 - 12 Weathersfield

Vermont’s school choice / town tuition program

For over 100 years, rural Vermont communities that don’t operate their own public schools have provided students with a unique form of school choice through the “town tuition program.”

The town tuition program provides these students with the opportunity to attend a public or approved independent school of their choice.

School districts that do not operate their own public schools for some or all grades are known as “non operating” or “partially operating” districts. Full school choice is only available in these non operating or partially operating districts for the grades that the school district does not operate in its own public school.

If a town becomes a member of a school district that operates one or more public schools for a particular grade level, students in that town lose school choice for that grade level. Consolidation of school districts, as contemplated by Act 73, would likely result in configurations where many towns would lose school choice. That’s why we, as parents, need to stay informed and make our voices heard.

The following is a summary of school districts that currently have school choice for some or all grade levels, based on information published by the Vermont Agency of Education.