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VERMONT INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS SURVEY

Executive Summary
What Do We Know About Independent Schools in America?
What Do We Know About Vermont’s Independent Schools?
SURVEY OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS
CONCLUSIONS
Table 1: Enrollments and Grades Taught
Table 2: Enrollments from Least to Most
Table 3: Tuition from Lowest to Highest
Table 4: Percentage of Students on Scholarship / Publicly Funded / Tuitioned
Table 5: Percentage of Minority / SpecialEducation Students
Table 6: Faculty and Staff
Table 7: Budgets

TUITION FROM LOWEST TO HIGHEST

Note: Many schools charge different tuitions for different grades. When grades (or other reasons) were specified for a particular tuition, they are noted on the table. Some schools provided a range of tuitions with no explanation for the different rates. The different tuitions are included but with no explanation of how they apply.
NAME OF SCHOOL
 2001-02 TUITION TUITION APPLIES TO 
(Grades or type of students)		 ALL GRADES TAUGHT 
AT SCHOOL
       
Ark Pre School $90/week   Prek, K
St. Johnsbury Seventh Day Adventist $150   1-8
Brownell Mt. School $180   k-8
St. Johnsbury Seventh Day Adventist $200   1-8
Christ Covenant School (Randolph) $300   1-12
Smugglers Notch Tutorial $800   7-12
MidVermont Christian School $910  Prek Prek-12
North Country Christian Academy $1,100  Prek-3-year-olds Prek-8
Newbury Christian School $1,150   K-12
Rutland Area Christian School $1,150  Prek Prek-11
Peacham Christian Academy $1,200   1-12
Smugglers Notch Tutorial $1,200   7-12
Mt. View Baptist $1,500   K-12
St. Paul’s School $1,600   K-8
Neighborhood Schoolhouse $1,782   Prek-8 
Rutland Area Christian School $1,800 K Prek-11
St. Joseph School $1,800   Prek-8
Websterville Baptist Christ. Sch. $2,000  Prek Prek-12
Harvest Christian School $2,000   6-12
MidVermont Christian School $2,060  K Prek-12 
North Country Christian Academy $2,175  Prek-4-year-olds Prek-8
North Country Christian Academy $2,175  K Prek-8
Christ the King School (Rutland) $2,200   Prek-8
Champlain Valley Christian $2,200   K-12
Holy Family School $2,200   K-5
United Christian Academy $2,250  K-6 K-12 
Websterville Baptist Christ. Sch. $2,300  K-6 Prek-12
St. Mary’s School $2,350   Prek-7
St. Joseph School $2,350   Prek-8
Montpelier Waldorf Child’s Garden $2,450   Prek, K
Saint Monica School $2,500   Prek-8
Saint Michael’s (Brattleboro) $2,600  Parish students Prk-8 
Rutland Area Christian School $2,650  1-6 Prek-11
United Christian Academy $2,650  7-12 K-12
The Country School of Randolph Ctr. $2,725   7-12 
Holy Family School $2,760   K-5
Websterville Baptist Christ. Sch. $2,800  7-12 Prek-12
St. Michael’s School (Montpelier) $2,800   K-8 
Saint Michael’s (Brattleboro) $2,800  Catholic students Prk-8 
Rutland Area Christian School $2,800  7-8 Prek-11
Saint Michael’s (Brattleboro) $3,000  Non Cath. students Prek-8
Bishop John A. Marshall $3,000   K-8
Christian Heritage School $3,100   K-12 
North Country Christian Academy $3,200  1-4 Prek-8
Rutland Area Christian School $3,200  9-11 Prek-11 
North Country Christian Academy $3,350  5-8 Prek-8
St. Mary’s School $3,500   Prek-7
Mount St. Joseph Academy $3,370   9-12
Christ the King (Burlington) $3,700   Prek-8
Montpelier Waldorf Child’s Garden $3,720   Prek, K
MidVermont Christian School $3,735 Jr. High students Prek-12
Open Fields School $3,800 K K-6
Open Fields School $4,000  1-6 K-6
Mount St. Joseph Academy $4,070    
MidVermont Christian School $4,095  H.S. students Prek-12
Mater Christi $4,095  1-8 Prek-8
Mater Christi $4,140 Prek, K Prek-8
Champlain Valley Christian $4,150   K-12
Meadowbrook School $4,200   K-6
Mary Johnson Children’s Center $4,290   K
Schoolhouse Learning Center, Inc. $4,400   K-6
Pathways Academy $4,700   Prek-8
Mountain View Community School $5,000   Prek-8
Hiland Hall School $5,040   nongraded
North Branch School $5,400   7-9
Lake Champlain Waldorf School $5,550  K K-9
The Bridge School $5,969   K-6
Annette’s Playschool $6,240   K
Rutland Learning Center $6,500   3-12
The Riverside School $6,700   4-8 
Lake Champlain Waldorf School $6,900  Grade school students K-9
Mt. Mansfield Winter Acad. $7,000   8-12
International Children’s School $7,000   Prek-3
Compass School $7,036   7-12
Sharon Academy $7,036  7-8 7-12
Neighborhood Schoolhouse $7,332   Prek-8
Sharon Academy $7,347  9-12 7-12
Mountain School Winhall $7,800  K-6 K-8
International Children’s School $8,000   Prek-3
Bellows Free Academy $8,081   9-12
Mountain School Winhall $8,100  7-8 K-8
Burr and Burton Academy $8,100   9-12
St. Johnsbury Academy $8,195   9-12
Maple Street School $9,450  K K-8
Maple Street School $9,700  1 K-8
Maple Street School $9,950  2 K-8
Maple Street School $10,200  3 K-8
Maple Street School $10,450  4 K-8
Maple Street School $10,700  5 K-8
Vermont Commons School $10,850   7-12 
Maple Street School $10,950  6 K-8
Maple Street School $11,200  7 K-8
Maple Street School $11,450  8 K-8
Lake Champlain Waldorf School $11,700  H.S. Students K-9
Gailer School $13,400   7-12
Mountain School of Milton Academy $13,475   11
Long Trail School $14,300   6-12
Brookhaven Learning Center* $18,825   k-8
Green Mountain Valley School (skiing) $19,100   9-12
Meadows Educational Ctr.* $19,470   k-12
Cornerstone School* $21,149   4-12
Jean Garvin School* $26,250   7-10
Vermont Achievement Center (Rutland) $28,620   1-12
Hull Crest* $29,000   9-12
The Greenwood School* $33,800   ungraded
     
* The overwhelming majority of students (often close to 100 percent) in these schools are special education, or special needs children.