Statewide, about 80 percent of our children live in communities that educate their youth in schools that operate at all grade levels. These schools include small-town elementary schools, and both town-based high schools and larger union high schools.
These larger union schools - like Rivendell, CVU and North Country - were created when smaller communities came together to provide greater opportunities for their children.
The remainder our children live in communities that tuition their children in all grades or that operate some grades and pay tuition for the others.
Tuition students represent approximately 7 percent of all students statewide. Instead of working with neighbors to build a school, these small communities chose to educate their children in some or all grades by paying tuition to other schools.