Vermont Public School Enrollment Distribution
Vermont’s
public school students are not distributed evenly
across towns. The
top 10% of towns by
enrollment (roughly 25) account for 40% of all students statewide,
while the
bottom 50% of towns by enrollment account for 16% of all students.
The graph below arranges towns from highest public school enrollment
(on the left) to lowest public school enrollment (on the right).
The "height" of each point on the graph represents the enrollment
for that town, as measured by Average Daily Members (ADM). As you
can see, a relatively small number of towns with large enrollments
account for a sizeable portion of Vermont's students (i.e. the
left-most portion of the graph), but collectively, the much larger
group of towns with 500 or fewer students account for an eqaul portion
of Vermont's students.
Copyright (C) 2006 by Ken Dufort