Vergennes Uhsd #5 High School - Vergennes, Vermont/VT

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Vergennes Uhsd #5 High School

50 Monkton Rd, Vergennes, VT, 05491-1337 -

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Definition of Terms

Vergennes Uhsd #5 High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 7 - 12

County

Addison County, VT

Students & Faculty

Total Students

659 students

% Male / % Female

51% / 49%

Total Classroom Teachers

51 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 7 - 89 students

Grade 8 - 108 students

Grade 9 - 116 students

Grade 10 - 115 students

Grade 11 - 111 students

Grade 12 - 120 students

This School

(VT) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:13

1:12

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(VT) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	1%	1%
% Hispanic	1%	n/a
% Black	1%	1%
% White	97%	94%

Additional Student Information

This School

(VT) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

11%

13%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

(VT) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Vergennes Uhsd #5 School District

This School's Agency

(VT) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	1	2
Number of Students Managed	659 students	804 students
District Total Revenue	$7,071,000	$10,019,000
District Expenditure	$6,898,000	$9,811,000
District Revenue / Student	$10,730	$12,461
District Expenditure / Student	$10,467	$12,203
District Graduation Rates	86%	92%

Vergennes Union High School is a high school/junior high school of about 700 students in Vergennes, Vermont, United States. The school serves the city of Vergennes, as well as the towns of Addison, Ferrisburgh, Panton, and Waltham. This group of towns are part of the Addison Northwest Supervisory Union.
Campus
The school's main structural features, outside of containing over 30 rooms, are a cafeteria, library, auditorium, two gymnasiums, two computer centers, the Senior Circle Lounge and an acoustic music rehearsal chamber.
Student life
There are various extracurricular activities such as sports, a knitting club, jazz band, German club and the FFA. Students stage an annual musical production.
Athletics
The school competes in Division II, except where noted. Sports include lacrosse, Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field, soccer, basketball, baseball, wrestling, and golf.
Recognition
Athletic teams from Vergennes Union High School have won multiple state championships over the years:
Cross Country Running (5): 1952-53, 1959-60, 1960-61, 1962-63, 1968-69 (Division I)
Boys Soccer (1): 1982-83 (Division II)
Girls Soccer (4): 1983-84, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2006-07
Boys Basketball (3): 1968-69, 1984-85, 2000-01 (Division II) Basketball Champions, Vermont Principals Association. Accessed December 25, 2007.
Girls Basketball (2): 2004-05, 2005-06 (Division II) "Keeping off floor dulls celebration", Barre Montpelier Times Argus, March 23, 2005. Accessed December 25, 2007. "Last Saturday night I had the pleasure of watching the Vergennes Union High School girls basketball team win its first state championship."
Cheerleading (5); 1987-88, 1988-89, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09 (Division II) Cheerleading Champions, Vermont Principals Association. Accessed December 25, 2007.
Wrestling (2): 1970-71 (Division I); 1974-75 (Division II) Wrestling Champions, Vermont Principals Association. Accessed December 25, 2007.
Baseball (1): 2006-07 (Division II) Baseball Champions, Vermont Principals Association. Accessed December 25, 2007.
Softball (1): 1975-76 (Division II) Softball Champions, Vermont Principals Association. Accessed December 25, 2007.
Bicknell v. Vergennes Union High School
In 1979, the Vergennes Union High School Board of Directors ordered the removal of two books,The Wanderers and Dog Day Afternoon, from the school library's collection.The school librarian Elizabeth Phillips and others challenged the removal in the federal court caseBicknell v. Vergennes Union High School. A U.S. District Court judge dismissed the caseholding that school boards had the final authority to determine the inclusion or removal ofworks from school library collections. In 1980, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld the dismissal.
Notable alumni
Constance T. Houston, Vermont State Representative 1993-2006
External links
VUHS link

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