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There wereno Vermont school districts among America's largest school districts by enrollment holding elections in 2014. The state does not have any districts among the top 1,000 districts by enrollment in the United States.

## Contents

* 1 State profile
* 1.1 Presidential voting pattern
* 1.1.1 Pivot Counties (2016)
* 1.1.2 Pivot Counties (2020)
* 1.2 Academic performance
* 1.2.1 NAEP scores
* 1.2.2 Graduation, ACT and SAT scores
* 1.2.3 Dropout rate
* 2 See also
* 3 Footnotes

## State profile[edit]

Demographic data for Vermont

| Vermont| U.S.
Total population:| 626,088| 316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):| 9,217| 3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White:| 94.9%| 73.6%
Black/African American:| 1.1%| 12.6%
Asian:| 1.4%| 5.1%
Native American:| 0.3%| 0.8%
Pacific Islander:| 0%| 0.2%
Two or more:| 1.9%| 3%
Hispanic/Latino:| 1.7%| 17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:| 91.8%| 86.7%
College graduation rate:| 36%| 29.8%
Income
Median household income:| $55,176| $53,889
Persons below poverty level:| 13.2%| 11.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015)
Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Vermont.

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**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

### Presidential voting pattern[edit]

See also: Presidential voting trends in Vermont

Vermont voted for the Democratic candidate in all seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.

#### Pivot Counties (2016)

Ballotpedia identified 206 counties that voted for Donald Trump (R) in 2016 after voting for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012. Collectively, Trump won these Pivot Counties by more than 580,000 votes. Of these 206 counties, one is located in Vermont, accounting for 0.5 percent of the total pivot counties.[1]

#### Pivot Counties (2020)

In 2020, Ballotpedia re-examined the 206 Pivot Counties to view their voting patterns following that year's presidential election. Ballotpedia defined those won by Trump won as Retained Pivot Counties and those won by Joe Biden (D) as Boomerang Pivot Counties. Nationwide, there were 181 Retained Pivot Counties and 25 Boomerang Pivot Counties. Vermont had one Retained Pivot County, 0.55 percent of all Retained Pivot Counties.

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### Academic performance[edit]

See also: Public education in Vermont
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#### NAEP scores[edit]

See also: NAEP scores by state

The National Center for Education Statistics provides state-by-state data on student achievement levels in mathematics and reading in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Compared to three neighboring states (Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire), Vermont has the second smallest share of fourth grade students who scored at or above proficient in math.[2]

Percent of students scoring at or above proficient, 2012-2013

| Math - Grade 4 | Math - Grade 8 | Reading - Grade 4 | Reading - Grade 8
Vermont | 52% | 47% | 42% | 45%
Maine | 47% | 40% | 37% | 38%
Massachusetts | 58% | 55% | 47% | 48%
New Hampshire | 59% | 47% | 45% | 44%
U.S. average | 41% | 34% | 34% | 34%
Source: United States Department of Education, ED Data Express, "State Tables," accessed May 13, 2014

#### Graduation, ACT and SAT scores[edit]

See also: Graduation rates by groups in state and ACT and SAT scores in the U.S.

The following table shows the graduation rates and average composite ACT and SAT scores for Vermont and surrounding states during the 2012-2013 school year. All statements made in this section refer to that school year.[2][3][4]

Comparison table for graduation rates and test scores*

State  | Graduation rate, 2012  | Average ACT composite, 2012  | Average SAT composite, 2013
Percent  | Quintile ranking**  | Score  | Participation rate  | Score  | Participation rate
Vermont | 88% | First | 23 | 28% | 1,540 | 61%
Maine | 85% | Second | 23.4 | 9% | 1,380 | 95%
Massachusetts | 85% | Second | 24.1 | 23% | 1,553 | 83%
New Hampshire | 86% | First | 23.8 | 19% | 1,567 | 70%
U.S. average | 80% | 21.1 | 1,498
*Regulatory Adjusted Cohort Rate (except for Idaho, Kentucky, Oklahoma, which did not report “Regulatory Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate,” but instead used their own method of calculation).
**Graduation rates for states in the first quintile ranked in the top 20 percent nationally. Similarly, graduation rates for states in the fifth quintile ranked in the bottom 20 percent nationally.
Source: United States Department of Education, ED Data Express

#### Dropout rate[edit]

See also: Public high school dropout rates by state for a full comparison of dropout rates by group in all states

The high school event dropout rate indicates the proportion of students who were enrolled at some time during the school year and were expected to be enrolled in grades 9–12 in the following school year but were not enrolled by October 1 of the following school year. Students who have graduated, transferred to another school, died, moved to another country, or who are out of school due to illness are not considered dropouts. The average public high school event dropout rate for the United States remained constant at 3.3 percent for both school year 2010–11 and school year 2011–12. The event dropout rate for Vermont was lower than the national average at 2.5 percent in the 2010-2011 school year, and 2.5 percent in the 2011-2012 school year.[5]

## See also[edit]

* List of school board elections in 2014
* School board elections, 2014
* Public education in Vermont

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ The raw data for this study was provided by Dave Leip of Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 United States Department of Education, ED Data Express, "State Tables," accessed May 13, 2014
3. ↑ ACT, "2012 ACT National and State Scores," accessed May 13, 2014
4. ↑ Commonwealth Foundation, "SAT Scores by State 2013," October 10, 2013
5. ↑ United States Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Common Core of Data (CCD), State Dropout and Graduation Rate Data File, School Year 2010-11, Provision Version 1a and School Year 2011-12, Preliminary Version 1a," accessed May 13, 2014

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