Number of Students 708

International Students 40 (from Germany, Japan, South Korea, Finland, Spain, Poland, Austria, and Taiwan)

Faculty 66
Faculty members holding advanced degrees 60 percent
Faculty/Student Ratio 10/1 in core subjects

Academic Courses 155
Advanced Placement Courses 10

Graduation Requirements 28 credits, 19 from core courses

Community Service Requirement Two Service Learning projects per year for underclassmen and 50 hours of
volunteer activity in the community for upperclassmen.

Extracurricular Activities Over 60 percent of students participate in after-school activities including sports and 22 clubs representing a wide variety of interests

Interscholastic Varsity Sports 14
State Division II Championships since 2000 26

Average Percentage Attending College 83 percent

Highly Selective College Acceptances Over the Past Five Years
Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Middlebury, Princeton, Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute, Rhode Island School of Design, Smith, Stanford, University of Chicago, University of Michigan, University of Southern California, University of Virginia, Vassar, Wesleyan, Wellesley, Williams

Highlights

A CNN satellite link is in place giving students access to live continuous news feed which they use in their television news shows.

The Jonathan Levin Center for Media Arts & Sciences is home to the satellite studio of Vermont Public Radio.

The Vermont Business Roundtable named Burr and Burton the Gold Medallion Secondary School for 2004-2005 for its exceptional academic achievement.

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