Thaddeus Stevens School
under 1 mi ✓ Vermont Town Tuitioning (Act 73 eligible) Grades PreK-8 18 students 4.1 students per teacher Nonsectarian Co-ed
Private schools in East Burke, VT
3 schools in East Burke itself and 4 more within 12 miles. 5 of them are on the state’s Town tuitioning list. In a tuitioning town, your district pays tuition to an eligible school you choose.
East Burke private schools at a glance
East Burke has 3 private schools of its own, and 4 more are within 12 miles. They are Thaddeus Stevens School, East Burke School and Burke Mountain Academy. In East Burke itself: 3 nonsectarian; 1 teaches elementary grades and 2 teach high school. Counting the 4 nearby, there are 7 in all: 1 other Christian and 6 nonsectarian; 3 teach elementary grades and 5 teach high school. All of them are co-ed. Of the 4 high schools that reported it, the typical one sends 45% of graduates on to a 4-year college (2023-24 federal survey). The typical school has about 50 students and 6.3 students per teacher (2023-24 federal survey). 5 are on the official Town tuitioning list, 3 of them in East Burke.
Private schools in East Burke (3)
Schools that give East Burke as their address come first, then the 4 more within 12 miles. In each group, schools on the official Town tuitioning list are first, then it goes by distance. No school can pay to change its place in this list or its badge.
Affiliation, co-ed or single-sex, association membership and the share of graduates going on to a 4-year college come from the 2023-24 federal Private School Universe survey.
No school in East Burke matches all of those.
East Burke School
under 1 mi ✓ Vermont Town Tuitioning (Act 73 eligible) Grades 9-12 10 students 4.3 students per teacher Nonsectarian Alternative Co-ed 0% to 4-year college
✓ Vermont Town Tuitioning (Act 73 eligible) Grades 8-12 67 students 6.3 students per teacher Nonsectarian Special program emphasis Co-ed 90% to 4-year college
Nearby, within 12 miles (4)
Schools in other towns within 12 miles of downtown East Burke.
No nearby school matches all of those.
Lyndon Institute
5 mi ✓ Vermont Town Tuitioning (Act 73 eligible) Grades 9-12 442 students 9.5 students per teacher Nonsectarian Career/technical Co-ed 45% to 4-year college
The Riverside School
6 mi ✓ Vermont Town Tuitioning (Act 73 eligible) Grades PreK-8 104 students 6.9 students per teacher Nonsectarian Co-ed
Grades K-9 18 students 9 students per teacher Seventh-Day Adventist Co-ed
Arlington Schhool (the)
12 mi Grades 8-12 50 students 4 students per teacher Nonsectarian Alternative Co-ed 0% to 4-year college
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Private school tuition near East Burke
We verified published tuition at one of these schools so far. Each figure comes from the school’s own website, and we link it on the school’s page. Ask the others for their full-year price.
| School | Published tuition | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Thaddeus Stevens School | $20,286 to $22,603 | 2026-27 |
Ranges run from the lowest to the highest grade band the school publishes. How private school tuition compares by state.
What Vermont pays, and what that leaves you
Vermont Town Tuitioning Scholarship
Tuition paid by your district Each independent school sets its own tuition today. Act 169 of 2026 limits yearly increases in publicly funded tuition from fiscal 2028, and a later foundation formula would set tuition by student.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 2, 2026. Sources and how to apply
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Questions parents ask
How many private schools are there in East Burke?
3 private schools give East Burke as their address: Thaddeus Stevens School, East Burke School and Burke Mountain Academy. Counting nearby towns, we list 7: 3 in East Burke and 4 within 12 miles of downtown. Together they enrolled about 709 students in the last federal survey (2023-24). The largest in East Burke is Burke Mountain Academy with 67 students. The largest within 12 miles is Lyndon Institute with 442 students.
Which East Burke private schools take Town tuitioning?
5 of the 7 schools on this page are on the state’s official Town tuitioning list, 3 of them in East Burke itself. They are marked with a green check and listed first in each group. The Vermont Agency of Education lists the 18 non-therapeutic independent schools still eligible to receive public tuition under Act 73. Therapeutic schools and public schools in other states also remain eligible. Schools marked with the badge here are on that list of 18; we match by exact school name.
Will Town tuitioning cover the whole tuition bill?
Sometimes, but do not count on it. In a tuitioning town, your district pays tuition to an eligible school you choose, and schools set their own prices. Ask each school for tuition plus fees, then use the calculator on this page to see what is left for you to pay.