Christ the King School
under 1 mi Grades PreK-8 171 students 14.7 students per teacher Roman Catholic Co-ed
Private schools in Rutland, VT
5 schools in Rutland itself and 1 more within 12 miles. 1 of them is on the state’s Town tuitioning list. In a tuitioning town, your district pays tuition to an eligible school you choose.
Rutland private schools at a glance
Rutland has 5 private schools of its own, and 1 more is within 12 miles. In Rutland itself: 2 Catholic, 1 other Christian and 2 nonsectarian; 3 teach elementary grades and 4 teach high school. 1 is all-boys; the rest are co-ed. The typical school has about 79 students and 6.8 per teacher (2023-24 federal survey). 1 is on the official Town tuitioning list.
2 Catholic
6.8 students per teacher, typical
3 in a school association
Private schools in Rutland (5)
Schools that give Rutland as their address come first, then the 1 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 Rutland matches all of those.
Rutland Area Christian School
under 1 mi Grades PreK-12 79 students 6.8 students per teacher Christian (nondenominational) Co-ed
Mount St. Joseph Academy
under 1 mi Grades 9-12 83 students 11.9 students per teacher Roman Catholic Co-ed 90% to 4-year college
Fay Honey Knopp Memorial School
under 1 mi Grades 9-11 Under 10 K-12 students Nonsectarian Alternative All-boys
Grades 1-12 22 students 4.5 students per teacher Nonsectarian Special education Co-ed
Nearby, within 12 miles (1)
Schools in other towns within 12 miles of downtown Rutland.
No nearby school matches all of those.
✓ Vermont Town Tuitioning (Act 73 eligible) Grades 7-12 61 students 4.2 students per teacher Nonsectarian Special program emphasis Co-ed 88% to 4-year college
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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 Rutland?
5 private schools give Rutland as their address: Christ the King School, Rutland Area Christian School, Mount St. Joseph Academy, Fay Honey Knopp Memorial School and Sheldon Academy of Vermont Achievement Center. Counting nearby towns, we list 6: 5 in Rutland and 1 within 12 miles of downtown. Together they enrolled about 420 students in the last federal survey (2023-24). The largest in Rutland is Christ the King School with 171 students.
Which Rutland private schools take Town tuitioning?
1 of the 6 schools on this page is on the state’s official Town tuitioning list, 0 of them in Rutland itself. It is 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.