Grades 2-8 32 students 2.8 students per teacher Nonsectarian Alternative Co-ed
Private schools in Westminster, VT
3 schools in Westminster itself and 4 more within 12 miles. In a tuitioning town, your district pays tuition to an eligible school you choose.
Westminster private schools at a glance
Westminster has 3 private schools of its own, and 4 more are within 12 miles. They are Kurn Hattin Homes for Children, Kurn Hattin Homes and Compass School. In Westminster itself: 3 nonsectarian; 2 teach elementary grades and 1 teaches high school. Counting the 4 nearby, there are 7 in all: 7 nonsectarian; 4 teach elementary grades and 4 teach high school. 1 is all-boys; the rest are co-ed. Of the 3 high schools that reported it, the typical one sends 67% of graduates on to a 4-year college (2023-24 federal survey). The typical school has about 61 students and 4.6 students per teacher (2023-24 federal survey).
Private schools in Westminster (3)
Schools that give Westminster 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 Westminster matches all of those.
Kurn Hattin Homes
1 mi Grades 2-8 61 students 5.3 students per teacher Nonsectarian Co-ed
Compass School
3 mi Grades 7-12 62 students 4.6 students per teacher Nonsectarian Alternative Co-ed 67% to 4-year college
Nearby, within 12 miles (4)
Schools in other towns within 12 miles of downtown Westminster.
No nearby school matches all of those.
Vermont Academy
5 mi Grades 9-12 201 students 6.9 students per teacher Nonsectarian Co-ed 99% to 4-year college
The Grammar School
7 mi Grades PreK-8 96 students 7.9 students per teacher Nonsectarian Alternative Co-ed
The Greenwood School
9 mi Grades 6-12 42 students 2.2 students per teacher Nonsectarian Special education Co-ed 36% to 4-year college
Kindle Farm School
11 mi Grades 4-12 47 students 3.1 students per teacher Nonsectarian Special education All-boys
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Private school tuition near Westminster
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vermont Academy | $43,900 | 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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- Private high schools in Westminster (4)
- Private elementary schools in Westminster (4)
- Private middle schools in Westminster (6)
- All schools in Windham County
- Private schools in Brattleboro (16 mi)
- Private schools in Bennington (39 mi)
- Vermont Town Tuitioning: amount and eligibility
- All Vermont Town Tuitioning schools
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Most programs open once a year, and several ran out of money or seats in 2026. Pick your state (you are looking at Westminster) and we will email you the day the next window opens, with the official link. That is the only email you get.
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Questions parents ask
How many private schools are there in Westminster?
3 private schools give Westminster as their address: Kurn Hattin Homes for Children, Kurn Hattin Homes and Compass School. Counting nearby towns, we list 7: 3 in Westminster and 4 within 12 miles of downtown. Together they enrolled about 541 students in the last federal survey (2023-24). The largest in Westminster is Compass School with 62 students. The largest within 12 miles is Vermont Academy with 201 students.
Which Westminster private schools take Town tuitioning?
0 of the 7 schools on this page are on the state’s official Town tuitioning list. 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.