Jean Garvin School
under 1 mi Grades 7-12 42 students 3 students per teacher Nonsectarian Special education Co-ed 0% to 4-year college
Private schools in Williston, VT
3 schools in Williston itself and 9 more within 6 miles. In a tuitioning town, your district pays tuition to an eligible school you choose.
Williston private schools at a glance
Williston has 3 private schools of its own, and 9 more are within 6 miles. They are Jean Garvin School, Trinity Baptist School and The Bellwether School. In Williston itself: 1 other Christian and 2 nonsectarian; 2 teach elementary grades and 2 teach high school. Counting the 9 nearby, there are 12 in all: 3 Catholic, 1 other Christian, 7 nonsectarian and 1 of other faiths; 9 teach elementary grades and 4 teach high school; 1 is Montessori. All of them are co-ed. 3 report membership in a school association, most often the National Catholic Educational Association (2023-24 federal survey). Of the 4 high schools that reported it, the typical one sends 50% of graduates on to a 4-year college (2023-24 federal survey). The typical school has about 53 students and 8 students per teacher (2023-24 federal survey).
3 Catholic
8 students per teacher, typical
Private schools in Williston (3)
Schools that give Williston as their address come first, then the 9 more within 6 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 Williston matches all of those.
Trinity Baptist School
under 1 mi Grades K-12 101 students 13.5 students per teacher Baptist Co-ed 50% to 4-year college
Grades PreK-5 24 students 8 students per teacher Nonsectarian Alternative Co-ed
Nearby, within 6 miles (9)
Schools in other towns within 6 miles of downtown Williston.
No nearby school matches all of those.
Mill School (the)
4 mi Grades 6-12 30 students 3.8 students per teacher Nonsectarian Special education Co-ed 0% to 4-year college
Grades PreK-8 53 students 7.7 students per teacher Nonsectarian Co-ed
Mater Christi School
5 mi Grades PreK-8 270 students 8.2 students per teacher Roman Catholic Co-ed
Grades PreK-8 172 students 13.7 students per teacher Roman Catholic Co-ed
Tamim Academy of VT
5 mi Grades K-5 25 students 5.8 students per teacher Jewish Montessori Co-ed
Grades PreK-5 25 students 6.2 students per teacher Nonsectarian Co-ed
Grades PreK-8 164 students 10.1 students per teacher Roman Catholic Co-ed
Grades 6-12 105 students 8.1 students per teacher Nonsectarian Special program emphasis Co-ed 100% to 4-year college
Baird School
5 mi Grades K-8 46 students 2.8 students per teacher Nonsectarian Special education Co-ed
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Private school tuition near Williston
We verified published tuition at 2 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mater Christi School | $14,600 to $15,600 | 2026-27 |
| Davis Community School | $17,500 | 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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- Catholic schools in Williston (3)
- Special education schools in Williston (3)
- Private high schools in Williston (4)
- Private elementary schools in Williston (9)
- Private middle schools in Williston (9)
- Private schools with pre-K in Williston (6)
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- Private schools in South Burlington (4 mi)
- Private schools in Burlington (7 mi)
- Vermont Town Tuitioning: amount and eligibility
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Questions parents ask
How many private schools are there in Williston?
3 private schools give Williston as their address: Jean Garvin School, Trinity Baptist School and The Bellwether School. Counting nearby towns, we list 12: 3 in Williston and 9 within 6 miles of downtown. Together they enrolled about 1,057 students in the last federal survey (2023-24). The largest in Williston is Trinity Baptist School with 101 students. The largest within 6 miles is Mater Christi School with 270 students.
Which Williston private schools take Town tuitioning?
0 of the 12 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.