A vibrant learning community for grades 7 -12 in Westminster, Vermont, Compass is a small school dedicated to the success of every student.
Founded in 1997 as an innovative educational option accessible to all, our founding principles continue to guide everything we do.
Over the past 20 years, we’ve enrolled over 1000 students from 30 surrounding towns in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts.
Our small school is the perfect place to get inspired, take risks, learn from mistakes, get invested in your education, and be surprised by what you can do.
Developing strong thinkers, problem solvers, communicators, and collaborative workers with the ability to adapt to changing conditions — that's our goal for all Compass students.
Compass graduates have an excellent college acceptance rate at top schools and have won millions of dollars in merit-based scholarship awards.