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Located in southwestern Vermont, the West Rutland School enrolls about 400 students from West Rutland and a few surrounding towns. The school serves all students from grade K-12 and also houses an early essential education (EEE) classroom in the building. WRS is a member of the Rutland Central Supervisory, which serves the administrative needs of Proctor and Rutland Town in addition to West Rutland.

WRS offers a complete academic program, including several alternative programs, and WRS students attend the Stafford Technical Center which is about 6 miles away in Rutland City. In addition, the school has a strong music program with ample opportunities for students to perform in a number of venues during the school year, and the school fields teams which complete in the Vermont Principals' Association Division IV. During the 2004-2005 school year, WRS teams competed for 4 state championships, winning the first ever soccer championship for a WRS team, and the WRS marching band was named "Best Costumed Marching Band" in the Rutland Recreation Department's Halloween Parade.

As a community dedicated to improving the opportunities for young people, the school has implemented a number of initiatives in recent years, and the community continues to consider hwo it can best serve the community's young people. Among the recent initiatives are:

- Full-day kindergarten
- Participation in Virtual High School (a distance learning school for high school students)
- Installation of wireless Ethernet throughout the building (this is expected to be completed by June 2006)
- Participation in High Schools on the Move