The school serves the towns of Charlotte, Hinesburg, Shelburne, St. George, and Williston.

[2] CVU was established in 1964 to serve the Chittenden County towns outside of Burlington.

It is currently the largest high school by enrollment in the state of Vermont.

The CVU Redhawks have met the Rice Memorial Green Knights in the boys basketball state semi-finals for two consecutive years.

In 2022, CVU finished as the second seeded team in the Vermont division 1 boys basketball season, and had two players be named to the Free Press metro division first and second team.