The school serves the city of Vergennes, as well as the towns of Addison, Ferrisburgh, Panton, and Waltham.

Aside from over 31 rooms, the school's main structural features are a cafeteria, library, auditorium (renovated 2014), two gymnasiums, a computer center, a wood and metal shop, a chorus room, and an acoustic music rehearsal chamber.

Writing (PBGR 7) I use written communication and appropriate technical language for a variety of audiences and purposes.

We challenge ourselves Extracurricular activities include sports, the Commodore Jazz Band, pep band, the Commodore singers choral group, an annual musical theater production, the math team, the Green Team, and the FFA.

An alternative learning program called the Walden Project takes place in Monkton and is run through the Willowell Foundation.

Sports include cheerleading, lacrosse, indoor and outdoor track and field, soccer, basketball, baseball, wrestling, golf, rowing, and cross country running.

Cross country, indoor track and field, and bass fishing are Division II Athletic teams from Vergennes Union High School have won multiple state championships over the years: In 1979, the Vergennes Union High School Board of Directors ordered the removal of two books, The Wanderers and Dog Day Afternoon, from the school library's collection.