Best Elementary Schools in New Hampshire

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 234)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
330299000115	151	Charlestown Primary School	Public	PK, KG-4	84 E. Street Ext.	Charlestown	03603	Sullivan County	Fall Mountain Regional School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 826-3694	218	23	9.5	46.8%	205 (94.0%)	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.4%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.7%)	$18,865							38.8	38.8	157	6
330672000436	152	Pollard Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	120 Main St.	Plaistow	03865	Rockingham County	Timberlane Regional School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 382-7146	469	38	12.5	7.9%	385 (82.1%)	2 (0.4%)	40 (8.5%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (7.9%)	$18,886							38.4	48.1	126	26
330456000238	153	Madison Elementary School	Public	K-6	2069 Village Rd.	Madison	03849	Carroll County	Madison School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 367-4642	124	13	9.9	38.7%	119 (96.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.4%)	1 (0.8%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$35,203							38.2	46	131	22
330156000010	154	Ashland Elementary School	Public	K-8	16 Education Dr.	Ashland	03217	Grafton County	Ashland School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 968-7622	159	20	7.8	32.7%	154 (96.9%)	1 (0.6%)	1 (0.6%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.3%)	$21,807							37.4	44	141	13
330489000300	155	Gilsum STEAM Academy	Public	K-6	640 Route 10	Gilsum	03448	Cheshire County	Monadnock Regional School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 352-2226	52	5	10.4	44.2%	47 (90.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.9%)	4 (7.7%)	$19,944							37.4	14.4	217	62
330492000307	156	Monroe Consolidated School	Public	PK, KG-8	77 Woodsville Rd.	Monroe	03771	Grafton County	Monroe School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 638-2800	92	12	7.6	25.0%	86 (93.5%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$32,425							36.9			(n/a)
330150000008	157	Andover Elementary School	Public	K-8	20 School St.	Andover	03216	Merrimack County	Andover School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 735-5494	185	19	9.7	31.9%	179 (96.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)	$18,479							36.2	41.5	150	7
330264000094	158	Woodman Park School	Public	PK, KG-4	11 Towle Ave.	Dover	03820	Strafford County	Dover School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 516-6700	436	38	11.4	48.9%	324 (74.3%)	9 (2.1%)	24 (5.5%)	20 (4.6%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	56 (12.8%)	$19,622							36.1	42.2	146	12
330618000490	159	Belmont Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	26 Best St.	Belmont	03220	Belknap County	Shaker Regional School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 267-6568	334	34	9.9	40.4%	312 (93.4%)	1 (0.3%)	8 (2.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	11 (3.3%)	$18,619							35.7	30.8	171	12
330405000207	160	Wheelock Elementary School	Public	K-5	24 Adams St.	Keene	03431	Cheshire County	Keene School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 352-2244	194	20	9.5	52.1%	161 (83.0%)	2 (1.0%)	12 (6.2%)	2 (1.0%)	4 (2.1%)	1 (0.5%)	12 (6.2%)	$18,878							35.6	26.8	183	23

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on NH SAS Mathematics, NH SAS Reading, NH SAS Science test scores released by the New Hampshire Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on September 9, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the New Hampshire Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the New Hampshire Department of Education.
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