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)
330174000019	1	Peter Woodbury School	Public	K-4	180 County Rd.	Bedford	03110	Hillsborough County	Bedford School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 622-0431	450	33	13.6	7.3%	341 (75.8%)	5 (1.1%)	18 (4.0%)	57 (12.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (6.2%)	$15,062							96.7	95.2	5	4
330174000580	2	Riddle Brook School	Public	K-4	230 New Boston Rd.	Bedford	03110	Hillsborough County	Bedford School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 471-1082	526	36	14.6	2.9%	423 (80.4%)	3 (0.6%)	22 (4.2%)	34 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (8.4%)	$15,431							96.7	97.4	3	1
330360000155	3	Bernice A. Ray School	Public	K-5	26 Reservoir Rd.	Hanover	03755	Grafton County	Hanover School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 643-6655	455	41	11	3.3%	334 (73.4%)	6 (1.3%)	26 (5.7%)	46 (10.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (9.5%)	$28,002							96.5	97.4	2	1
330603000398	4	Rye Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	461 Sagamore Rd.	Rye	03870	Rockingham County	Rye School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 436-4731	200	22	9.1	1.5%	187 (93.5%)	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.5%)	$38,135							95.1	97.8	1	3
330415000215	5	Lafayette Regional School	Public	K-6	149 Main St.	Franconia	03580	Grafton County	Lafayette Regional School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 823-7741	88	9	10.2	14.8%	82 (93.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (5.7%)	$23,218							94.2	93.1	7	2
330336000151	6	Grantham Village School	Public	PK, KG-6	75 Learning Dr.	Grantham	03753	Sullivan County	Grantham School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 863-1681	271	21	13.1	4.1%	239 (88.2%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.7%)	5 (1.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (5.9%)	$22,809							93.7	95	6
330627000422	7	South Hampton Barnard School	Public	K-8	219 Main Ave.	South Hampton	03827	Rockingham County	South Hampton School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 394-7744	89	10	8.9	4.5%	85 (95.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.2%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	$23,370							93.7	89.8	12	5
330582000376	8	Little Harbour School	Public	K-5	50 Clough Dr.	Portsmouth	03801	Rockingham County	Portsmouth School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 436-1708	346	33	10.4	11.6%	270 (78.0%)	10 (2.9%)	16 (4.6%)	29 (8.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.8%)	$20,066							93	91.6	8
330327610027	9	Mason Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	13 Darling Hill Rd.	Mason	03048	Hillsborough County	Mason School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 878-2962	103	8	12.8	7.8%	96 (93.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.9%)	4 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$20,869							93	89.3	13	4
330522000590	10	Bridgewater-Hebron Village School	Public	PK, KG-5	25 School House Rd	Bristol	03222	Grafton County	Newfound Area School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 744-6969	135	11	12.3	21.5%	130 (96.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.2%)	$21,338							91.9	79.6	35	25

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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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