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)
330495000309	11	Mont Vernon Village School	Public	K-6	1 Kittredge Rd	Mont Vernon	03057	Hillsborough County	Mont Vernon School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 673-5141	211	17	12.4	4.3%	191 (90.5%)	2 (0.9%)	9 (4.3%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.8%)	$19,638							91.2	88.4	19	8
330384000566	12	Hollis Upper Elementary School	Public	4-6	12 Drury Ln.	Hollis	03049	Hillsborough County	Hollis School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 465-9182	289	27	10.7	2.8%	237 (82.0%)	2 (0.7%)	17 (5.9%)	17 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (5.5%)	$17,206							89.8	88.5	18	6
330342000152	13	Greenland Central School	Public	K-8	70 Post Rd.	Greenland	03840	Rockingham County	Greenland School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 431-6723	371	40	9.3	2.2%	336 (90.6%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.7%)	11 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	13 (3.5%)	$17,146							89.3	84.1	27	14
330195000480	14	Bow Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	22 Bow Center Rd.	Bow	03304	Merrimack County	Bow School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 225-3049	533	28	19	3.4%	491 (92.1%)	1 (0.2%)	21 (3.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.6%)	$15,881							89	85.6	23	9
330552000352	15	Mast Way School	Public	K-4	23 Mast Rd.	Lee	03861	Strafford County	Oyster River Coop School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 659-3001	327	25	13	11.0%	274 (83.8%)	2 (0.6%)	11 (3.4%)	20 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (6.1%)	$18,573							88.9	89.1	14	1
330582000373	16	Mary C. Dondero Elementary School	Public	K-5	32 Van Buren Ave.	Portsmouth	03801	Rockingham County	Portsmouth School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 436-2231	323	32	10	18.3%	233 (72.1%)	2 (0.6%)	25 (7.7%)	38 (11.8%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.8%)	$20,733							88.8	77.1	44	28
330450000236	17	Lyme Elementary School	Public	K-8	35 Union Street	Lyme	03768	Grafton County	Lyme School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 795-2125	193	23	8.3	9.3%	174 (90.2%)	2 (1.0%)	4 (2.1%)	4 (2.1%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.1%)	$25,001							87.8	85.5	25	8
330174000018	18	Memorial School	Public	PK, KG-4	55 Old Bedford Rd.	Bedford	03110	Hillsborough County	Bedford School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 627-1776	445	32	13.7	13.0%	342 (76.9%)	1 (0.2%)	26 (5.8%)	26 (5.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (11.0%)	$17,197							86.8	88.7	16	2
330201000030	19	Swasey Central School	Public	PK, KG-5	355 Middle Rd.	Brentwood	03833	Rockingham County	Brentwood School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 642-3487	293	26	11.2	7.8%	270 (92.2%)	3 (1.0%)	2 (0.7%)	10 (3.4%)	7 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$16,462							86.4	85.4	26	7
330390000178	20	Maple Street Elementary School	Public	4-6	194 Maple St.	Contoocook	03229	Merrimack County	Hopkinton School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 746-4195	216	20	10.8	7.4%	190 (88.0%)	2 (0.9%)	13 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	9 (4.2%)	$20,503							86.3	88.8	15	5

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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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