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)
330240000050	161	Colebrook Academy and Elementary School (E)	Public	PK, KG-8	27 Dumont Street	Colebrook	03576	Coos County	Colebrook School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 237-4801	198	22	9	34.8%	189 (95.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.0%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (1.0%)	$20,491							35.4	27.5	181	20
330459000257	162	Smyth Road School	Public	PK, KG-5	245 Bruce Rd.	Manchester	03104	Hillsborough County	Manchester School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 624-6340	426	34	12.3	36.2%	270 (63.4%)	35 (8.2%)	68 (16.0%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (11.5%)	$13,484							34.5	22.7	195	33
330405000200	163	Franklin Elementary School	Public	K-5	217 Washington St.	Keene	03431	Cheshire County	Keene School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 352-1712	212	21	9.9	58.5%	167 (78.8%)	2 (0.9%)	17 (8.0%)	11 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	12 (5.7%)	$19,972							34	41.5	148	15
330403000189	164	Jaffrey Grade School	Public	PK, KG-5	18 School St.	Jaffrey	03452	Cheshire County	Jaffrey-Rindge Cooperative School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 532-8355	288	35	8.1	36.8%	249 (86.5%)	3 (1.0%)	17 (5.9%)	5 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.9%)	$18,975							33.6	40.4	152	12
330330300719	165	Lempster Community School	Public	PK, KG-8	29 School Rd	Lempster	03605	Sullivan County	Lempster School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 863-1080	114	11	10.4	31.6%	111 (97.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$24,818							33.2	63.9	71	94
330375000165	166	Hillsboro-Deering Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4 Hillcat Dr.	Hillsborough	03244	Hillsborough County	Hillsboro-Deering Cooperative School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 464-1110	437	42	10.3	37.8%	398 (91.1%)	3 (0.7%)	16 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.6%)	$20,335							32.9	41	151	15
330291000104	167	Epsom Central School	Public	K-8	282 Black Hall Rd.	Epsom	03234	Merrimack County	Epsom School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 736-9331	392	35	11.2	18.1%	370 (94.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.8%)	$20,378							32.8	41.8	147	20
330489000298	168	Cutler Elementary School	Public	3-6	31 S. Winchester St.	Swanzey	03446	Cheshire County	Monadnock Regional School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 352-3383	289	21	13.8	32.2%	273 (94.5%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (1.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.5%)	$20,116							32.7	29	178	10
330462000264	169	Marlborough Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	41 Fitch Court	Marlborough	03455	Cheshire County	Marlborough School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 876-4465	154	17	9.3	43.5%	145 (94.2%)	2 (1.3%)	1 (0.6%)	1 (0.6%)	2 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.9%)	$22,127							32.6	26.5	184	15
330426000493	170	Lin-Wood Public School (Elem)	Public	K-5	54 Linwood Dr.	Lincoln	03251	Grafton County	Lincoln-Woodstock Cooperative School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 745-2214	112	16	6.8	34.8%	96 (85.7%)	3 (2.7%)	2 (1.8%)	5 (4.5%)	2 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.6%)								32.6	53.9	105	65

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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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