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)
330474000276	61	James Mastricola Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	7 School St.	Merrimack	03054	Hillsborough County	Merrimack School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 424-6218	420	32	13.1	9.5%	375 (89.3%)	4 (1.0%)	15 (3.6%)	5 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.8%)	$17,556							69	54.4	102	41
330405000206	62	Symonds Elementary School	Public	K-5	79 Park Ave.	Keene	03431	Cheshire County	Keene School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 352-3405	308	28	11	26.6%	262 (85.1%)	5 (1.6%)	9 (2.9%)	8 (2.6%)	5 (1.6%)	2 (0.6%)	17 (5.5%)	$19,595							68.6	70	59	3
330435000228	63	Griffin Memorial School	Public	PK, KG-4	229 Chs Bancroft Hwy.	Litchfield	03052	Hillsborough County	Litchfield School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 424-5931	437	33	13.2	10.3%	385 (88.1%)	3 (0.7%)	21 (4.8%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.3%)	$17,512							68.6	59.8	85	22
330546000349	64	Nottingham Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	245 Stage Rd.	Nottingham	03290	Rockingham County	Nottingham School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 679-5632	505	32	15.7	8.1%	469 (92.9%)	3 (0.6%)	15 (3.0%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.0%)	$15,747							68.4	78.2	39	25
330498000324	65	New Searles School	Public	PK, KG-5	39 Shady Ln.	Nashua	03062	Hillsborough County	Nashua School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 966-3620	307	24	12.8	22.8%	203 (66.1%)	7 (2.3%)	57 (18.6%)	18 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	20 (6.5%)	$18,662							68.3	67.1	63	2
330258000082	66	Deerfield Community School	Public	PK, KG-8	66 North Rd.	Deerfield	03037	Rockingham County	Deerfield School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 463-7422	528	46	11.5	10.2%	504 (95.5%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.5%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.3%)	$18,733							68.2	58.6	91	25
330246000060	67	Christa McAuliffe School	Public	K-5	17 North Spring Street	Concord	03301	Merrimack County	Concord School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 225-0840	363	30	12.1	39.7%	303 (83.5%)	34 (9.4%)	6 (1.7%)	10 (2.8%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.9%)	$12,404							67.6	63.7	74	7
330606000406	68	North Salem Elementary School	Public	K-5	140 Zion Hill Rd.	Salem	03079	Rockingham County	Salem School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 893-7062	366	25	14.4	7.4%	322 (88.0%)	1 (0.3%)	22 (6.0%)	7 (1.9%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.3%)	$16,501							67.4	64.2	70	2
330672000434	69	Atkinson Academy	Public	PK, KG-5	17 Academy Ave.	Atkinson	03811	Rockingham County	Timberlane Regional School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 362-5521	354	28	12.8	2.3%	309 (87.3%)	1 (0.3%)	13 (3.7%)	6 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (7.1%)	$18,885							66.2	78.7	38	31
330348000153	70	Hampstead Central School	Public	PK, KG-4	21 Emerson Ave.	Hampstead	03841	Rockingham County	Hampstead School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 329-6326	450	36	12.6	8.0%	420 (93.3%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.3%)	3 (0.7%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.0%)	$21,051							65.5	71.1	56	14

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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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