Alstead Primary School

Alstead Primary School operates as a very small elementary campus in Alstead, New Hampshire, part of Fall Mountain Regional School District. Current enrollment sits at 69 students spanning grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 72% leaner than the state mean of about 249.

Fall Mountain Regional School District runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 1,420 students. Alstead Primary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Alstead Primary School lists that nearly all students (90%) are White. Beyond that, the school records 6% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Alstead Primary School shows 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 6.7:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 28% of students at Alstead Primary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Alstead Primary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.8%.

Around the school, Cheshire County reports that median household earnings sit near $83,329, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cheshire County's 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,365 students), Alstead Primary School is one campus in the mix.

Vilas Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Alstead Primary School comes 2nd of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 53.1%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Alstead Primary School has decreased 19%, going from 85 students in 2018 to 69 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 95% to 90%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 8.1:1 in 2018 to 6.7:1 in 2025.

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