Enrollment
165
Elementary
STATE 249
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANDOVER SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330150000008
Andover Elementary School
20 School St., Andover, NH 03216 · (603) 735-5494 · Merrimack County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL165 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 27% of New Hampshire public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Hampshire public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
17 FTE teachers
STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
45 students
STATE 26%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 20 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 17 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 15 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 15 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 21 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 17 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 21 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 20 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 19 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (20) is 5% larger than its 8th grade class (19).
Student demographics
2%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 33% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientEnglish Language Arts
50.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
35.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Hampshire schools, those numbers are about 55 and 43.
Source: NHSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
41.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.9%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% typical for New Hampshire schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Hampshire's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Andover Elementary School
Andover Elementary School's state test result (41.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andover Elementary School this school | 165 | 27.3% | 41.9% |
| Kearsarge Reg. Elementary School - Bradford Bradford | 177 | 23.7% | 50.8% |
| Bridgewater-Hebron Village School Bridgewater | 137 | 30.7% | 69.6% |
| Madison Elementary School Madison | 129 | 30.2% | 39.4% |
| New Durham Elementary School New Durham | 144 | 23.6% | 47.8% |
| Middleton Elementary School Middleton | 155 | 33.5% | 36.8% |
Matched among New Hampshire elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Andover Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Merrimack County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.9% | #139 of 209 | #16 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #163 of 209 | #21 of 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #119 of 210 | #16 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 165 | #203 of 300 | #26 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.3% | #105 of 240 | #13 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.7% | #5 of 139 | #2 of 14 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
165
-60 (-27%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 244
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 10.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 165 | 16.5 | 10.0:1 | 27% (45) |
| 2023-24 | 192 | 19 | 10.1:1 | 26% (49) |
| 2022-23 | 185 | 19 | 9.7:1 | 32% (59) |
| 2020-21 | 225 | 22 | 10.2:1 | 16% (36) |
| 2017-18 | 249 | 22.7 | 11.0:1 | 24% (61) |
| 2015-16 | 238 | 22 | 10.8:1 | 25% (60) |
| 2010-11 | 230 | 20 | 11.5:1 | 20% (46) |
| 2000-01 | 256 | 20 | 12.8:1 | 18% (47) |
| 1990-91 | 244 | 16 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Andover Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (249 to 165); teachers down 27% (22.7 to 16.5).
About Andover Elementary School
This page covers Andover Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary school in Andover, New Hampshire. The school enrolls 165 students in kindergarten through 8. Across elementary schools in New Hampshire, the average enrollment is about 249.
The local education agency for Andover Elementary School is Andover School District.
White students account for 99% of the school's enrollment. A diversity index of 2% means there is a 2% chance two randomly chosen students at Andover Elementary School are from different groups.
Andover Elementary School has 16.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.0:1. The school's 10.0:1 compares with an average of 11.0:1 for elementary schools in New Hampshire. The school has 27% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 25% average for public schools in Merrimack County.
Among New Hampshire public elementary schools, Andover Elementary School outscored 27%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
After adjusting for student poverty, Andover Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of New Hampshire schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 41.9%; the prediction is 45.9%.
In the surrounding county, Merrimack County, the median household earns about $97,004 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Merrimack County has 61 public schools with about 17,429 students, including Andover Elementary School.
A public school about 6.2 miles away, Salisbury Elementary School, is the closest to Andover Elementary School. Andover Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within ten miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Andover Elementary School ranks 5th on proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Distant. That means it sits in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 60 students, from 225 to 165.
This page is set up for the Andover Elementary School community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Merrimack County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
155,967
Census ACS
Median income
$97,004
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
61
17,429 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other Andover Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Andover Elementary. Andover Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 5.
- Andover ElementaryANDOVER, MN · 1,165 students
- ANDOVER ELEMENTARYORLANDO, FL · 629 students
- Andover Elementary SchoolAndover, CT · 239 students
- Andover Elementary SchoolAndover, ME · 25 students
Nearby schools
- Salisbury Elementary School6.2 mi · 64
- Danbury Elementary School6.4 mi · 66
- Kearsarge Regional High School7.3 mi · 485
- Paul A. Smith School8.0 mi · 261
- Kearsarge Regional Middle School8.2 mi · 410
- Kearsarge Reg. Elem. School at New London8.4 mi · 330
Frequently asked questions
About Andover Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Andover Elementary School?
Andover Elementary School enrolls approximately 165 students in grades KG-08.
Is Andover Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Andover Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Andover Elementary School have?
Andover Elementary School employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Andover Elementary School?
At Andover Elementary School, the student body is approximately 99% White, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Andover Elementary School?
Andover Elementary School is overseen by Andover School District in Merrimack County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.