Andover Elementary School
Test scores
NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientWhat 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.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Andover Elementary School
Andover Elementary School operates as a cozy K-5 school in Andover, New Hampshire, run under Andover School District. Current enrollment sits at 165 students spanning grades K through 8. That puts it 34% smaller than the typical public school in New Hampshire, which averages around 249 students.
Operationally, Andover Elementary School answers to Andover School District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.
Looking at the student body, Andover Elementary School shows that nearly all students (99%) are White.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting Andover Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 27% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
With demographic context factored in, Andover Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.9%, the actual is 41.9%, a residual of -4.0 points.
In the area at large, census data for Merrimack County shows median household income runs about $97,004, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Andover Elementary School is one of 61 public schools in Merrimack County (combined enrollment of about 17,429 students).
Salisbury Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 6.2 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Andover Elementary School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 43.1%.
Geographically, the school is in a rural area.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Andover Elementary School has shrank 34%, going from 249 students in 2018 to 165 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 94% to 99% across the same window.
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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