Armand R. Dupont School

Armand R. Dupont School is one of the one-room-style intermediate schools in Allenstown, New Hampshire, part of Allenstown School District, with 130 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 66% below the state mean of about 379.

Armand R. Dupont School is one of 3 schools operated by Allenstown School District, a district that serves 683 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Armand R. Dupont School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%); the rest looks like 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Merrimack County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.6:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 38% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Merrimack County (around 25%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Merrimack County) shows that median household income runs about $97,004, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Armand R. Dupont School is one of 61 public schools in Merrimack County (combined enrollment of about 17,429 students).

The closest other public school is Allenstown Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Armand R. Dupont School.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 6 years. Looking back 6 years, enrollment at Armand R. Dupont School has decreased 21%, going from 164 students in 2018 to 130 in 2024. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 6.3:1 today.

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