Enrollment
159
Elementary
STATE 249
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ASHLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330156000010
Ashland Elementary School
16 Education Dr., Ashland, NH 03217 · (603) 968-7622 · Grafton County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL159 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% of New Hampshire public elementary schools
- C-Test 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
8.2:1
19 FTE teachers
STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
64 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 | 11 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 7 | 4% |
| Grade 2 | 13 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 22 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 15 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 27 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 27 | 17% |
| Grade 7 | 16 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 21 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (11) is 48% smaller than its 8th grade class (21).
Student demographics
21%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
43.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
31.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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
37.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.5%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Ashland Elementary School
Ashland Elementary School's state test result (37.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashland Elementary School this school | 159 | 40.3% | 37.4% |
| Edward Fenn School Gorham | 143 | 40.6% | 39.5% |
| Lakeside Primary School CENTER CONWAY | 210 | 40.0% | N/A |
| Woodsville Elementary School Woodsville | 176 | 38.1% | 42.5% |
| Troy Elementary School Troy | 116 | 43.1% | 34.9% |
| Lempster Community School Lempster | 132 | 43.2% | 42.1% |
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 Ashland Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Grafton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #162 of 209 | #19 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #173 of 209 | #18 of 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #151 of 210 | #17 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 159 | #209 of 300 | #13 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.3% | #52 of 240 | #3 of 19 |
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
159
0 (0%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 244
Student : Teacher
8.2:1
was 8.4:1
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 | 159 | 19.4 | 8.2:1 | 40% (64) |
| 2023-24 | 147 | 20.2 | 7.3:1 | 42% (62) |
| 2022-23 | 159 | 20.2 | 7.9:1 | 33% (52) |
| 2020-21 | 159 | 19 | 8.4:1 | 30% (47) |
| 2017-18 | 159 | 18 | 8.8:1 | 52% (82) |
| 2015-16 | 145 | 17 | 8.5:1 | 54% (78) |
| 2010-11 | 167 | 16 | 10.4:1 | 41% (68) |
| 2000-01 | 206 | 20 | 10.3:1 | 32% (65) |
| 1990-91 | 244 | 25 | 9.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ashland Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (159 to 159); teachers up 8% (18 to 19.4).
About Ashland Elementary School
In Ashland, New Hampshire, Ashland Elementary School is a small elementary school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 159 students in kindergarten through 8. Against the 249-student average for elementary schools in New Hampshire, enrollment here is 36% lower.
Ashland School District operates Ashland Elementary School.
White students make up 89% of enrollment at Ashland Elementary School. The next largest groups are 5% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The White share in Grafton County as a whole is similar, at about 88%. The school's diversity index is 21%, meaning two students picked at random have a 21% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Staffing totals 19.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 8.2:1. On average, elementary schools in New Hampshire have 11.0:1, compared with 8.2:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Ashland Elementary School is 40%. The 25% average for public schools in Grafton County is 15 points lower.
Ashland Elementary School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 28% of New Hampshire public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Ashland Elementary School, the prediction is 37.5% and the result is 37.4%.
In Grafton County (population about 92,120), the median household income is $88,261, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 47%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Ashland Elementary School is one of 53 public schools in the county.
Holderness Central School is the public school closest to Ashland Elementary School, about 3.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within ten miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Ashland Elementary School is 8th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Ashland Elementary School is coded as Town: Remote in federal locale data.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 159 in 2020-21 and 159 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Grafton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
92,120
Census ACS
Median income
$88,261
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
10,161 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other Ashland Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named Ashland Elementary. Ashland Elementary School is the 7th largest of the 8.
- Ashland ElementaryGILBERT, AZ · 741 students
- Ashland ElementaryManassas, VA · 738 students
- Ashland ElementaryAshland, VA · 675 students
- Ashland Elementary SchoolAshland, AL · 455 students
- Ashland Elementary SchoolLexington, KY · 316 students
Nearby schools
- Holderness Central School3.4 mi · 156
- Plymouth Regional High School5.6 mi · 651
- Plymouth Elementary School5.8 mi · 365
- Bridgewater-Hebron Village School6.3 mi · 137
- New Hampton Community School6.5 mi · 93
- Newfound Regional High School6.7 mi · 357
Frequently asked questions
About Ashland Elementary SchoolHow large is Ashland Elementary School?
Ashland Elementary School enrolls approximately 159 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Ashland Elementary School serve?
Ashland Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ashland Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ashland Elementary School is approximately 8.2:1 (19 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Ashland Elementary School?
Ashland Elementary School reports a student body of 89% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Ashland Elementary School?
Ashland Elementary School is overseen by Ashland School District in Grafton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.