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What's the biggest difference between Barnstead Elementary School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
449
Elementary
STATE 249
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BARNSTEAD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330162000012
Barnstead Elementary School
91 Maple St., Ctr. Barnstead, NH 03225 · (603) 269-5161 · Belknap County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL449 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 0% of New Hampshire public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
11.5:1
39 FTE teachers
STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
139 students
STATE 26%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 21 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 32 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 55 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (32) is 42% smaller than its 8th grade class (55).
Student demographics
6%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
31.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
16.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
25.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.5%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 44% typical for New Hampshire schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Barnstead Elementary School
Barnstead Elementary School's state test result (25.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnstead Elementary School this school | 449 | 31.0% | 25.4% |
| Cutler Elementary School W. Swanzey | 316 | 31.3% | 40.4% |
| Highbridge Hill Elementary School New Ipswich | 363 | 27.3% | 53.2% |
| Inter-Lakes Elementary School Meredith | 397 | 33.0% | 44.2% |
| Belmont Elementary School Belmont | 336 | 34.8% | 49.5% |
| Paul Elementary School SANBORNVILLE | 410 | 37.1% | 26.7% |
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 Barnstead Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Belknap County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.4% | #201 of 209 | #10 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.0% | #203 of 209 | #10 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #192 of 210 | #10 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 449 | #29 of 300 | #1 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #102 of 179 | #9 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.7% | #179 of 181 | #9 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.0% | #95 of 240 | #7 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.3% | #95 of 139 | #6 of 8 |
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
449
0 (0%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 436
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 9.3:1
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 | 449 | 39 | 11.5:1 | 31% (139) |
| 2023-24 | 483 | 42 | 11.5:1 | 23% (109) |
| 2022-23 | 469 | 40 | 11.7:1 | 28% (129) |
| 2020-21 | 449 | 48 | 9.3:1 | 24% (106) |
| 2017-18 | 495 | 46.4 | 10.7:1 | 31% (152) |
| 2015-16 | 477 | 45 | 10.6:1 | 36% (174) |
| 2010-11 | 520 | 42 | 12.4:1 | 26% (134) |
| 2000-01 | 540 | 35 | 15.4:1 | 21% (114) |
| 1990-91 | 436 | 24 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Barnstead Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (495 to 449); teachers down 16% (46.4 to 39).
About Barnstead Elementary School
Barnstead Elementary School is a large elementary school that serves part of Ctr. Barnstead, New Hampshire. A total of 449 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 8. Against the 249-student average for elementary schools in New Hampshire, enrollment here is 80% higher.
The school's district is Barnstead School District.
White students are the large majority at Barnstead Elementary School, with 97% of enrollment. The county population is about 93% White, within a few points of the school. The chance that two students picked at random at Barnstead Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 6%.
The teaching staff at Barnstead Elementary School is 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 11.5:1. Elementary schools in New Hampshire have a similar average ratio of 11.0:1. About 31% of students, or 139, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is close to the 29% average for public schools in Belknap County.
allk12 grades Barnstead Elementary School an F. The grade compares the school only with New Hampshire public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with New Hampshire schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Barnstead Elementary School scores 18.1 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 25.4%; the prediction is 43.5%.
Barnstead Elementary School is located in Belknap County, where median household income is about $92,783, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Barnstead Elementary School is one of 23 public schools in Belknap County, which together enroll about 7,344 students.
The closest other public school is Pittsfield Elementary School, about 4.0 miles away. Around the school, 3 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Barnstead Elementary School is behind the 40.8% nearby average, ranking 9th of 9.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Distant, meaning it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
In 2020-21, Barnstead Elementary School enrolled 449; in 2024-25, 449. The number of students per teacher rose from 9.3 to 11.5 over 4 years.
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Belknap County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
64,659
Census ACS
Median income
$92,783
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
7,344 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Pittsfield Elementary School4.0 mi · 215
- Pittsfield Middle School4.1 mi · 103
- Pittsfield High School4.1 mi · 161
- Gilmanton Elementary School6.3 mi · 335
- Prospect Mountain High School6.6 mi · 402
- Alton Central School (Elem)7.5 mi · 407
Frequently asked questions
About Barnstead Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Barnstead Elementary School?
Barnstead Elementary School enrolls approximately 449 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Barnstead Elementary School serve?
Barnstead Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does Barnstead Elementary School have?
Barnstead Elementary School employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Barnstead Elementary School?
Student demographics at Barnstead Elementary School are roughly 97% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian.
Who oversees Barnstead Elementary School?
Barnstead Elementary School is overseen by Barnstead School District in Belknap County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.