Barrington Elementary School

Set in Barrington, New Hampshire, Barrington Elementary School is a well-populated elementary school, operated by Barrington School District. It hosts 405 students across grades 1 through 4. Compared to the state average of about 249 students per school, that is 63% larger than typical.

Barrington School District comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 940 students; Barrington Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Barrington Elementary School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). Other groups include 4% multiracial.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting Barrington Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 13% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Strafford County (around 26%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Barrington Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.3%, the actual is 49.5%, a residual of -5.8 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Strafford County indicate median household income runs about $88,570, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Barrington Elementary School is one of 39 public schools in Strafford County (combined enrollment of about 13,978 students).

Nearest neighbor: Barrington Middle School, around 0.6 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Barrington Elementary School comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 50.4%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Barrington Elementary School's enrollment has expanded 3% since 2018, when it stood at 395 (now 405). Class-load math has loosened: from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the Barrington Elementary School community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.