Beaver Meadow School

Set in Concord, New Hampshire, Beaver Meadow School is a mid-tier primary school, one of the schools within Concord School District. It caters to 362 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 249 students per school, that is 45% above typical.

Across the 7 schools in Concord School District (3,835 students total), Beaver Meadow School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Beaver Meadow School logs that White students make up the majority at 76%. Beyond that, the school lists 8% Black, 7% Asian, 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 91% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Merrimack County (around 25%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Beaver Meadow School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.5%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Merrimack County) records that the typical household earns roughly $97,004 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Merrimack County runs 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,429 students), of which Beaver Meadow School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Penacook Elementary School, around 1.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Beaver Meadow School at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 43.7%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 5%: 380 students in 2018 compared to 362 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 84% to 76%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.

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