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Enrollment
481
Elementary
DISTRICT 320 · STATE 249
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NASHUA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330498000312
Bicentennial Elementary School
296 E. Dunstable Rd., Nashua, NH 03062 · (603) 966-1760 · Hillsborough County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL481 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 86% of New Hampshire public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
12.7:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
81 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
64.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
70.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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
63.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.7%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Bicentennial Elementary School
Bicentennial Elementary School's state test result (63.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bicentennial Elementary School this school | 481 | 16.8% | 63.7% |
| MicroSociety Academy Charter School Foundation Nashua | 303 | 13.9% | 51.7% |
| Main Dunstable School Nashua | 359 | 14.2% | 69.2% |
| Mary C. Dondero Elementary School Portsmouth | 328 | 13.7% | 75.6% |
| Peter Woodbury School Bedford | 428 | 7.5% | 83.2% |
| Mt. Lebanon School W. Lebanon | 246 | 31.3% | 71.0% |
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 Bicentennial Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.7% | #33 of 209 | #10 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #25 of 209 | #9 of 51 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #52 of 210 | #14 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 481 | #19 of 300 | #10 of 68 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #143 of 179 | #40 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.6% | #9 of 181 | #9 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.8% | #154 of 240 | #38 of 60 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.0% | #26 of 139 | #11 of 40 |
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
481
+23 (+5%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 723
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 481 | 38 | 12.7:1 | 17% (81) |
| 2023-24 | 506 | 43 | 11.8:1 | 16% (79) |
| 2022-23 | 541 | 40 | 13.5:1 | 14% (77) |
| 2020-21 | 458 | 39 | 11.7:1 | 7% (30) |
| 2017-18 | 617 | 38 | 16.2:1 | 9% (57) |
| 2015-16 | 646 | 35 | 18.5:1 | 13% (83) |
| 2010-11 | 660 | 33 | 20.0:1 | 11% (71) |
| 2000-01 | 822 | 42 | 19.6:1 | 13% (106) |
| 1990-91 | 723 | 28 | 25.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bicentennial Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (617 to 481); teachers unchanged (38 to 38).
About Bicentennial Elementary School
As a high-enrollment elementary school, Bicentennial Elementary School serves students in Nashua, New Hampshire. Its enrollment is 481 students, spread over pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in New Hampshire, the average enrollment is about 249.
Bicentennial Elementary School is run by Nashua School District, whose 21 schools enroll 10,636 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Bicentennial Elementary School is White, with 46% of students. Next come 30% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 4% Black. The county population is about 82% White. The diversity index for Bicentennial Elementary School is 68%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Bicentennial Elementary School has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 12.7:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in New Hampshire is 11.0:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 17% at Bicentennial Elementary School. The rate at public schools in Hillsborough County averages 26%, higher than here.
Bicentennial Elementary School holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 86% of New Hampshire public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 52.7% for Bicentennial Elementary School. The school posts 63.7%, 11.0 points above the prediction.
Census data for Hillsborough County show median household income comes to about $103,545, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. There are 127 public schools in the county, enrolling about 53,974, Bicentennial Elementary School among them.
Measured in a straight line, New Searles School is about 0.9 miles from Bicentennial Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 63.7% is above the 49.1% average for nearby schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Small.
Federal enrollment counts increased from 458 (2020-21) to 481 (2024-25).
Parents, students, and staff can share information on special education services, counseling, and support programs here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Hillsborough County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
426,378
Census ACS
Median income
$103,545
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
127
53,974 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Nashua School District
- Nashua High School SouthHigh · 1,686 students
- Nashua High School NorthHigh · 1,543 students
- Elm Street Middle SchoolMiddle · 895 students
- Pennichuck Middle SchoolMiddle · 768 students
- Brian S. McCarthy Middle SchoolMiddle · 649 students
- Fairgrounds Middle SchoolMiddle · 585 students
Other schools in Nashua
- Nashua High School SouthHigh · 1,686 students
- Nashua High School NorthHigh · 1,543 students
- Elm Street Middle SchoolMiddle · 895 students
- Pennichuck Middle SchoolMiddle · 768 students
- Brian S. McCarthy Middle SchoolMiddle · 649 students
- Fairgrounds Middle SchoolMiddle · 585 students
Other Bicentennial Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Bicentennial Elementary. Bicentennial Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Bicentennial Elementary SchoolCoal Valley, IL · 328 students
Nearby schools
- New Searles School0.9 mi · 256
- Brian S. McCarthy Middle School1.3 mi · 649
- Main Dunstable School2.0 mi · 359
- Fairgrounds Middle School2.0 mi · 585
- Sunset Heights School2.1 mi · 356
- Fairgrounds Elementary School2.2 mi · 445
Frequently asked questions
About Bicentennial Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Bicentennial Elementary School?
Bicentennial Elementary School enrolls approximately 481 students in grades PK-05.
Is Bicentennial Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bicentennial Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Bicentennial Elementary School have?
Bicentennial Elementary School employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Bicentennial Elementary School?
Student demographics at Bicentennial Elementary School are roughly 46% White, 11% Hispanic, 4% Black, 30% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Bicentennial Elementary School public or private?
Bicentennial Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Nashua School District.
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