Enrollment
332
Elementary
DISTRICT 320 · STATE 249
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NASHUA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330498000313
Birch Hill Elementary School
17 Birch Hill Dr., Nashua, NH 03063 · (603) 966-1820 · Hillsborough County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL332 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% of New Hampshire public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
12.8:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
112 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 | 64 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
59%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
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NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientEnglish Language Arts
55.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
53.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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
50.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.7%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Birch Hill Elementary School
Birch Hill Elementary School's state test result (50.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birch Hill Elementary School this school | 332 | 33.7% | 50.2% |
| Broad Street Elementary School Nashua | 256 | 27.3% | 49.1% |
| Charlotte Ave Elementary School Nashua | 362 | 27.1% | 53.3% |
| Sunset Heights School Nashua | 356 | 41.9% | 54.2% |
| Smyth Road School Manchester | 344 | 36.3% | 37.3% |
| New Searles School Nashua | 256 | 23.4% | 61.1% |
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 Birch Hill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.2% | #97 of 209 | #25 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #82 of 209 | #20 of 51 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #94 of 210 | #23 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 332 | #93 of 300 | #38 of 68 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #145 of 179 | #41 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.6% | #23 of 181 | #23 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.7% | #82 of 240 | #21 of 60 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.4% | #47 of 139 | #18 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
332
-1 (0%) vs 2020
-48% since 1990-91, when it was 637
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 10.4:1
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 | 332 | 26 | 12.8:1 | 34% (112) |
| 2023-24 | 316 | 32 | 9.9:1 | 32% (100) |
| 2022-23 | 332 | 54.8 | 6.1:1 | 30% (99) |
| 2020-21 | 333 | 32 | 10.4:1 | 23% (77) |
| 2017-18 | 402 | 29 | 13.9:1 | 37% (148) |
| 2015-16 | 432 | 30 | 14.4:1 | 31% (136) |
| 2010-11 | 492 | 31 | 15.9:1 | 24% (120) |
| 2000-01 | 616 | 35 | 17.6:1 | 17% (104) |
| 1990-91 | 637 | 29 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Birch Hill Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (402 to 332); teachers down 10% (29 to 26).
About Birch Hill Elementary School
Birch Hill Elementary School is a public elementary school in Nashua, New Hampshire. Its 332 students are spread across kindergarten through 5. The school's enrollment is 33% above the 249 average for elementary schools in New Hampshire.
Nashua School District enrolls 10,636 students, and its 21 schools include Birch Hill Elementary School.
White students are the majority at Birch Hill Elementary School, with 60% of enrollment. Other groups make up 20% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 6% Asian, and 3% Black. Hillsborough County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school's share is lower. The school's diversity index is 59%, meaning two students picked at random have a 59% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Birch Hill Elementary School counts 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 12.8 students for each one. This ratio sits 1.8 above the 11.0:1 average for elementary schools in New Hampshire. About 34% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
Birch Hill Elementary School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 64% of New Hampshire public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Birch Hill Elementary School scores 50.2% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 41.7%.
Hillsborough County census figures show that the median household income is $103,545, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. There are 127 public schools in Hillsborough County, enrolling about 53,974 students in all.
The closest public school to Birch Hill Elementary School is Broad Street Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. Birch Hill Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 50.2% average proficiency ranks 4th among 7 nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
In 2020-21, Birch Hill Elementary School enrolled 333; in 2024-25, 332. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 10.4:1 to 12.8:1.
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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
Nearby schools
- Broad Street Elementary School0.6 mi · 256
- Nashua High School North1.1 mi · 1,543
- Purple Panthers Preschool1.3 mi · 37
- Nashua High School South1.3 mi · 1,686
- MicroSociety Academy Charter School Foundation1.6 mi · 303
- Academy for Science and Design Charter (H)1.6 mi · 264
Frequently asked questions
About Birch Hill Elementary SchoolHow large is Birch Hill Elementary School?
Birch Hill Elementary School enrolls approximately 332 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Birch Hill Elementary School serve?
Birch Hill Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Birch Hill Elementary School have?
Birch Hill Elementary School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Birch Hill Elementary School?
Student demographics at Birch Hill Elementary School are roughly 60% White, 20% Hispanic, 3% Black, 6% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Birch Hill Elementary School public or private?
Birch Hill Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Nashua School District.
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