Bluff School

Bluff School is one of the tight-knit elementary schools in Claremont, New Hampshire, run under Claremont School District, with 163 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 35% smaller than the state mean of about 249.

Within Claremont School District, which oversees 6 schools and 1,534 students, Bluff School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Bluff School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%). The remainder comes out to 9% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 92% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Bluff School reports 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting Bluff School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 59% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Sullivan County's rate of about 37%.

After controlling for student poverty, Bluff School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.8%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Sullivan County indicate the typical household earns roughly $80,858 per year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Sullivan County's 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,498 students), Bluff School is one campus in the mix.

River View Chartered Public School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bluff School at 3rd of 4; the average score across the group is 32.3%.

Bluff School operates from a town-based location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bluff School has decreased 23%, going from 211 students in 2018 to 163 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 88% to 83% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 10.1:1 in 2018 to 8.4:1 in 2025.

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