Bridgewater-Hebron Village School

Bridgewater-Hebron Village School is an intimate elementary school in Bridgewater, New Hampshire, part of Newfound Area School District. The school hosts 137 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 45% leaner than the typical public school in New Hampshire, which averages around 249 students.

Newfound Area School District comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 1,152 students; Bridgewater-Hebron Village School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Bridgewater-Hebron Village School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). Other groups include 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. Around 31% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Bridgewater-Hebron Village School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 43.7%; this one delivers 69.6%, a residual of +25.9 points.

In the area at large, census data for Grafton County shows median household income runs about $88,261, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Grafton County's 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,161 students), Bridgewater-Hebron Village School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Newfound Memorial Middle School, roughly 3.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bridgewater-Hebron Village School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 46.4%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bridgewater-Hebron Village School has fell 7%, going from 147 students in 2018 to 137 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 97% to 92% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.