Charlotte Ave Elementary School

As an average-sized elementary school in Nashua, New Hampshire, Charlotte Ave Elementary School works with 362 students from grades K through 5, part of Nashua School District. That puts it 45% bigger than the typical public school in New Hampshire, which averages around 249 students.

Nashua School District comprises 21 schools with combined enrollment of 10,636 students; Charlotte Ave Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Charlotte Ave Elementary School lists that White students make up the majority at 61%. Beyond that, the school reports 22% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 6% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Charlotte Ave Elementary School records 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. An estimated 27% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Charlotte Ave Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.0%, the actual is 53.3%, a residual of +7.3 points.

In the broader community, Hillsborough County reports that median household earnings sit near $103,545, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Hillsborough County's 127 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,974 students), Charlotte Ave Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Amherst Street School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Charlotte Ave Elementary School comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 28.3%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Five-year trend. Charlotte Ave Elementary School's enrollment has declined 21% since 2018, when it stood at 457 (now 362). White enrollment moved from 75% to 61% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Charlotte Ave Elementary School community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.