Enrollment
357
Elementary
DISTRICT 335 · STATE 249
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CONCORD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330246000060
Christa McAuliffe School
17 North Spring Street, Concord, NH 03301 · (603) 225-0840 · Merrimack County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL357 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 80% 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.
- ABeats 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
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
128 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Concord School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientEnglish Language Arts
63.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
54.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
55.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 40% typical for New Hampshire schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in New Hampshire's top 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 Christa McAuliffe School
Christa McAuliffe School's state test result (55.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christa McAuliffe School this school | 357 | 35.9% | 55.6% |
| Beaver Meadow School Concord | 362 | 37.8% | 36.5% |
| Smyth Road School Manchester | 344 | 36.3% | 37.3% |
| Penacook Elementary School Penacook | 325 | 41.8% | 33.1% |
| Bartlett Elementary School Manchester | 177 | 24.3% | 51.3% |
| Webster School Manchester | 362 | 43.4% | 39.0% |
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 Christa McAuliffe School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Merrimack County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #69 of 209 | #8 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #74 of 209 | #9 of 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #53 of 210 | #5 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 357 | #73 of 300 | #7 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #146 of 179 | #17 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.1% | #42 of 181 | #4 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.9% | #73 of 240 | #10 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.3% | #70 of 139 | #6 of 14 |
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
357
+11 (+3%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 300
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 357 | 27.8 | 12.8:1 | 36% (128) |
| 2023-24 | 355 | 28.8 | 12.3:1 | 35% (125) |
| 2022-23 | 363 | 29.8 | 12.2:1 | 40% (144) |
| 2020-21 | 346 | 29 | 11.9:1 | 35% (122) |
| 2017-18 | 412 | 26 | 15.8:1 | 38% (157) |
| 2015-16 | 410 | 25 | 16.4:1 | 38% (155) |
| 2010-11 | 447 | 29 | 15.4:1 | 30% (135) |
| 2000-01 | 289 | 13 | 22.2:1 | 16% (46) |
| 1990-91 | 300 | 17 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Christa McAuliffe School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (412 to 357); teachers up 7% (26 to 27.8).
About Christa McAuliffe School
Christa McAuliffe School is one of the public schools in Concord, New Hampshire. It is a mid-sized elementary school. It has an enrollment of 357 students in kindergarten through 5. On average, elementary schools in New Hampshire enroll around 249, and this school is 43% larger than that mark.
Concord School District is made up of 7 schools with 3,835 students in all.
The share of White students at Christa McAuliffe School is 76%, a majority. Smaller groups are 9% Black, 6% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. For comparison, the population of Merrimack County is roughly 91% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 41, compared with 70 nationally.
A staff of 27.8 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 12.8:1. The average for elementary schools in New Hampshire, 11.0:1, is lower. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 36%. Across public schools in Merrimack County, the average is 25%.
Christa McAuliffe School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 80% of New Hampshire public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Christa McAuliffe School beats its 40.4% prediction with 55.6%, a top-10% result in New Hampshire.
In Merrimack County, the median household earns about $97,004 a year, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Merrimack County has 61 public schools with about 17,429 students, including Christa McAuliffe School.
Concord High School is the nearest public school to Christa McAuliffe School, about 0.5 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 55.6% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 7 nearby schools.
The NCES locale for Christa McAuliffe School is Town: Fringe, which covers schools in a town close to an urbanized area.
The school's student count rose 3% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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Merrimack County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
155,967
Census ACS
Median income
$97,004
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
61
17,429 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Concord School District
- Concord High SchoolHigh · 1,394 students
- Rundlett Middle SchoolMiddle · 767 students
- Beaver Meadow SchoolElementary · 362 students
- Abbot-Downing SchoolElementary · 343 students
- Mill Brook SchoolElementary · 321 students
- Broken Ground SchoolElementary · 291 students
Other schools in Concord
- Concord High SchoolHigh · 1,394 students
- Rundlett Middle SchoolMiddle · 767 students
- Beaver Meadow SchoolElementary · 362 students
- Abbot-Downing SchoolElementary · 343 students
- Mill Brook SchoolElementary · 321 students
- Broken Ground SchoolElementary · 291 students
Other Christa McAuliffe schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Christa McAuliffe. Christa McAuliffe School is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Christa McAuliffe SchoolJERSEY CITY, NJ · 906 students
- Christa McAuliffe SchoolTinley Park, IL · 530 students
- Christa McAuliffeSaratoga, CA · 358 students
Nearby schools
- Concord High School0.5 mi · 1,394
- Rundlett Middle School0.9 mi · 767
- Abbot-Downing School1.0 mi · 343
- Synergy Academy Chartered Public School2.2 mi · 21
- Broken Ground School2.5 mi · 291
- Mill Brook School2.6 mi · 321
Frequently asked questions
About Christa McAuliffe SchoolHow many students attend Christa McAuliffe School?
Christa McAuliffe School enrolls approximately 357 students in grades KG-05.
Is Christa McAuliffe School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Christa McAuliffe School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Christa McAuliffe School have?
Christa McAuliffe School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
How diverse is Christa McAuliffe School?
Christa McAuliffe School reports a student body of 76% White, 6% Hispanic, 9% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Christa McAuliffe School public or private?
Christa McAuliffe School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Concord School District.
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