Clark-Wilkins School

Clark-Wilkins School is a K-5 school of sizable scale in Amherst, New Hampshire, overseen by Amherst School District, works with 676 students in grades pre-K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 249 students per school, that is 171% larger than typical.

Clark-Wilkins School is one of 2 schools operated by Amherst School District, a district that educates 1,311 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Clark-Wilkins School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). The remainder looks like 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Clark-Wilkins School has 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting Clark-Wilkins School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 6% of students at Clark-Wilkins School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Hillsborough County (around 26%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Clark-Wilkins School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.5%, the actual is 72.3%, a residual of +12.9 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Hillsborough County shows median household income runs about $103,545, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Hillsborough County runs 127 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,974 students), of which Clark-Wilkins School is one.

Jacques Memorial Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Clark-Wilkins School at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 52.2%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Clark-Wilkins School has changed only slightly, going from 672 students in 2018 to 676 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 93% to 85%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 in 2025.

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