Colebrook Academy and Elementary School (H)
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Test scores
NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientWhat this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Hampshire schools, those numbers are about 55 and 43.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 55% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Colebrook Academy and Elementary School (H)
Colebrook Academy and Elementary School (H) is a secondary school of tiny scale in Colebrook, New Hampshire, run under Colebrook School District, teacheing 99 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 80% smaller than the state mean of about 496.
Colebrook School District comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 288 students; Colebrook Academy and Elementary School (H) is among them.
In terms of who attends, Colebrook Academy and Elementary School (H) reports that nearly all students (91%) are White. The remainder looks like 7% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. Compared to Coos County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.4:1. The state averages around 11.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 36% of students at Colebrook Academy and Elementary School (H) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Colebrook Academy and Elementary School (H) 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 40.0%; this one delivers 55.3%, a residual of +15.3 points.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Coos County indicate median household income runs about $57,677, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Colebrook Academy and Elementary School (H) is one of 22 public schools in Coos County (combined enrollment of about 3,254 students).
Colebrook Academy and Elementary School (E) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.
The school occupies an outlying site.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 12%: 113 students in 2018 compared to 99 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 97% to 91% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 7.2:1 in 2018 to 8.4:1 today.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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