Enrollment
137
Elementary
STATE 249
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CORNISH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330252000080
Cornish Elementary School
274 Town House Rd., Cornish, NH 03745 · (603) 675-5891 · Sullivan County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL137 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% of New Hampshire public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
10.6:1
13 FTE teachers
STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
23 students
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 15 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 15 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 12 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 18 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 15 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 14 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 13 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 14 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 10 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 11 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (15) is 36% larger than its 8th grade class (11).
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
Test scores
NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientEnglish Language Arts
51.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
41.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
45.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.7%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% typical for New Hampshire schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Hampshire's top nor bottom 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 Cornish Elementary School
Cornish Elementary School's state test result (45.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornish Elementary School this school | 137 | 16.8% | 45.3% |
| Westmoreland School Westmoreland | 125 | 20.0% | 56.6% |
| Mountain Village Charter School Plymouth | 117 | 13.7% | 49.1% |
| Simonds Elementary School Warner | 132 | 18.9% | 59.6% |
| Webster Elementary School Webster | 88 | 18.2% | 41.6% |
| Northeast Woodland Chartered Public School Conway | 172 | 19.2% | 28.2% |
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 Cornish Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Sullivan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #124 of 209 | #4 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #140 of 209 | #5 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #111 of 210 | #4 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 137 | #221 of 300 | #9 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.8% | #155 of 240 | #8 of 10 |
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
137
+22 (+19%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 219
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 10.4:1
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 | 137 | 12.9 | 10.6:1 | 17% (23) |
| 2023-24 | 136 | 15.9 | 8.6:1 | 4% (6) |
| 2022-23 | 125 | 13.5 | 9.3:1 | 8% (10) |
| 2020-21 | 115 | 11 | 10.4:1 | 23% (27) |
| 2017-18 | 90 | 9.8 | 9.2:1 | 23% (21) |
| 2015-16 | 82 | 10 | 8.2:1 | 26% (21) |
| 2010-11 | 139 | 14 | 9.9:1 | 17% (23) |
| 2000-01 | 194 | 22 | 8.8:1 | 11% (21) |
| 1990-91 | 219 | 17 | 12.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cornish Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 52% (90 to 137); teachers up 32% (9.8 to 12.9).
About Cornish Elementary School
Cornish Elementary School is a small elementary school with its address in Cornish, New Hampshire. It educates 137 students in pre-K through 8. The school's enrollment is 45% smaller than the 249 average for elementary schools in New Hampshire.
Federal records list Cornish School District as the district for Cornish Elementary School.
The large majority of students at Cornish Elementary School, 96%, are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Cornish Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 7%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.6:1 at Cornish Elementary School, with 12.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in New Hampshire, the average ratio is about 11.0:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 17%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Sullivan County is 37%.
allk12 grades Cornish Elementary School a C. The grade compares the school only with New Hampshire public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Cornish Elementary School is 7.4 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 45.3% actual, 52.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New Hampshire.
Census estimates describe Sullivan County this way: median household income is about $80,858, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 29 public schools in Sullivan County, with a combined enrollment of about 4,498.
The closest public school, Windsor School, is about 3.4 miles from Cornish Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within ten miles. By average proficiency, Cornish Elementary School is 2nd among 5 schools close by.
NCES describes the area around Cornish Elementary School as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 115 to 137.
Discussion on this page can cover sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Sullivan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
43,715
Census ACS
Median income
$80,858
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
4,498 students
Quick facts
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Nearby schools
- Windsor School3.4 mi · 572
- Weathersfield School5.4 mi · 255
- Disnard Elementary School5.6 mi · 254
- Hartland Elementary School6.0 mi · 272
- River View Chartered Public School6.1 mi · 30
- Plainfield Elementary School6.3 mi · 183
Frequently asked questions
About Cornish Elementary SchoolHow large is Cornish Elementary School?
Cornish Elementary School enrolls approximately 137 students in grades PK-08.
Is Cornish Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cornish Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Cornish Elementary School have?
Cornish Elementary School employs 13 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.6:1.
How diverse is Cornish Elementary School?
Cornish Elementary School reports a student body of 96% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Cornish Elementary School public or private?
Cornish Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cornish School District.
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