Enrollment
181
Middle
DISTRICT 263 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GOVERNOR WENTWORTH REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330333000565
Crescent Lake School
75 McManus Rd., Wolfeboro, NH 03894 · (603) 569-0223 · Carroll County
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL181 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 82% of New Hampshire public middle 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 11.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
58 students
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 26%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 56 | 31% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 27% |
| Grade 6 | 77 | 43% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Governor Wentworth Regional School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientEnglish Language Arts
59.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
51.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What 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 51 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
53.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.8%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Crescent Lake School
Crescent Lake School's state test result (53.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crescent Lake School this school | 181 | 32.0% | 53.3% |
| Haverhill Cooperative Middle School North Haverhill | 229 | 34.1% | 25.6% |
| Monadnock Regional Middle School E. Swanzey | 249 | 30.5% | 30.6% |
| Great Brook School Antrim | 224 | 27.7% | 40.6% |
| Newfound Memorial Middle School Bristol | 296 | 35.1% | 47.9% |
| Inter-Lakes Middle School Meredith | 137 | 29.9% | 50.5% |
Matched among New Hampshire middle 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 Crescent Lake School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #23 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #22 of 85 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #30 of 85 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 181 | #76 of 101 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.0% | #32 of 90 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.0% | #39 of 57 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
181
-31 (-15%) vs 2020
-35% since 2000-01, when it was 277
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 181 | 17 | 10.7:1 | 32% (58) |
| 2023-24 | 174 | 16 | 10.9:1 | 32% (55) |
| 2022-23 | 193 | 17.1 | 11.3:1 | 25% (48) |
| 2020-21 | 212 | 18 | 11.8:1 | 22% (46) |
| 2017-18 | 201 | 16.2 | 12.4:1 | 20% (40) |
| 2015-16 | 195 | 16 | 12.2:1 | 25% (48) |
| 2010-11 | 224 | 19 | 11.8:1 | 23% (51) |
| 2000-01 | 277 | 16 | 17.3:1 | 13% (35) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Crescent Lake School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (201 to 181); teachers up 5% (16.2 to 17).
About Crescent Lake School
Crescent Lake School serves students in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, as a low-enrollment middle-grades school. The school reports 181 students in grades 4 through 6. The typical figure for middle schools in New Hampshire is about 379 students.
Governor Wentworth Regional School District is the local district for Crescent Lake School. It runs 8 schools with 2,077 students.
White students are the large majority at Crescent Lake School, with 91% of enrollment. Other groups make up 4% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. The county population is about 94% White, within a few points of the school. Crescent Lake School has a diversity index of 17%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Crescent Lake School operates with 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 10.7:1. Middle schools in New Hampshire average about 11.1:1, a similar figure. Crescent Lake School reports 32% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Carroll County, the average is about the same, 33%.
Crescent Lake School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 82% of New Hampshire public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Crescent Lake School is 10.5 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (53.3% versus 42.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New Hampshire.
Across Carroll County, median household income is about $86,463, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The public schools of Carroll County number 28 and enroll about 5,659.
Kingswood Regional Middle School is the closest public school, about 0.3 miles away in a straight line. There are 3 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Crescent Lake School is 1st on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Distant.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 15%, from 212 to 181. Its ratio of students to teachers was 11.8:1 in 2020-21, and 10.7:1 in 2024-25.
Community posts for Crescent Lake School can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Carroll County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
51,804
Census ACS
Median income
$86,463
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
5,659 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Governor Wentworth Regional School District
- Kingswood Regional High SchoolHigh · 729 students
- Kingswood Regional Middle SchoolMiddle · 345 students
- Ossipee Central SchoolElementary · 276 students
- Carpenter SchoolElementary · 183 students
- New Durham Elementary SchoolElementary · 144 students
- Effingham Elementary SchoolElementary · 120 students
Other schools in Wolfeboro
- Kingswood Regional High SchoolHigh · 729 students
- Kingswood Regional Middle SchoolMiddle · 345 students
- Carpenter SchoolElementary · 183 students
Nearby schools
- Kingswood Regional Middle School0.3 mi · 345
- Kingswood Regional High School0.4 mi · 729
- Carpenter School1.4 mi · 183
- Tuftonboro Central School6.9 mi · 99
- Paul Elementary School7.5 mi · 410
- Alton Central School (Elem)8.9 mi · 407
Frequently asked questions
About Crescent Lake SchoolHow large is Crescent Lake School?
Crescent Lake School enrolls approximately 181 students in grades 04-06.
Is Crescent Lake School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Crescent Lake School is a middle school covering grades 04-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Crescent Lake School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Crescent Lake School is approximately 10.7:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Crescent Lake School?
Student demographics at Crescent Lake School are roughly 91% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is Crescent Lake School public or private?
Crescent Lake School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Governor Wentworth Regional School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.