Total enrollment
1,607
-136 (-8%) vs SY 2020-21
3 schools in Pelham School District
New Hampshire · 1,607 students · 1 city
Pelham School District runs 3 public K-12 schools inside New Hampshire, with combined enrollment around 1,607 (1 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high).
4-year change in Pelham School District
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
3
0 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Pelham School District ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In New Hampshire | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #26 of 54 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,607 | #28 of 73 | #5,197 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 3 | #59 of 73 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.9:1 | #10 of 71 | #389 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 10.5% | #60 of 73 | #7,932 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.0% | #13 of 44 | #4,918 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Pelham School District
Since 2017-18, the 3 district schools that reported both years went from 1,914 to 1,607 students (down 16%) and from 139 to 163 full-time teachers (up 17%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
| Name | City | Level | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pelham Elementary School | Pelham | Elementary | PK-05 | 750 |
| Pelham High School | Pelham | High | 09-12 | 508 |
| Pelham Memorial School | Pelham | Middle | 06-08 | 349 |
About Pelham School District
Pelham School District is a thinly populated New Hampshire school district running 3 schools with combined enrollment near 1,607.
On the school-mix side, Pelham School District is made up of 1 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high school.
Per-school enrollment averages around 536 in this district, meaningfully above the New Hampshire typical of 324.
Trend over the past 4 years. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment shrank 8%: 1,743 students in SY 2020-21 versus 1,607 in SY 2024-25.
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