Enrollment
150
Elementary
DISTRICT 180 · STATE 249
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONADNOCK REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330489000299
Dr. George S. Emerson Elementary School
27 Rhododendron Rd., Fitzwilliam, NH 03447 · (603) 585-6611 · Cheshire County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL150 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 6% of New Hampshire public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
11.7:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
48 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 | 14 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 19 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 17 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 21 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 22 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 16 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 16 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 25 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (19) is 24% smaller than its 6th grade class (25).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · 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
Dr. George S. Emerson Elementary School→Monadnock Regional Middle School→Monadnock Regional High School
Based on grade levels within Monadnock Regional School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientEnglish Language Arts
41.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
29.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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
31.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.9%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% 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 Dr. George S. Emerson Elementary School
Dr. George S. Emerson Elementary School's state test result (31.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. George S. Emerson Elementary School this school | 150 | 32.0% | 31.4% |
| Middleton Elementary School Middleton | 155 | 33.5% | 36.8% |
| Josiah Bartlett Elementary School Bartlett | 165 | 34.5% | 36.1% |
| Bridgewater-Hebron Village School Bridgewater | 137 | 30.7% | 69.6% |
| Woodsville Elementary School Woodsville | 176 | 38.1% | 42.5% |
| Bethlehem Elementary School Bethlehem | 142 | 35.9% | 59.1% |
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 Dr. George S. Emerson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Cheshire County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #182 of 209 | #11 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #178 of 209 | #11 of 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #163 of 210 | #11 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 150 | #214 of 300 | #14 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.0% | #90 of 240 | #10 of 16 |
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
150
-3 (-2%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 213
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
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 | 150 | 12.8 | 11.7:1 | 32% (48) |
| 2023-24 | 156 | 13.7 | 11.4:1 | 24% (38) |
| 2022-23 | 163 | 13.1 | 12.4:1 | 23% (38) |
| 2020-21 | 153 | 13 | 11.8:1 | 26% (40) |
| 2017-18 | 177 | 13.6 | 13.0:1 | 40% (71) |
| 2015-16 | 154 | 16 | 9.6:1 | 45% (70) |
| 2010-11 | 217 | 15 | 14.5:1 | 39% (84) |
| 2000-01 | 206 | 15 | 13.7:1 | 28% (57) |
| 1990-91 | 213 | 11 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dr. George S. Emerson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (177 to 150); teachers down 6% (13.6 to 12.8).
About Dr. George S. Emerson Elementary School
Dr. George S. Emerson Elementary School is a small elementary school with its address in Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire. A federal count lists 150 students at the school, in pre-K through 6. Average enrollment for elementary schools in New Hampshire is about 249, so this school runs 40% smaller than that.
Monadnock Regional School District runs Dr. George S. Emerson Elementary School along with 6 other schools, enrolling 1,597 students in total.
The large majority of students at Dr. George S. Emerson Elementary School, 89%, are White. The next largest groups are 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. County-wide, about 92% of residents are White. Dr. George S. Emerson Elementary School has a diversity index of 20%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Dr. George S. Emerson Elementary School's 12.8 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 11.7:1. That ratio is over the 11.0:1 average for elementary schools in New Hampshire. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 32%. Across public schools in Cheshire County, the average is about the same, 30%.
Measured against New Hampshire public elementary schools, Dr. George S. Emerson Elementary School receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Dr. George S. Emerson Elementary School is 11.4 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (31.4% versus 42.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New Hampshire.
In Cheshire County (population about 77,297), median household income is about $83,329, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. A total of 41 public schools operate in Cheshire County, serving about 8,365 students.
The closest public school to Dr. George S. Emerson Elementary School is Troy Elementary School, about 4.3 miles away. Within ten miles of Dr. George S. Emerson Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, Dr. George S. Emerson Elementary School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Dr. George S. Emerson Elementary School the locale Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (153) to 2024-25 (150).
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Cheshire County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
77,297
Census ACS
Median income
$83,329
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
8,365 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Monadnock Regional School District
- Monadnock Regional High SchoolHigh · 448 students
- Cutler Elementary SchoolElementary · 316 students
- Mt. Caesar Elementary SchoolElementary · 268 students
- Monadnock Regional Middle SchoolMiddle · 249 students
- Troy Elementary SchoolElementary · 116 students
- Gilsum STEAM AcademyElementary · 50 students
Nearby schools
- Troy Elementary School4.3 mi · 116
- Royalston Community School6.6 mi · 152
- Jaffrey Grade School7.1 mi · 250
- Conant Middle High School (M)7.3 mi · 241
- Conant Middle High School (H)7.4 mi · 336
- Murdock High School7.5 mi · 256
Frequently asked questions
About Dr. George S. Emerson Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Dr. George S. Emerson Elementary School?
Dr. George S. Emerson Elementary School enrolls approximately 150 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Dr. George S. Emerson Elementary School serve?
Dr. George S. Emerson Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Dr. George S. Emerson Elementary School?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at Dr. George S. Emerson Elementary School.
How diverse is Dr. George S. Emerson Elementary School?
Dr. George S. Emerson Elementary School reports a student body of 89% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Dr. George S. Emerson Elementary School?
Dr. George S. Emerson Elementary School is overseen by Monadnock Regional School District in Cheshire County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.