Enrollment
388
Elementary
DISTRICT 342 · STATE 249
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DERRY COOPERATIVE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330261000497
East Derry Memorial Elementary School
18 Dubeau Dr., Derry, NH 03038 · (603) 432-1260 · Rockingham County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL388 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of New Hampshire public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
11.9:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
57 students
DISTRICT 23% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 76 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (73).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
East Derry Memorial Elementary School→West Running Brook Intermediate School→Gilbert H. Hood Middle School
Based on grade levels within Derry Cooperative School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientEnglish Language Arts
54.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
50.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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
52.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.1%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 East Derry Memorial Elementary School
East Derry Memorial Elementary School's state test result (52.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Derry Memorial Elementary School this school | 388 | 14.7% | 52.0% |
| Griffin Memorial School Litchfield | 428 | 14.3% | 63.2% |
| Pollard Elementary School Plaistow | 434 | 16.6% | 38.6% |
| Nottingham West Elementary School Hudson | 457 | 18.2% | 51.2% |
| Hills Garrison Elementary School Hudson | 354 | 16.4% | 48.4% |
| James Mastricola Elementary School Merrimack | 375 | 10.9% | 65.2% |
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 East Derry Memorial Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Rockingham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #87 of 209 | #31 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #94 of 209 | #34 of 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #99 of 210 | #35 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 388 | #55 of 300 | #19 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #121 of 179 | #30 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.9% | #59 of 181 | #12 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.7% | #165 of 240 | #20 of 54 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.8% | #65 of 139 | #11 of 32 |
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
388
+5 (+1%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 730
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 388 | 32.5 | 11.9:1 | 15% (57) |
| 2023-24 | 335 | 30 | 11.2:1 | 14% (48) |
| 2022-23 | 356 | 29.3 | 12.2:1 | 11% (40) |
| 2020-21 | 383 | 30 | 12.8:1 | 17% (66) |
| 2017-18 | 450 | 30.9 | 14.6:1 | 15% (66) |
| 2015-16 | 404 | 27 | 15.0:1 | 15% (59) |
| 2010-11 | 413 | 35 | 11.8:1 | 10% (42) |
| 2000-01 | 794 | 33 | 24.1:1 | 9% (69) |
| 1990-91 | 730 | 29 | 25.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for East Derry Memorial Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (450 to 388); teachers up 5% (30.9 to 32.5).
About East Derry Memorial Elementary School
East Derry Memorial Elementary School is a public large elementary school in Derry, New Hampshire. Students in kindergarten through 4 attend the school, which enrolls 388 students. For comparison, elementary schools in New Hampshire average about 249 students.
The district for East Derry Memorial Elementary School is Derry Cooperative School District, with 9 schools and 3,906 students.
White students are the large majority at East Derry Memorial Elementary School, with 82% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 8% multiracial and 8% Hispanic. In Rockingham County overall, about 91% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at East Derry Memorial Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 32%.
Its 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 11.9:1. That ratio is over the 11.0:1 average for elementary schools in New Hampshire. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 15%. That is close to the 13% average for public schools in Rockingham County.
allk12 grades East Derry Memorial Elementary School a B-. The grade compares the school only with New Hampshire public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for East Derry Memorial Elementary School is -2.1 points: 52.0% actual, 54.1% predicted.
East Derry Memorial Elementary School is located in Rockingham County, where median household income is about $118,331, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 99 public schools in Rockingham County, with a combined enrollment of about 41,753.
Nearest public school: West Running Brook Intermediate School, about 2.9 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 49.5%; East Derry Memorial Elementary School's is 52.0%, ranking 2nd of 5.
The federal government classifies East Derry Memorial Elementary School's location as Rural: Fringe.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (383) and 2024-25 (388).
Discussions about East Derry Memorial Elementary School may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Rockingham County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
319,082
Census ACS
Median income
$118,331
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
99
41,753 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Derry Cooperative School District
- Gilbert H. Hood Middle SchoolMiddle · 696 students
- West Running Brook Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 639 students
- West Running Brook Middle SchoolMiddle · 518 students
- Ernest P. Barka Elementary SchoolElementary · 485 students
- Derry Village SchoolElementary · 377 students
- Grinnell SchoolElementary · 338 students
Other schools in Derry
- Pinkerton AcademyHigh · 2,990 students
- Gilbert H. Hood Middle SchoolMiddle · 696 students
- West Running Brook Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 639 students
- West Running Brook Middle SchoolMiddle · 518 students
- Ernest P. Barka Elementary SchoolElementary · 485 students
- Derry Village SchoolElementary · 377 students
Nearby schools
- West Running Brook Intermediate School2.9 mi · 639
- West Running Brook Middle School2.9 mi · 518
- Derry Village School2.9 mi · 377
- South Range Elementary School3.3 mi · 333
- Pinkerton Academy3.5 mi · 2,990
- Hampstead Middle School3.6 mi · 352
Frequently asked questions
About East Derry Memorial Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at East Derry Memorial Elementary School?
East Derry Memorial Elementary School enrolls approximately 388 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does East Derry Memorial Elementary School serve?
East Derry Memorial Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at East Derry Memorial Elementary School?
Approximately 11.9:1 students per teacher at East Derry Memorial Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at East Derry Memorial Elementary School?
At East Derry Memorial Elementary School, the student body is approximately 82% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees East Derry Memorial Elementary School?
East Derry Memorial Elementary School is overseen by Derry Cooperative School District in Rockingham County.
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