East Derry Memorial Elementary School

East Derry Memorial Elementary School is an elementary school of high-enrollment scale in Derry, New Hampshire, overseen by Derry Cooperative School District, hosting 388 students in grades K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 249 students per school, that is 56% above typical.

Derry Cooperative School District comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 3,906 students; East Derry Memorial Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, East Derry Memorial Elementary School lists that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 8% multiracial, 8% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 91% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, East Derry Memorial Elementary School records 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting East Derry Memorial Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 15% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), East Derry Memorial Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.1%; this one delivers 52.0%.

In the broader community, census data for Rockingham County shows median household income runs about $118,331, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. In all, Rockingham County runs 99 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,753 students), of which East Derry Memorial Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: West Running Brook Middle School, around 2.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around East Derry Memorial Elementary School. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), East Derry Memorial Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 49.5%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 14%: 450 students in 2018 compared to 388 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 90% to 82% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

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