Edward Fenn School

Set in Gorham, New Hampshire, Edward Fenn School is a tight-knit primary school, operated by Gorham Randolph Shelburne Cooperative School District. It caters to 143 students across grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 43% below the state mean of about 249.

Gorham Randolph Shelburne Cooperative School District comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 372 students; Edward Fenn School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Edward Fenn School lists that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Edward Fenn School has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.5:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 41% of students at Edward Fenn School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Edward Fenn School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.5%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Coos County indicate median household earnings sit near $57,677, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Edward Fenn School is one of 22 public schools in Coos County (combined enrollment of about 3,254 students).

Nearest neighbor: Gorham Middle School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Edward Fenn School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Edward Fenn School at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 34.1%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Edward Fenn School's enrollment has decreased 15% since 2018, when it stood at 169 (now 143). Class-load math has pulled in: from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 9.5:1 in 2025.

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