Effingham Elementary School

Effingham Elementary School operates as an intimate primary school in Effingham, New Hampshire, part of Governor Wentworth Regional School District. Current enrollment sits at 120 students spanning grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 52% leaner than the state mean of about 249.

Governor Wentworth Regional School District comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 2,077 students; Effingham Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Effingham Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). Beyond that, the school lists 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Effingham Elementary School has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.3:1. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 42% of students at Effingham Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Carroll County runs at roughly 33%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Effingham Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.6%, the actual is 37.2%, a residual of +0.6 points.

In the broader community, Carroll County reports that median household income runs about $86,463, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Carroll County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,659 students), Effingham Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Freedom Elementary School, around 1.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 6 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Effingham Elementary School at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 35.5%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Effingham Elementary School's enrollment has climbed 8% since 2018, when it stood at 111 (now 120).

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.