Ellis School

Set in Fremont, New Hampshire, Ellis School is a mid-tier elementary school, operated by Fremont School District. It instructs 353 students across grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 42% above the typical public school in New Hampshire, which averages around 249 students.

Fremont School District is the operating authority for Ellis School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

In terms of who attends, Ellis School logs that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Rockingham County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Ellis School shows 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.1:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 17% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Ellis School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.8%; this one delivers 48.4%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Rockingham County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $118,331 per year, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. In all, Rockingham County runs 99 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,753 students), of which Ellis School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Swasey Central School, around 3.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Ellis School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 52.8%.

Ellis School operates from a rural location.

Five-year trend. Ellis School's enrollment has declined 14% since 2018, when it stood at 411 (now 353). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 95% to 91%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 9.1:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Ellis School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.