Enrollment
259
Elementary
DISTRICT 277 · STATE 249
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LACONIA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330414000209
Elm Street School
478 Elm St., Laconia, NH 03246 · (603) 524-4113 · Belknap County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL259 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of New Hampshire public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
11.3:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
91 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 17 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 30 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (30) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (33).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · 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
Based on grade levels within Laconia School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientEnglish Language Arts
52.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
53.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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
50.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.8%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Elm Street School
Elm Street School's state test result (50.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elm Street School this school | 259 | 35.1% | 50.3% |
| Allenstown Community School ALLENSTOWN | 348 | 35.9% | N/A |
| Jaffrey Grade School Jaffrey | 250 | 33.2% | 34.4% |
| Southwick School Northfield | 251 | 35.1% | 40.5% |
| McClelland School Rochester | 310 | 37.7% | 35.2% |
| Mt. Caesar Elementary School E. Swanzey | 268 | 36.9% | N/A |
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 Elm Street School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Belknap County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #95 of 209 | #4 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #81 of 209 | #4 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #107 of 210 | #5 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 259 | #144 of 300 | #8 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #92 of 179 | #8 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.6% | #113 of 181 | #3 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.1% | #76 of 240 | #4 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.0% | #50 of 139 | #3 of 8 |
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
259
-14 (-5%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 305
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 259 | 23 | 11.3:1 | 35% (91) |
| 2023-24 | 271 | 22 | 12.3:1 | 46% (124) |
| 2022-23 | 260 | 22 | 11.8:1 | 38% (98) |
| 2020-21 | 273 | 20 | 13.7:1 | 36% (97) |
| 2017-18 | 312 | 22 | 14.2:1 | 48% (151) |
| 2015-16 | 286 | 23 | 12.4:1 | 59% (168) |
| 2010-11 | 274 | 24 | 11.4:1 | 58% (159) |
| 2000-01 | 318 | 21 | 15.1:1 | 36% (113) |
| 1990-91 | 305 | 15 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elm Street School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (312 to 259); teachers up 5% (22 to 23).
About Elm Street School
Elm Street School runs as a medium-sized elementary school in Laconia, New Hampshire. The school reports 259 students in pre-K through 5.
The 5 schools of Laconia School District, including Elm Street School, enroll 1,808 students.
About 89% of the student body at Elm Street School is White. Other students are 7% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 21% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 11.3 students per teacher. For comparison, elementary schools in New Hampshire average 11.0:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 35%.
allk12 grades Elm Street School a B+. The grade compares the school only with New Hampshire public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 40.8% for Elm Street School. The school posts 50.3%, 9.5 points above the prediction.
County data help place the school in context: in Belknap County, the median household income is $92,783, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. In all, Belknap County has 23 public schools and roughly 7,344 students.
The school nearest to Elm Street School is Laconia Middle School, at a distance of about 1.4 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes 7 other public schools. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Elm Street School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Elm Street School as Town: Distant.
Federal data show a 5% enrollment decrease, from 273 in 2020-21 to 259 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 11.3:1, from 13.7:1.
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Belknap County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
64,659
Census ACS
Median income
$92,783
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
7,344 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Laconia School District
- Laconia High SchoolHigh · 562 students
- Laconia Middle SchoolMiddle · 414 students
- Woodland Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 318 students
- Pleasant Street SchoolElementary · 255 students
Other schools in Laconia
- Laconia High SchoolHigh · 562 students
- Laconia Middle SchoolMiddle · 414 students
- Woodland Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 318 students
- Pleasant Street SchoolElementary · 255 students
Other Elm Street schools
One other US public school is named Elm Street. Elm Street School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Elm Street SchoolWalpole, MA · 438 students
Nearby schools
- Laconia Middle School1.4 mi · 414
- Pleasant Street School1.6 mi · 255
- Laconia High School1.7 mi · 562
- Woodland Heights Elementary School2.3 mi · 318
- Gilford Middle School3.5 mi · 277
- Gilford High School3.6 mi · 470
Frequently asked questions
About Elm Street SchoolHow many students attend Elm Street School?
Elm Street School enrolls approximately 259 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Elm Street School serve?
Elm Street School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Elm Street School?
Approximately 11.3:1 students per teacher at Elm Street School.
What is the student diversity at Elm Street School?
Student demographics at Elm Street School are roughly 89% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is Elm Street School public or private?
Elm Street School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Laconia School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.