Francestown Elementary School

As a rural-scale elementary school in Francestown, New Hampshire, Francestown Elementary School hosts 41 students from grades K through 4, overseen by Contoocook Valley School District. By comparison, New Hampshire's public schools average about 249 students each, so Francestown Elementary School sits 84% below that benchmark.

Contoocook Valley School District comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 1,936 students; Francestown Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Francestown Elementary School logs that nearly all students (100%) are White. By comparison, Hillsborough County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Francestown Elementary School has 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.0:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 7% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Hillsborough County's rate of about 26%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Hillsborough County indicate the typical household earns roughly $103,545 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Hillsborough County's 127 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,974 students), Francestown Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Greenfield Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.4 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Francestown Elementary School has edged down 38%, going from 66 students in 2018 to 41 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share expanded from 94% to 100%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 9.8:1 in 2018 to 7.0:1 today.

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