Golden Brook Elementary School

Golden Brook Elementary School is an expansive elementary-level community in Windham, New Hampshire, operated by Windham School District. The school educates 1,113 students in grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 347% above the state mean of about 249.

Within Windham School District, which oversees 4 schools and 2,898 students, Golden Brook Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Golden Brook Elementary School reports that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 6% Asian, 5% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Rockingham County as a whole is about 91% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Golden Brook Elementary School shows 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting Golden Brook Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 3% of students at Golden Brook Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Rockingham County runs at roughly 13%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Golden Brook Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 63.7%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Rockingham County put median household income runs about $118,331, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Golden Brook Elementary School is one of 99 public schools in Rockingham County (combined enrollment of about 41,753 students).

Windham Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Golden Brook Elementary School at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 54.9%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 92%: 580 students in 2018 compared to 1,113 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 today.

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