Gonic School

Set in Gonic, New Hampshire, Gonic School is a tight-knit primary school, one of the schools within Rochester School District. It hosts 211 students across grades K through 5.

Rochester School District comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 3,778 students; Gonic School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Gonic School lists that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 3% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Strafford County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Gonic School has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.6:1. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 39% of students at Gonic School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Strafford County's rate of about 26%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Gonic School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.4%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Strafford County shows median household earnings sit near $88,570, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Strafford County's 39 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,978 students), Gonic School is one campus in the mix.

Rochester Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 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 Gonic School at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 38.2%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Gonic School's enrollment has declined 14% since 2018, when it stood at 245 (now 211). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 93% to 88%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 in 2025.

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