Hanover Street School

Hanover Street School is one of the mid-tier K-5 schools in Lebanon, New Hampshire, part of Lebanon School District, with 316 students on its rolls from grades K through 4. By comparison, New Hampshire's public schools average about 249 students each, so Hanover Street School sits 27% larger than that benchmark.

Hanover Street School is one of 4 schools operated by Lebanon School District, a district that educates 1,632 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hanover Street School reports that 79% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 11% Asian, 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 88% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Hanover Street School lists 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 25% of students at Hanover Street School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hanover Street School sits in the top 10% of New Hampshire schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 47.2%; actual is 61.0%, +13.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Grafton County indicate median household earnings sit near $88,261, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Grafton County's 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,161 students), Hanover Street School is one campus in the mix.

Lebanon High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hanover Street School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hanover Street School at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 64.8%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 11%: 355 students in 2018 compared to 316 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 86% to 79% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 today.

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