Heartwood Public Charter School

Set in Jefferson, New Hampshire, Heartwood Public Charter School is a minimally staffed elementary campus, one of the schools within Heartwood Public Charter School. It enrolls 89 students across grades K through 8. That puts it 64% below the typical public school in New Hampshire, which averages around 249 students.

Operationally, Heartwood Public Charter School answers to Heartwood Public Charter School, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On demographics, Heartwood Public Charter School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%); the rest breaks down as 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting Heartwood Public Charter School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 33% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Coos County (around 43%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Heartwood Public Charter School is in the bottom 10% of New Hampshire public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 42.5%; Heartwood Public Charter School posts 27.5%, -15.0 points below that line.

Around the school, census data for Coos County shows median household earnings sit near $57,677, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Heartwood Public Charter School is one of 22 public schools in Coos County (combined enrollment of about 3,254 students).

White Mountains Regional High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 8.3 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Heartwood Public Charter School at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 36.0%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting. Heartwood Public Charter School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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