Enrollment
272
Elementary
STATE 249
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CANDIA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330213000033
Henry W. Moore School
12 Deerfield Rd., Candia, NH 03034 · (603) 483-2251 · Rockingham County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL272 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of New Hampshire public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Hampshire public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
27 FTE teachers
STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
35 students
STATE 26%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 31 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 25 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 31 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 22 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 26 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 30 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is 30% larger than its 8th grade class (30).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 33% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientEnglish Language Arts
55.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
53.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Hampshire schools, those numbers are about 55 and 43.
Source: NHSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.3%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% typical for New Hampshire schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Hampshire's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Henry W. Moore School
Henry W. Moore School's state test result (53.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry W. Moore School this school | 272 | 12.9% | 53.2% |
| Harold Martin School Hopkinton | 269 | 10.4% | 53.5% |
| Danville Elementary School Danville | 283 | 15.9% | 53.8% |
| Jacques Memorial Elementary School Milford | 276 | 13.8% | N/A |
| Chesterfield Central School Chesterfield | 253 | 13.8% | 47.9% |
| James Mastricola Elementary School Merrimack | 375 | 10.9% | 65.2% |
Matched among New Hampshire elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Henry W. Moore School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Rockingham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #83 of 209 | #29 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #80 of 209 | #31 of 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #92 of 210 | #32 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 272 | #134 of 300 | #40 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #47 of 179 | #15 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.9% | #102 of 181 | #23 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.9% | #179 of 240 | #25 of 54 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.4% | #105 of 139 | #23 of 32 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
272
+5 (+2%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 478
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 9.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 272 | 27 | 10.1:1 | 13% (35) |
| 2023-24 | 270 | 27 | 10.0:1 | 12% (32) |
| 2022-23 | 273 | 25 | 10.9:1 | 14% (38) |
| 2020-21 | 267 | 27 | 9.9:1 | 10% (26) |
| 2017-18 | 297 | 29 | 10.2:1 | 23% (68) |
| 2015-16 | 329 | 30 | 11.0:1 | 15% (48) |
| 2010-11 | 400 | 31 | 12.9:1 | 14% (57) |
| 2000-01 | 521 | 39 | 13.4:1 | 4% (22) |
| 1990-91 | 478 | 24 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Henry W. Moore School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (297 to 272); teachers down 7% (29 to 27).
About Henry W. Moore School
Among the schools in Candia, New Hampshire, is Henry W. Moore School, a mid-sized elementary school. It teaches 272 students in kindergarten through 8.
Henry W. Moore School is administered by Candia School District.
Henry W. Moore School is 88% White by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 6% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. That is in line with Rockingham County, where about 91% of residents are White. The diversity index for Henry W. Moore School is 23%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 10.1 students per teacher. Compared with the 11.0:1 average for elementary schools in New Hampshire, this school's ratio is lower. Roughly 13% of students at Henry W. Moore School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Rockingham County is close, at 13%.
Among New Hampshire public elementary schools, Henry W. Moore School outscored 50%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
The model predicts 55.3% for a school in New Hampshire with Henry W. Moore School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Henry W. Moore School posts 53.2%.
Rockingham County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $118,331 a year, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Rockingham County number 99, with about 41,753 students.
Of the public schools around it, Henry W. Moore School is closest to Auburn Village School, about 4.8 miles away. The count of other public schools within ten miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Henry W. Moore School ranks 6th of 8 on average proficiency.
Henry W. Moore School is in rural territory close to an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment went from 267 in 2020-21 to 272 in 2024-25, a change of 5 students.
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Rockingham County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
319,082
Census ACS
Median income
$118,331
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
99
41,753 students
Quick facts
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- Auburn Village School4.8 mi · 692
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- Raymond School District Preschool Program5.8 mi · 42
- Raymond High School5.8 mi · 326
- Deerfield Community School6.5 mi · 506
Frequently asked questions
About Henry W. Moore SchoolHow large is Henry W. Moore School?
Henry W. Moore School enrolls approximately 272 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Henry W. Moore School serve?
Henry W. Moore School serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many teachers does Henry W. Moore School have?
Henry W. Moore School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Henry W. Moore School?
At Henry W. Moore School, the student body is approximately 88% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Henry W. Moore School in?
Henry W. Moore School is part of Candia School District.
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