Holderness Central School

Located at 19 School Rd., in Holderness, New Hampshire, Holderness Central School is a cozy K-5 school that hosts 156 students (grades K through 8), part of Holderness School District. That puts it 37% smaller than the typical public school in New Hampshire, which averages around 249 students.

Holderness School District is the operating authority for Holderness Central School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Demographically, Holderness Central School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). Other groups include 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Grafton County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Holderness Central School reports 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. About 18% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Holderness Central School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 52.0%; this one delivers 67.8%, a residual of +15.8 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Grafton County shows median household income runs about $88,261, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Grafton County runs 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,161 students), of which Holderness Central School is one.

Ashland Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Holderness Central School. On composite proficiency, Holderness Central School comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 49.6%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. Holderness Central School's enrollment has shrank 4% since 2018, when it stood at 162 (now 156). White enrollment moved from 97% to 91% across the same window.

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