Enrollment
156
Elementary
STATE 249
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOLDERNESS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330381000169
Holderness Central School
19 School Rd., Holderness, NH 03245 · (603) 536-2538 · Grafton County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL156 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% of New Hampshire public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
8.0:1
19 FTE teachers
STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
28 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 | 15 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 13 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 16 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 21 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 23 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 8 | 5% |
| Grade 6 | 16 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 17 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 27 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (15) is 44% smaller than its 8th grade class (27).
Student demographics
17%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
77.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
60.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
67.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.0%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 52% typical for New Hampshire schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in New Hampshire's top 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 Holderness Central School
Holderness Central School's state test result (67.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holderness Central School this school | 156 | 17.9% | 67.8% |
| Simonds Elementary School Warner | 132 | 18.9% | 59.6% |
| Northeast Woodland Chartered Public School Conway | 172 | 19.2% | 28.2% |
| Rollinsford Grade School Rollinsford | 154 | 15.6% | 42.3% |
| Cornish Elementary School Cornish | 137 | 16.8% | 45.3% |
| Florence Rideout Elementary School Wilton | 211 | 22.3% | 41.3% |
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 Holderness Central School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Grafton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #25 of 209 | #6 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #52 of 209 | #7 of 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #11 of 210 | #3 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 156 | #210 of 300 | #14 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.9% | #146 of 240 | #15 of 19 |
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
156
-1 (-1%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 257
Student : Teacher
8.0:1
was 8.3:1
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 | 156 | 19.4 | 8.0:1 | 18% (28) |
| 2023-24 | 150 | 19.4 | 7.7:1 | 18% (27) |
| 2022-23 | 152 | 19.6 | 7.8:1 | 16% (25) |
| 2020-21 | 157 | 19 | 8.3:1 | 18% (29) |
| 2017-18 | 162 | 19.6 | 8.3:1 | 17% (28) |
| 2015-16 | 154 | 18 | 8.6:1 | 24% (37) |
| 2010-11 | 199 | 25 | 8.0:1 | 16% (32) |
| 2000-01 | 219 | 22 | 9.9:1 | 12% (26) |
| 1990-91 | 257 | 21 | 12.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Holderness Central School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (162 to 156); teachers down 1% (19.6 to 19.4).
About Holderness Central School
Holderness Central School is a small elementary school in Holderness, New Hampshire, one of the schools in Holderness School District. It enrolls 156 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 8. That is 37% below the average of about 249 students for elementary schools in New Hampshire.
For district matters, Holderness Central School falls under Holderness School District.
The share of students at Holderness Central School who are White is 91%. The remaining students are 4% multiracial and 3% Asian. Grafton County residents are about 88% White, a similar share. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 17%.
Classroom staffing at Holderness Central School totals 19.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 8.0:1. Statewide, elementary schools in New Hampshire average 11.0:1. Federal data show 18% of students (28) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among New Hampshire public elementary schools, Holderness Central School outscored 89%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
A school in New Hampshire with Holderness Central School's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 52.0%. Holderness Central School scores 67.8%.
American Community Survey estimates for Grafton County show that median household income comes to about $88,261, roughly 47% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The county's public schools total 53, with about 10,161 students.
About 3.4 miles separate Holderness Central School from the closest public school, Ashland Elementary School. Within five miles are 3 other public schools. Holderness Central School is 1st of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Fringe. That means it sits in rural territory close to an urban area.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (157) to 2024-25 (156).
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Grafton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
92,120
Census ACS
Median income
$88,261
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
10,161 students
Quick facts
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Nearby schools
- Ashland Elementary School3.4 mi · 159
- Plymouth Regional High School4.3 mi · 651
- Plymouth Elementary School4.4 mi · 365
- Campton Elementary School7.3 mi · 265
- Mountain Village Charter School7.4 mi · 117
- Inter-Lakes Elementary School8.3 mi · 397
Frequently asked questions
About Holderness Central SchoolHow many students attend Holderness Central School?
Holderness Central School enrolls approximately 156 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Holderness Central School serve?
Holderness Central School serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Holderness Central School?
Approximately 8.0:1 students per teacher at Holderness Central School.
How diverse is Holderness Central School?
Holderness Central School reports a student body of 91% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Holderness Central School?
Holderness Central School is overseen by Holderness School District in Grafton County.
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