Hollis Primary School

Hollis Primary School operates as a big primary school in Hollis, New Hampshire, overseen by Hollis School District. Current enrollment sits at 391 students spanning grades pre-K through 3. That puts it 57% above the typical public school in New Hampshire, which averages around 249 students.

Across the 2 schools in Hollis School District (668 students total), Hollis Primary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Hollis Primary School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%). The remainder comes out to 6% Asian, 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Hollis Primary School lists 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 3% of students at Hollis Primary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Hillsborough County's rate of about 26%.

After controlling for student poverty, Hollis Primary School sits in the top 10% of New Hampshire schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 61.6%; actual is 75.0%, +13.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, Hillsborough County reports that median household earnings sit near $103,545, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Hillsborough County runs 127 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,974 students), of which Hollis Primary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Hollis Upper Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hollis Primary School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hollis Primary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 56.6%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Hollis Primary School's enrollment has rose 14% since 2018, when it stood at 344 (now 391). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.

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