Enrollment
292
Middle
DISTRICT 257 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MASCOMA VALLEY REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330468000498
Indian River School
45 ROYAL RD, CANAAN, NH 03741 · (603) 632-4357 · Grafton County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL292 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% of New Hampshire public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 11.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
70 students
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 26%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 69 | 24% |
| Grade 6 | 68 | 23% |
| Grade 7 | 66 | 23% |
| Grade 8 | 89 | 30% |
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Indian River School→Mascoma Valley Regional High School
Based on grade levels within Mascoma Valley Regional School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientEnglish Language Arts
45.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
30.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
34.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.0%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% typical for New Hampshire schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Indian River School
Indian River School's state test result (34.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian River School this school | 292 | 24.0% | 34.5% |
| Boynton Middle School New Ipswich | 260 | 25.4% | 41.3% |
| Epping Middle School Epping | 194 | 21.1% | 45.0% |
| Great Brook School Antrim | 224 | 27.7% | 40.6% |
| Belmont Middle School Belmont | 350 | 29.7% | 48.2% |
| Monadnock Regional Middle School E. Swanzey | 249 | 30.5% | 30.6% |
Matched among New Hampshire middle 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 Indian River School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Grafton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #65 of 85 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #61 of 85 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #65 of 85 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 292 | #56 of 101 | #4 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #46 of 74 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.3% | #74 of 74 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.0% | #45 of 90 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.1% | #25 of 57 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
292
-39 (-12%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 484
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 9.7:1
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 | 292 | 25.5 | 11.4:1 | 24% (70) |
| 2023-24 | 294 | 24 | 12.3:1 | 26% (75) |
| 2022-23 | 313 | 29 | 10.8:1 | 39% (123) |
| 2020-21 | 331 | 34 | 9.7:1 | 37% (122) |
| 2017-18 | 340 | 35 | 9.7:1 | 31% (104) |
| 2015-16 | 330 | 35 | 9.4:1 | 26% (87) |
| 2010-11 | 423 | 35 | 12.1:1 | 26% (109) |
| 2000-01 | 483 | 36 | 13.4:1 | 22% (108) |
| 1990-91 | 484 | 30 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Indian River School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (340 to 292); teachers down 27% (35 to 25.5).
About Indian River School
Indian River School operates as a small middle-grades school in CANAAN, New Hampshire. It reports enrollment of 292 students in grades 5 through 8. On average, middle schools in New Hampshire enroll around 379, and this school is 23% below that mark.
Mascoma Valley Regional School District has 4 schools and 1,026 students, and Indian River School is one of those schools.
A large majority of enrollment at Indian River School is White, at 96%. Beyond that, enrollment is 2% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Indian River School scores 7%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 11.4:1. The school has 25.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in New Hampshire is about 11.1:1. Federal data show 24% of students (70) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Grafton County average a similar 25%.
On the allk12 Grade, Indian River School lands at C-, ahead of 18% of New Hampshire public middle schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results, 34.5%, is 13.5 points below the 48.0% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the bottom 10% of New Hampshire schools.
In the wider Grafton County area, median household income comes to about $88,261, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Grafton County's 53 public schools enroll about 10,161 students and include Indian River School.
Mascoma Valley Regional High School sits less than a tenth of a mile from Indian River School. Indian River School has 3 other public schools within five miles. The school's 34.5% average proficiency ranks 8th among 8 nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Fringe, meaning it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 292, down from 331 in 2020-21. The school's ratio increased from 9.7:1 to 11.4:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Indian River School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
Related schools
Other schools in Mascoma Valley Regional School District
- Mascoma Valley Regional High SchoolHigh · 303 students
- Canaan Elementary SchoolElementary · 236 students
- Enfield Village SchoolElementary · 195 students
Other schools in CANAAN
- Mascoma Valley Regional High SchoolHigh · 303 students
- Canaan Elementary SchoolElementary · 236 students
Nearby schools
- Mascoma Valley Regional High School0.1 mi · 303
- Enfield Village School2.4 mi · 195
- Canaan Elementary School4.3 mi · 236
- Lebanon Middle School6.6 mi · 464
- Lebanon High School7.5 mi · 606
- Hanover Street School7.6 mi · 316
Frequently asked questions
About Indian River SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Indian River School?
Indian River School enrolls approximately 292 students in grades 05-08.
Is Indian River School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Indian River School is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
How many students per teacher at Indian River School?
Approximately 11.4:1 students per teacher at Indian River School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Indian River School?
At Indian River School, the student body is approximately 96% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Indian River School?
Indian River School is overseen by Mascoma Valley Regional School District in Grafton County.
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