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
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
292
-48 (-14%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 9.7:1
% White
96%
was 95%
% Hispanic
1%
was 2%
% Black
0%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Indian River School
Indian River School is a middle-grades school of intimate scale in CANAAN, New Hampshire, overseen by Mascoma Valley Regional School District, serveing 292 students in grades 5 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 23% leaner than the state mean of about 379.
Mascoma Valley Regional School District runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,026 students. Indian River School is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, Indian River School reports that nearly all students (96%) are White; the rest comes out to 2% multiracial.
Looking at school resources, The school reports having 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 24% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Indian River School is in the bottom 10% of New Hampshire public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 48.0%; Indian River School posts 34.5%, -13.5 points below that line.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Grafton County indicate median household earnings sit near $88,261, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Indian River School is one of 53 public schools in Grafton County (combined enrollment of about 10,161 students).
Mascoma Valley Regional High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Indian River School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 60.1%.
Indian River School operates from an outlying location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 14%: 340 students in 2018 compared to 292 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 9.7:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.
Inside the community feed, members of the Indian River School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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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