Jaffrey Grade School

Jaffrey Grade School is a moderately sized elementary campus in Jaffrey, New Hampshire, overseen by Jaffrey-Rindge Cooperative School District. The school hosts 250 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Jaffrey-Rindge Cooperative School District runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,151 students. Jaffrey Grade School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Jaffrey Grade School shows that nearly all students (88%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Jaffrey Grade School has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting Jaffrey Grade School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 33% of students at Jaffrey Grade School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Jaffrey Grade School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.4%.

In the area at large, Cheshire County reports that median household earnings sit near $83,329, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Cheshire County runs 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,365 students), of which Jaffrey Grade School is one.

The closest other public school is Conant Middle High School (M), roughly 0.4 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jaffrey Grade School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 42.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Jaffrey Grade School has ticked down 22%, going from 319 students in 2018 to 250 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 8.9:1 today.

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