James Faulkner Elementary School

Set in Stoddard, New Hampshire, James Faulkner Elementary School is a micro-enrollment elementary-level community, one of the schools within Stoddard School District. It caters to 46 students across grades K through 5. That puts it 82% below the typical public school in New Hampshire, which averages around 249 students.

Operationally, James Faulkner Elementary School answers to Stoddard School District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On demographics, James Faulkner Elementary School shows that 96% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest comes out to 2% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Cheshire County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting James Faulkner Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 30% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Cheshire County) reports that median household income runs about $83,329, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cheshire County runs 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,365 students), of which James Faulkner Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Nelson Elementary School, roughly 4.9 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 7 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 38%: 74 students in 2018 compared to 46 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 9.3:1 in 2018 to 7.1:1 in 2025.

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