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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at James Mastricola Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
375
Elementary
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 249
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MERRIMACK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330474000276
James Mastricola Elementary School
7 School St., Merrimack, NH 03054 · (603) 424-6218 · Hillsborough County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL375 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 84% of New Hampshire public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
41 students
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 26%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 8% smaller than its 4th grade class (71).
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · 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
James Mastricola Elementary School→James Mastricola Upper Elementary School→Merrimack Middle School→Merrimack High School
Based on grade levels within Merrimack School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientEnglish Language Arts
64.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
66.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
65.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.5%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% typical for New Hampshire schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Hampshire's top nor bottom 10%.
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 James Mastricola Elementary School
James Mastricola Elementary School's state test result (65.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Mastricola Elementary School this school | 375 | 10.9% | 65.2% |
| North Salem Elementary School Salem | 353 | 9.1% | 62.4% |
| North Londonderry Elementary School Londonderry | 451 | 11.3% | 54.0% |
| Griffin Memorial School Litchfield | 428 | 14.3% | 63.2% |
| Thorntons Ferry School Merrimack | 504 | 12.3% | 51.0% |
| Henry W. Moore School Candia | 272 | 12.9% | 53.2% |
Matched among New Hampshire elementary 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 James Mastricola Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.2% | #29 of 209 | #9 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #36 of 209 | #11 of 51 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #51 of 210 | #13 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 375 | #62 of 300 | #26 of 68 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #111 of 179 | #26 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.9% | #96 of 181 | #41 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.9% | #194 of 240 | #49 of 60 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.0% | #116 of 139 | #35 of 40 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
375
-26 (-6%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 563
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 375 | 32 | 11.7:1 | 11% (41) |
| 2023-24 | 396 | 32 | 12.4:1 | 11% (42) |
| 2022-23 | 420 | 32 | 13.1:1 | 10% (40) |
| 2020-21 | 401 | 34 | 11.8:1 | 9% (36) |
| 2017-18 | 399 | 30 | 13.3:1 | 9% (37) |
| 2015-16 | 424 | 30 | 14.1:1 | 8% (33) |
| 2010-11 | 456 | 33 | 13.8:1 | 6% (26) |
| 2000-01 | 584 | 41 | 14.2:1 | 4% (21) |
| 1990-91 | 563 | 25 | 22.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for James Mastricola Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (399 to 375); teachers up 7% (30 to 32).
About James Mastricola Elementary School
James Mastricola Elementary School is a large elementary school in New Hampshire, with an address in Merrimack. The school counts 375 students across pre-K through 4. The typical figure for elementary schools in New Hampshire is about 249 students.
Merrimack School District is responsible for 6 schools, James Mastricola Elementary School included, with 3,453 students in all.
James Mastricola Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 87% White. It is also 6% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. James Mastricola Elementary School has a diversity index of 24%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its 32 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 11.7:1. That ratio is over the 11.0:1 average for elementary schools in New Hampshire. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 11%. That rate is below the 26% average among public schools in Hillsborough County.
The allk12 Grade for James Mastricola Elementary School is A-. Compared with New Hampshire public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 84% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
James Mastricola Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (65.2%) and its predicted rate (56.5%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New Hampshire schools.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Hillsborough County show that median household income is about $103,545, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. James Mastricola Elementary School is one of 127 public schools in Hillsborough County, which together enroll about 53,974 students.
James Mastricola Upper Elementary School is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. James Mastricola Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. James Mastricola Elementary School comes in 1st of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Mid-size, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 401 to 375.
Community posts for James Mastricola Elementary School can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Hillsborough County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
426,378
Census ACS
Median income
$103,545
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
127
53,974 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Merrimack School District
- Merrimack High SchoolHigh · 1,057 students
- James Mastricola Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 533 students
- Reeds Ferry SchoolElementary · 504 students
- Thorntons Ferry SchoolElementary · 504 students
- Merrimack Middle SchoolMiddle · 480 students
Other schools in Merrimack
- Merrimack High SchoolHigh · 1,057 students
- James Mastricola Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 533 students
- Reeds Ferry SchoolElementary · 504 students
- Thorntons Ferry SchoolElementary · 504 students
- Merrimack Middle SchoolMiddle · 480 students
- Gate City Charter School for the ArtsElementary · 160 students
Nearby schools
- James Mastricola Upper Elementary School0.1 mi · 533
- Merrimack High School0.4 mi · 1,057
- Reeds Ferry School1.8 mi · 504
- Griffin Memorial School2.2 mi · 428
- Litchfield Middle School2.2 mi · 344
- Merrimack Middle School2.3 mi · 480
Frequently asked questions
About James Mastricola Elementary SchoolHow large is James Mastricola Elementary School?
James Mastricola Elementary School enrolls approximately 375 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does James Mastricola Elementary School serve?
James Mastricola Elementary School serves grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at James Mastricola Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at James Mastricola Elementary School is approximately 11.7:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at James Mastricola Elementary School?
Student demographics at James Mastricola Elementary School are roughly 87% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees James Mastricola Elementary School?
James Mastricola Elementary School is overseen by Merrimack School District in Hillsborough County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.