Enrollment
177
Elementary
DISTRICT 130 · STATE 249
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KEARSARGE REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330404000192
Kearsarge Reg. Elementary School - Bradford
163 Old Warner Rd., Bradford, NH 03221 · (603) 938-5959 · Merrimack County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL177 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% of New Hampshire public elementary schools
- B-Test 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
10.3:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
42 students
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 26%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 26 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 25 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 21 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (26) is 24% larger than its 5th grade class (21).
Student demographics
8%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
Kearsarge Reg. Elementary School - Bradford→Kearsarge Regional Middle School→Kearsarge Regional High School
Based on grade levels within Kearsarge Regional School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientEnglish Language Arts
56.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
52.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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
50.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.2%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Kearsarge Reg. Elementary School - Bradford
Kearsarge Reg. Elementary School - Bradford's state test result (50.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kearsarge Reg. Elementary School - Bradford this school | 177 | 23.7% | 50.8% |
| Thornton Central School Thornton | 172 | 22.7% | 60.6% |
| Carpenter School Wolfeboro | 183 | 22.4% | 51.5% |
| Florence Rideout Elementary School Wilton | 211 | 22.3% | 41.3% |
| Loudon Elementary School Loudon | 243 | 22.2% | 39.0% |
| New Durham Elementary School New Durham | 144 | 23.6% | 47.8% |
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 Kearsarge Reg. Elementary School - Bradford ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Merrimack County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.8% | #94 of 209 | #13 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #86 of 209 | #10 of 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #88 of 210 | #11 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 177 | #195 of 300 | #25 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.7% | #117 of 240 | #15 of 28 |
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
177
+27 (+18%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 231
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 8.8:1
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 | 177 | 17.1 | 10.3:1 | 24% (42) |
| 2023-24 | 167 | 18.3 | 9.1:1 | 22% (37) |
| 2022-23 | 169 | 16.9 | 10.0:1 | 25% (43) |
| 2020-21 | 150 | 17 | 8.8:1 | 21% (31) |
| 2017-18 | 166 | 16.6 | 10.0:1 | 19% (32) |
| 2015-16 | 188 | 18 | 10.4:1 | 28% (52) |
| 2010-11 | 221 | 18 | 12.3:1 | 21% (47) |
| 2000-01 | 206 | 15 | 13.7:1 | 15% (30) |
| 1990-91 | 231 | 13 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kearsarge Reg. Elementary School - Bradford.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (166 to 177); teachers up 3% (16.6 to 17.1).
About Kearsarge Reg. Elementary School - Bradford
The public elementary school Kearsarge Reg. Elementary School - Bradford is located in Bradford, New Hampshire. The school's enrollment of 177 students covers kindergarten through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in New Hampshire average about 249 students each.
Kearsarge Regional School District oversees Kearsarge Reg. Elementary School - Bradford and 7 other schools, with 1,672 students in total.
White students are the large majority at Kearsarge Reg. Elementary School - Bradford, with 96% of enrollment. By the diversity index, Kearsarge Reg. Elementary School - Bradford comes in at 8%.
Kearsarge Reg. Elementary School - Bradford operates with 17.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 10.3:1. Elementary schools in New Hampshire average about 11.0:1, a similar figure. About 24% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. That is close to the 25% average for public schools in Merrimack County.
allk12 grades Kearsarge Reg. Elementary School - Bradford a B. The grade compares the school only with New Hampshire public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with New Hampshire schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Kearsarge Reg. Elementary School - Bradford's results are 2.6 points above predicted: 50.8% against 48.2%.
Among Merrimack County residents, median household income is about $97,004, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 61 public schools in Merrimack County, with a combined enrollment of about 17,429.
Kearsarge Regional Preschool Bradford is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. There are 2 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Kearsarge Reg. Elementary School - Bradford is 3rd among 8 schools close by.
Kearsarge Reg. Elementary School - Bradford is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Distant.
Kearsarge Reg. Elementary School - Bradford saw enrollment rise 18% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 8.8:1 in 2020-21, and 10.3:1 in 2024-25.
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Merrimack County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
155,967
Census ACS
Median income
$97,004
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
61
17,429 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kearsarge Regional School District
- Kearsarge Regional High SchoolHigh · 485 students
- Kearsarge Regional Middle SchoolMiddle · 410 students
- Kearsarge Reg. Elem. School at New LondonElementary · 330 students
- Simonds Elementary SchoolElementary · 132 students
- Sutton Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 87 students
- Kearsarge Regional Preschool BradfordElementary · 29 students
Other schools in Bradford
- Kearsarge Regional Preschool BradfordElementary · 29 students
Nearby schools
- Kearsarge Regional Preschool Bradford0.0 mi · 29
- Sutton Central Elementary School4.7 mi · 87
- Kearsarge Regional Middle School5.6 mi · 410
- Kearsarge Regional High School6.0 mi · 485
- Simonds Elementary School6.2 mi · 132
- Henniker Community School8.2 mi · 402
Frequently asked questions
About Kearsarge Reg. Elementary School - BradfordWhat is the total enrollment at Kearsarge Reg. Elementary School - Bradford?
Kearsarge Reg. Elementary School - Bradford enrolls approximately 177 students in grades KG-05.
Is Kearsarge Reg. Elementary School - Bradford an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kearsarge Reg. Elementary School - Bradford is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Kearsarge Reg. Elementary School - Bradford?
Approximately 10.3:1 students per teacher at Kearsarge Reg. Elementary School - Bradford.
How diverse is Kearsarge Reg. Elementary School - Bradford?
Kearsarge Reg. Elementary School - Bradford reports a student body of 96% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Kearsarge Reg. Elementary School - Bradford?
Kearsarge Reg. Elementary School - Bradford is overseen by Kearsarge Regional School District in Merrimack County.
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