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Enrollment
454
Elementary
DISTRICT 320 · STATE 249
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NASHUA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330498000320
Ledge Street School
139 Ledge St., Nashua, NH 03060 · (603) 966-2120 · Hillsborough County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL454 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% of New Hampshire public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
11.0:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
331 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 15% larger than its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
Test scores
NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientEnglish Language Arts
24.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
21.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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
20.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.3%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 16% 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 Ledge Street School
Ledge Street School's state test result (20.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ledge Street School this school | 454 | 72.9% | 20.4% |
| Dr. Norman W. Crisp School Nashua | 361 | 75.1% | 17.4% |
| Amherst Street School Nashua | 290 | 66.6% | 23.7% |
| Mt. Pleasant School Nashua | 250 | 68.0% | 21.1% |
| Fairgrounds Elementary School Nashua | 445 | 58.0% | 26.5% |
| McDonough School Manchester | 534 | 65.2% | 16.3% |
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 Ledge Street School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.4% | #207 of 209 | #49 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #199 of 209 | #46 of 51 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #205 of 210 | #47 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 454 | #27 of 300 | #14 of 68 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #75 of 179 | #16 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.7% | #19 of 181 | #19 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.9% | #2 of 240 | #2 of 60 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.7% | #103 of 139 | #30 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
454
+10 (+2%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 618
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 9.9:1
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 | 454 | 41.4 | 11.0:1 | 73% (331) |
| 2023-24 | 412 | 47.4 | 8.7:1 | 70% (290) |
| 2022-23 | 414 | 43 | 9.6:1 | 69% (287) |
| 2020-21 | 444 | 45 | 9.9:1 | 70% (313) |
| 2017-18 | 497 | 42.8 | 11.6:1 | 73% (364) |
| 2015-16 | 489 | 39 | 12.5:1 | 78% (381) |
| 2010-11 | 512 | 45 | 11.4:1 | 77% (393) |
| 2000-01 | 798 | 51 | 15.7:1 | 53% (425) |
| 1990-91 | 618 | 27 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ledge Street School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (497 to 454); teachers down 3% (42.8 to 41.4).
About Ledge Street School
Students in Nashua, New Hampshire, attend Ledge Street School, a large elementary school. There are 454 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 5. On average, elementary schools in New Hampshire enroll around 249, and this school is 82% larger than that mark.
Ledge Street School is part of Nashua School District, where 21 schools serve 10,636 students.
About 54% of the student body at Ledge Street School is Hispanic. Other groups include 31% White, 11% multiracial, 3% Black, and 2% Asian. By comparison, Hillsborough County residents are about 9% Hispanic. A diversity index of 61% means there is a 61% chance two randomly chosen students at Ledge Street School are from different groups.
Based on 41.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, Ledge Street School has a ratio of 11.0:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in New Hampshire is similar, at 11.0:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 73%. The gap from the 26% average for public schools in Hillsborough County is 47 points.
Ledge Street School earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 22% of New Hampshire public elementary schools.
A school with Ledge Street School's lunch-eligibility share in New Hampshire is predicted to score 16.3%. Ledge Street School scores 20.4%, 4.1 points above that line.
Hillsborough County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $103,545, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. There are 127 public schools in the county, enrolling about 53,974, Ledge Street School among them.
Purple Panthers Preschool is about 0.6 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Ledge Street School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: Ledge Street School ranks 5th of 5 nearby schools, at 20.4% versus a 32.0% average.
Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment went from 444 in 2020-21 to 454 in 2024-25, a change of 10 students. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 9.9:1 to 11.0:1.
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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 Nashua School District
- Nashua High School SouthHigh · 1,686 students
- Nashua High School NorthHigh · 1,543 students
- Elm Street Middle SchoolMiddle · 895 students
- Pennichuck Middle SchoolMiddle · 768 students
- Brian S. McCarthy Middle SchoolMiddle · 649 students
- Fairgrounds Middle SchoolMiddle · 585 students
Other schools in Nashua
- Nashua High School SouthHigh · 1,686 students
- Nashua High School NorthHigh · 1,543 students
- Elm Street Middle SchoolMiddle · 895 students
- Pennichuck Middle SchoolMiddle · 768 students
- Brian S. McCarthy Middle SchoolMiddle · 649 students
- Fairgrounds Middle SchoolMiddle · 585 students
Nearby schools
- Purple Panthers Preschool0.6 mi · 37
- Nashua High School South0.6 mi · 1,686
- Fairgrounds Elementary School0.8 mi · 445
- Franklin Street School0.9 mi · 245
- Brentwood Academy0.9 mi · 26
- Fairgrounds Middle School0.9 mi · 585
Frequently asked questions
About Ledge Street SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Ledge Street School?
Ledge Street School enrolls approximately 454 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Ledge Street School serve?
Ledge Street School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ledge Street School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ledge Street School is approximately 11.0:1 (41 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ledge Street School?
At Ledge Street School, the student body is approximately 31% White, 54% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Ledge Street School public or private?
Ledge Street School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Nashua School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.