Ledge Street School

Ledge Street School, a substantial elementary-level community in Nashua, New Hampshire, one of the schools within Nashua School District, enrolls 454 students, covering grades K through 5. That puts it 82% bigger than the typical public school in New Hampshire, which averages around 249 students.

Ledge Street School is one of 21 schools operated by Nashua School District, a district that works with 10,636 students overall.

Demographically, Ledge Street School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 31% White, 11% multiracial, 3% Black, 2% Asian. By comparison, Hillsborough County as a whole is about 9% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Hillsborough County's rate of about 26%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Ledge Street School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 16.3%, the actual is 20.4%, a residual of +4.1 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Hillsborough County) logs that median household earnings sit near $103,545, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Hillsborough County's 127 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,974 students), Ledge Street School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Nashua High School South, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ledge Street School at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 32.0%.

Ledge Street School operates from a high-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Ledge Street School's enrollment has fell 9% since 2018, when it stood at 497 (now 454). White enrollment moved from 39% to 31% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Ledge Street School typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.