Lempster Community School

Lempster Community School is a K-5 school of low-enrollment scale in Lempster, New Hampshire, run under Lempster School District, hosting 132 students in grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 47% leaner than the typical public school in New Hampshire, which averages around 249 students.

Lempster Community School sits inside Lempster School District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Lempster Community School records that nearly all students (92%) are White. Other groups include 5% Hispanic. Compared to Sullivan County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Lempster Community School has 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 43% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lempster Community School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.6%, the actual is 42.1%, a residual of +6.5 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Sullivan County shows the typical household earns roughly $80,858 per year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lempster Community School is one of 29 public schools in Sullivan County (combined enrollment of about 4,498 students).

Nearest neighbor: Washington Elementary School, around 5.8 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Lempster Community School comes 1st of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 27.4%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lempster Community School has grew 28%, going from 103 students in 2018 to 132 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 97% to 92%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 9.4:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

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