Lin-Wood Public School (Elem)
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Test scores
NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientWhat this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Hampshire schools, those numbers are about 55 and 43.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Lin-Wood Public School (Elem)
Lin-Wood Public School (Elem) is one of the tight-knit elementary-level communitys in Lincoln, New Hampshire, overseen by Lincoln-Woodstock Cooperative School District, with 101 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, New Hampshire's public schools average about 249 students each, so Lin-Wood Public School (Elem) sits 59% leaner than that benchmark.
Lin-Wood Public School (Elem) is one of 3 schools operated by Lincoln-Woodstock Cooperative School District, a district that hosts 241 students overall.
Looking at the student body, Lin-Wood Public School (Elem) lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). Beyond that, the school logs 6% Asian, 4% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Grafton County as a whole.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Lin-Wood Public School (Elem) shows 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 6.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting Lin-Wood Public School (Elem) tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 37% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Grafton County's rate of about 25%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lin-Wood Public School (Elem) tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.1%.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Grafton County shows the typical household earns roughly $88,261 per year, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Grafton County's 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,161 students), Lin-Wood Public School (Elem) is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Lin-Wood Public School (High), around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Lin-Wood Public School (Elem). Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lin-Wood Public School (Elem) at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 51.5%.
Lin-Wood Public School (Elem) operates from a town-based location.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lin-Wood Public School (Elem) has contracted 27%, going from 138 students in 2018 to 101 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 90% to 85% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 3.2:1 in 2018 to 6.6:1 in 2025.
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