Little Harbour School

Little Harbour School is a primary school of medium-sized scale in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, overseen by Portsmouth School District, enrolling 325 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 31% bigger than the state mean of about 249.

Portsmouth School District comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,427 students; Little Harbour School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Little Harbour School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (80%). The remainder reads as 7% Asian, 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 91% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Little Harbour School has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.6:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 12% of students at Little Harbour School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Little Harbour School sits in the top 10% of New Hampshire schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 55.6%; actual is 77.0%, +21.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, census data for Rockingham County shows median household income runs about $118,331, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Little Harbour School is one of 99 public schools in Rockingham County (combined enrollment of about 41,753 students).

PEEP School - Pre School Program is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Little Harbour School. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Little Harbour School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 72.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Little Harbour School's enrollment has contracted 25% since 2018, when it stood at 433 (now 325). The Asian share of enrollment shrank from 11% to 7% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Little Harbour School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.