Lyme Elementary School

Lyme Elementary School is a low-enrollment primary school in Lyme, New Hampshire, one of the schools within Lyme School District. The school caters to 187 students in grades K through 8. That puts it 25% smaller than the typical public school in New Hampshire, which averages around 249 students.

Operationally, Lyme Elementary School answers to Lyme School District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Looking at the student body, Lyme Elementary School records that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 4% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 2% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Grafton County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Lyme Elementary School lists 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting Lyme Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 2% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Grafton County (around 25%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Lyme Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 62.2%; this one delivers 76.1%, a residual of +13.9 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Grafton County shows median household income runs about $88,261, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Lyme Elementary School is one of 53 public schools in Grafton County (combined enrollment of about 10,161 students).

Thetford Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lyme Elementary School at 4th of 4; the average score across the group is 77.6%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 5%: 196 students in 2018 compared to 187 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 9.3:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

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