Maple Street Magnet School

Set in Rochester, New Hampshire, Maple Street Magnet School is a modestly sized elementary school, one of the schools within Rochester School District. It serves 114 students across grades K through 5. That puts it 54% below the typical public school in New Hampshire, which averages around 249 students.

Within Rochester School District, which oversees 10 schools and 3,778 students, Maple Street Magnet School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Maple Street Magnet School lists that nearly all students (88%) are White; the rest looks like 7% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 3% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Maple Street Magnet School has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 25% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Maple Street Magnet School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.7%; this one delivers 38.3%.

Around the school, census data for Strafford County shows the typical household earns roughly $88,570 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Maple Street Magnet School is one of 39 public schools in Strafford County (combined enrollment of about 13,978 students).

Nearest neighbor: William Allen School, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Maple Street Magnet School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 39.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Maple Street Magnet School has ticked down 6%, going from 121 students in 2018 to 114 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.