Mast Way School

Mast Way School is one of the mid-sized elementary-level communitys in Lee, New Hampshire, part of Oyster River Coop School District, with 348 students on its rolls from grades K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 40% larger than the state mean of about 249.

Mast Way School is one of 5 schools operated by Oyster River Coop School District, a district that enrolls 2,097 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Mast Way School records that nearly all students (83%) are White. The remainder comes out to 6% Asian, 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 8% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Strafford County (around 26%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Mast Way 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 58.2%; this one delivers 74.7%, a residual of +16.5 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Strafford County indicate median household income runs about $88,570, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Mast Way School is one of 39 public schools in Strafford County (combined enrollment of about 13,978 students).

Moharimet School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Mast Way School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mast Way School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 63.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 352 students in 2018 compared to 348 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

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