Matthew Thornton Elementary School

Set in Londonderry, New Hampshire, Matthew Thornton Elementary School is a well-populated elementary campus, operated by Londonderry School District. It enrolls 537 students across grades 1 through 5. By comparison, New Hampshire's public schools average about 249 students each, so Matthew Thornton Elementary School sits 116% above that benchmark.

Across the 6 schools in Londonderry School District (3,950 students total), Matthew Thornton Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Matthew Thornton Elementary School reports that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.5:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 13% of students at Matthew Thornton Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Matthew Thornton Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.0%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Rockingham County put median household earnings sit near $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%. In all, Rockingham County runs 99 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,753 students), of which Matthew Thornton Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Londonderry Senior High School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Matthew Thornton Elementary School comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 48.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Matthew Thornton Elementary School's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 541 (now 537). Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 in 2025.

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