Maude H. Trefethen School

Located at 142 Cranfield St, in New Castle, New Hampshire, Maude H. Trefethen School is an one-room-style elementary campus that instructs 33 students (grades K through 6), part of New Castle School District. By comparison, New Hampshire's public schools average about 249 students each, so Maude H. Trefethen School sits 87% leaner than that benchmark.

Operationally, Maude H. Trefethen School answers to New Castle School District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On the student-mix side, Maude H. Trefethen School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%); the rest comes out to 6% Asian, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Rockingham County as a whole.

On the resource side, The school reports having 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.0:1 average.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Rockingham County put the typical household earns roughly $118,331 per year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. In all, Rockingham County runs 99 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,753 students), of which Maude H. Trefethen School is one.

The closest other public school is Robert W Traip Academy, roughly 1.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Maude H. Trefethen School has decreased 38%, going from 53 students in 2018 to 33 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 87% to 91% across the same window.

On the community side, members of the Maude H. Trefethen School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.