Enrollment
155
Elementary
STATE 249
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIDDLETON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330477000725
Middleton Elementary School
116 Kings Highway, Middleton, NH 03887 · (603) 473-5000 · Strafford County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL155 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
14 FTE teachers
STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
52 students
STATE 26%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientEnglish Language Arts
32.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
39.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Hampshire schools, those numbers are about 55 and 43.
Source: NHSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
36.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.8%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for New Hampshire schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Hampshire's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
155
+22 (+17%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 10.2:1
% White
95%
was 98%
% Hispanic
3%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Middleton Elementary School
Middleton Elementary School is a K-5 school of small scale in Middleton, New Hampshire, operated by Middleton School District, works with 155 students in grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, New Hampshire's public schools average about 249 students each, so Middleton Elementary School sits 38% smaller than that benchmark.
Middleton Elementary School sits inside Middleton School District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Middleton Elementary School lists that nearly all students (95%) are White. Other groups include 3% Hispanic.
Looking at school resources, Middleton Elementary School logs 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 34% of students at Middleton Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Strafford County (around 26%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Middleton Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.8%; this one delivers 36.8%.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Strafford County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $88,570 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Strafford County runs 39 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,978 students), of which Middleton Elementary School is one.
Nearest neighbor: Paul Elementary School, around 5.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Middleton Elementary School comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 38.5%.
The school occupies a small-town site.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Middleton Elementary School has increased 17%, going from 133 students in 2018 to 155 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, members of the Middleton Elementary 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.
Strafford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
132,575
Census ACS
Median income
$88,570
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
39
13,978 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Paul Elementary School5.5 mi · 410
- Valley View Community School5.6 mi · 245
- New Durham Elementary School5.6 mi · 144
- Farmington Senior High School5.7 mi · 214
- Henry Wilson Memorial School5.8 mi · 271
- Milton Elementary School5.9 mi · 237
Frequently asked questions
About Middleton Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Middleton Elementary School?
Middleton Elementary School enrolls approximately 155 students in grades PK-06.
Is Middleton Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Middleton Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Middleton Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Middleton Elementary School is approximately 11.1:1 (14 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Middleton Elementary School?
Student demographics at Middleton Elementary School are roughly 95% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Middleton Elementary School in?
Middleton Elementary School is part of Middleton School District.
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