Enrollment
245
Elementary
DISTRICT 164 · STATE 249
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOULTONBOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330496000147
Moultonborough Central School
916 Whittier Hwy, Moultonboro, NH 03254 · (603) 476-5535 · Carroll County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL245 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% of New Hampshire public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Hampshire public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.2:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
50 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 37 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 28 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 31 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 32 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 35 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (28) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (35).
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 33% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
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NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientEnglish Language Arts
54.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
47.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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
53.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.4%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 →
Schools most like Moultonborough Central School
Moultonborough Central School's state test result (53.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moultonborough Central School this school | 245 | 20.4% | 53.2% |
| Loudon Elementary School Loudon | 243 | 22.2% | 39.0% |
| Gilmanton Elementary School Gilmanton IW | 335 | 19.1% | 57.2% |
| Northeast Woodland Chartered Public School Conway | 172 | 19.2% | 28.2% |
| Florence Rideout Elementary School Wilton | 211 | 22.3% | 41.3% |
| Epsom Central School Epsom | 378 | 20.1% | 42.4% |
Matched among New Hampshire elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Moultonborough Central School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Carroll County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #82 of 209 | #1 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #111 of 209 | #2 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #100 of 210 | #1 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 245 | #160 of 300 | #4 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #66 of 179 | #4 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.4% | #178 of 181 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.4% | #135 of 240 | #13 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.2% | #134 of 139 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
245
+69 (+39%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 359
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 9.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 245 | 22.8 | 10.8:1 | 20% (50) |
| 2023-24 | 244 | 23.6 | 10.3:1 | 20% (48) |
| 2022-23 | 242 | 23.8 | 10.2:1 | 23% (55) |
| 2020-21 | 176 | 18 | 9.8:1 | 23% (41) |
| 2017-18 | 248 | 25.8 | 9.6:1 | 33% (83) |
| 2015-16 | 247 | 24 | 10.3:1 | 24% (60) |
| 2010-11 | 309 | 31 | 10.0:1 | 27% (84) |
| 2000-01 | 379 | 29 | 13.1:1 | 15% (58) |
| 1990-91 | 359 | 27 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Moultonborough Central School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (248 to 245); teachers down 12% (25.8 to 22.8).
About Moultonborough Central School
At 916 Whittier Hwy in Moultonboro, New Hampshire, Moultonborough Central School operates as a mid-sized elementary school. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 245 students enrolled.
District-wide, Moultonborough School District has 3 schools and 491 students.
By race and ethnicity, Moultonborough Central School is 97% White. Next come 2% Hispanic. In Carroll County overall, the White share is about 94%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 6%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Moultonborough Central School is 10.8:1, based on 22.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 11.0:1 average for elementary schools in New Hampshire. Moultonborough Central School counts 20% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Carroll County, the average is 33%.
On the allk12 Grade, Moultonborough Central School lands at B, ahead of 60% of New Hampshire public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 50.4% for Moultonborough Central School. The school posts 53.2%, 2.8 points above the prediction.
In the wider Carroll County area, the median household earns about $86,463 a year, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Across Carroll County, 28 public schools serve about 5,659 students.
Moultonborough Middle Level is the nearest public school to Moultonborough Central School, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of Moultonborough Central School, there are 3 other public schools. On proficiency, Moultonborough Central School is ahead of the 48.4% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 9.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 245, compared with 176 in 2020-21.
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Carroll County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
51,804
Census ACS
Median income
$86,463
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
5,659 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Moultonborough School District
- Moultonborough AcademyHigh · 137 students
- Moultonborough Middle LevelMiddle · 109 students
Nearby schools
- Moultonborough Middle Level0.3 mi · 109
- Moultonborough Academy0.3 mi · 137
- Sandwich Central School4.4 mi · 85
- Inter-Lakes Middle School7.2 mi · 137
- Inter-Lakes High School7.2 mi · 294
- Inter-Lakes Elementary School7.3 mi · 397
Frequently asked questions
About Moultonborough Central SchoolHow many students attend Moultonborough Central School?
Moultonborough Central School enrolls approximately 245 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Moultonborough Central School serve?
Moultonborough Central School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Moultonborough Central School have?
Moultonborough Central School employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.8:1.
How diverse is Moultonborough Central School?
Moultonborough Central School reports a student body of 97% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Moultonborough Central School in?
Moultonborough Central School is part of Moultonborough School District.
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