Enrollment
250
Elementary
DISTRICT 320 · STATE 249
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NASHUA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330498000322
Mt. Pleasant School
10 Manchester St., Nashua, NH 03060 · (603) 966-2400 · Hillsborough County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL250 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 13% of New Hampshire public elementary schools
- FTest 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
9.9:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
170 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 43 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 22% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (39).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
Test scores
NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientEnglish Language Arts
29.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
15.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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
21.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.5%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 Mt. Pleasant School
Mt. Pleasant School's state test result (21.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt. Pleasant School this school | 250 | 68.0% | 21.1% |
| Amherst Street School Nashua | 290 | 66.6% | 23.7% |
| Dr. Norman W. Crisp School Nashua | 361 | 75.1% | 17.4% |
| Fairgrounds Elementary School Nashua | 445 | 58.0% | 26.5% |
| Ledge Street School Nashua | 454 | 72.9% | 20.4% |
| McDonough School Manchester | 534 | 65.2% | 16.3% |
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 Mt. Pleasant School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.1% | #206 of 209 | #48 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #207 of 209 | #50 of 51 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #197 of 210 | #43 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 250 | #156 of 300 | #48 of 68 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.9:1 | #42 of 179 | #6 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.8% | #17 of 181 | #17 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.0% | #4 of 240 | #4 of 60 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.9% | #7 of 139 | #3 of 40 |
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
250
-27 (-10%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 499
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 8.7:1
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 | 250 | 25.2 | 9.9:1 | 68% (170) |
| 2023-24 | 257 | 28.8 | 8.9:1 | 74% (189) |
| 2022-23 | 286 | 30.2 | 9.5:1 | 67% (193) |
| 2020-21 | 277 | 32 | 8.7:1 | 60% (166) |
| 2017-18 | 367 | 26.9 | 13.6:1 | 73% (268) |
| 2015-16 | 378 | 27 | 14.0:1 | 72% (273) |
| 2010-11 | 328 | 25 | 13.1:1 | 63% (208) |
| 2000-01 | 510 | 36 | 14.2:1 | 40% (202) |
| 1990-91 | 499 | 29 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mt. Pleasant School.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (367 to 250); teachers down 6% (26.9 to 25.2).
About Mt. Pleasant School
Mt. Pleasant School is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of Nashua, New Hampshire. Federal data show 250 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Mt. Pleasant School is one school in Nashua School District, a system of 21 schools with 10,636 students.
At Mt. Pleasant School, Hispanic students make up the biggest share, 44%. Other students are 40% White, 12% multiracial, and 3% Black. By comparison, Hillsborough County residents are about 9% Hispanic. A diversity index of 63% means there is a 63% chance two randomly chosen students at Mt. Pleasant School are from different groups.
With 25.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 9.9:1. The average for elementary schools in New Hampshire is 11.0:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Mt. Pleasant School, 68% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Hillsborough County average 26%.
Mt. Pleasant School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 13% of New Hampshire public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Mt. Pleasant School, the prediction is 19.5% and the result is 21.1%.
Looking at the county, Hillsborough County, median household income comes to about $103,545, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. The county has 127 public schools and about 53,974 students.
Amherst Street School is the nearest public school to Mt. Pleasant School, about 0.3 miles away. Mt. Pleasant School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 28.9%, higher than Mt. Pleasant School's 21.1%.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Small. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 277 (2020-21) to 250 (2024-25). Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 9.9:1, from 8.7:1.
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Hillsborough County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
426,378
Census ACS
Median income
$103,545
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
127
53,974 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Nashua School District
- Nashua High School SouthHigh · 1,686 students
- Nashua High School NorthHigh · 1,543 students
- Elm Street Middle SchoolMiddle · 895 students
- Pennichuck Middle SchoolMiddle · 768 students
- Brian S. McCarthy Middle SchoolMiddle · 649 students
- Fairgrounds Middle SchoolMiddle · 585 students
Other schools in Nashua
- Nashua High School SouthHigh · 1,686 students
- Nashua High School NorthHigh · 1,543 students
- Elm Street Middle SchoolMiddle · 895 students
- Pennichuck Middle SchoolMiddle · 768 students
- Brian S. McCarthy Middle SchoolMiddle · 649 students
- Fairgrounds Middle SchoolMiddle · 585 students
Other Mt. Pleasant schools
One other US public school is named Mt. Pleasant. Mt. Pleasant School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Mt. Pleasant SchoolMT PLEASANT, UT · 559 students
Nearby schools
- Amherst Street School0.3 mi · 290
- Brentwood Academy0.4 mi · 26
- Franklin Street School0.4 mi · 245
- Charlotte Ave Elementary School0.8 mi · 362
- Elm Street Middle School1.1 mi · 895
- Ledge Street School1.2 mi · 454
Frequently asked questions
About Mt. Pleasant SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Mt. Pleasant School?
Mt. Pleasant School enrolls approximately 250 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Mt. Pleasant School serve?
Mt. Pleasant School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Mt. Pleasant School have?
Mt. Pleasant School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Mt. Pleasant School?
Student demographics at Mt. Pleasant School are roughly 40% White, 44% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Mt. Pleasant School in?
Mt. Pleasant School is part of Nashua School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.