Nelson Elementary School

Nelson Elementary School is one of the micro-enrollment elementary campuss in Nelson, New Hampshire, operated by Nelson School District, with 58 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, New Hampshire's public schools average about 249 students each, so Nelson Elementary School sits 77% leaner than that benchmark.

Nelson School District is the operating authority for Nelson Elementary School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Looking at the student body, Nelson Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%); the rest is composed of 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Cheshire County as a whole.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting Nelson Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 19% of students at Nelson Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Cheshire County runs at roughly 30%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Nelson Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.5%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Cheshire County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $83,329 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Cheshire County's 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,365 students), Nelson Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: James Faulkner Elementary School, around 4.9 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Nelson Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 36.6%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Nelson Elementary School has edged down 17%, going from 70 students in 2018 to 58 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 8.5:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Nelson Elementary School community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.