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How has New Boston Central School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
459
Elementary
STATE 249
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW BOSTON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330504000329
New Boston Central School
15 Central School Rd., New Boston, NH 03070 · (603) 487-2211 · Hillsborough County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL459 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% of New Hampshire public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
13.3:1
35 FTE teachers
STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
35 students
STATE 26%
Community
1
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 | 14 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 85 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 56% smaller than its 6th grade class (85).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
72.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
55.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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
60.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.6%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 New Boston Central School
New Boston Central School's state test result (60.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Boston Central School this school | 459 | 7.6% | 60.3% |
| Nottingham Elementary School Nottingham | 527 | 9.1% | 64.1% |
| Maple Avenue School Goffstown | 513 | 10.3% | N/A |
| Bow Elementary School Bow | 542 | 5.2% | 73.0% |
| Hampstead Central School Hampstead | 470 | 9.8% | 54.8% |
| Moose Hill School Londonderry | 343 | 5.5% | N/A |
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 New Boston Central School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #48 of 209 | #13 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #66 of 209 | #16 of 51 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #24 of 210 | #6 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 459 | #25 of 300 | #12 of 68 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #157 of 179 | #44 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.9% | #112 of 181 | #43 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 7.6% | #211 of 240 | #54 of 60 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.3% | #48 of 139 | #19 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
459
-49 (-10%) vs 2020
+31% since 1990-91, when it was 350
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 459 | 34.5 | 13.3:1 | 8% (35) |
| 2023-24 | 478 | 35 | 13.7:1 | 10% (49) |
| 2022-23 | 512 | 36 | 14.2:1 | 10% (52) |
| 2020-21 | 508 | 34 | 14.9:1 | 6% (32) |
| 2017-18 | 555 | 35 | 15.9:1 | 10% (56) |
| 2015-16 | 525 | 36 | 14.6:1 | 11% (57) |
| 2010-11 | 550 | 34 | 16.2:1 | 6% (35) |
| 2000-01 | 437 | 29 | 15.1:1 | 3% (11) |
| 1990-91 | 350 | 17 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for New Boston Central School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (555 to 459); teachers down 1% (35 to 34.5).
About New Boston Central School
Located in New Boston, New Hampshire, New Boston Central School is a high-enrollment elementary school. The school offers pre-K through 6 and enrolls 459 students. On average, elementary schools in New Hampshire enroll around 249, and this school is 84% larger than that mark.
Federal records list New Boston School District as the district for New Boston Central School.
By race and ethnicity, New Boston Central School is 89% White. The next largest groups are 6% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. A diversity index of 21% means there is a 21% chance two randomly chosen students at New Boston Central School are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio at New Boston Central School is 13.3:1, based on 34.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 11.0:1 average for elementary schools in New Hampshire, this school's ratio is higher. Lunch program data show 8% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Hillsborough County, the average is 26%.
On the allk12 Grade, New Boston Central School lands at B+, ahead of 68% of New Hampshire public elementary schools.
A school with New Boston Central School's lunch-eligibility share in New Hampshire is predicted to score 58.6%. New Boston Central School scores 60.3%, 1.6 points above that line.
American Community Survey estimates for Hillsborough County show that the median household earns about $103,545 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Hillsborough County has 127 public schools with about 53,974 students, including New Boston Central School.
Maple Avenue School is the nearest public school to New Boston Central School, about 5.5 miles away. Other public schools within ten miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 66.8%, higher than New Boston Central School's 60.3%.
New Boston Central School falls in the Rural: Distant locale category, used for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 508 to 459, a 10% decline. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 14.9:1 in 2020-21 to 13.3:1 in 2024-25.
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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
Nearby schools
- Maple Avenue School5.5 mi · 513
- Goffstown High School5.8 mi · 1,008
- Francestown Elementary School5.8 mi · 41
- Mont Vernon Village School6.1 mi · 234
- Glen Lake School6.6 mi · 194
- Riddle Brook School7.1 mi · 478
Frequently asked questions
About New Boston Central SchoolHow large is New Boston Central School?
New Boston Central School enrolls approximately 459 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does New Boston Central School serve?
New Boston Central School serves grades PK-06.
How many teachers does New Boston Central School have?
New Boston Central School employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
What is the student diversity at New Boston Central School?
Student demographics at New Boston Central School are roughly 89% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees New Boston Central School?
New Boston Central School is overseen by New Boston School District in Hillsborough County.
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