Enrollment
144
Elementary
DISTRICT 164 · STATE 249
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GOVERNOR WENTWORTH REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330333000148
New Durham Elementary School
7 Old Bay Rd., New Durham, NH 03855 · (603) 859-2061 · Strafford County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL144 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 41% of New Hampshire public elementary schools
- C+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
8.5:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.9:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
34 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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 | 15 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 18 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 16 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 12 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 23 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 25 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 20 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 15 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (18) is 20% larger than its 6th grade class (15).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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
Based on grade levels within Governor Wentworth Regional School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientEnglish Language Arts
56.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
48.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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
47.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.3%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Durham Elementary School
New Durham Elementary School's state test result (47.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Durham Elementary School this school | 144 | 23.6% | 47.8% |
| Thornton Central School Thornton | 172 | 22.7% | 60.6% |
| Carpenter School Wolfeboro | 183 | 22.4% | 51.5% |
| Sunapee Central School Sunapee | 168 | 25.6% | 65.8% |
| Kearsarge Reg. Elementary School - Bradford Bradford | 177 | 23.7% | 50.8% |
| Florence Rideout Elementary School Wilton | 211 | 22.3% | 41.3% |
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 New Durham Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Strafford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #116 of 209 | #7 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #103 of 209 | #6 of 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #87 of 210 | #5 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 144 | #216 of 300 | #20 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.6% | #118 of 240 | #13 of 22 |
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
144
+10 (+7%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 218
Student : Teacher
8.5:1
was 8.4:1
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 | 144 | 16.9 | 8.5:1 | 24% (34) |
| 2023-24 | 158 | 15.9 | 9.9:1 | 28% (44) |
| 2022-23 | 159 | 17 | 9.3:1 | 23% (37) |
| 2020-21 | 134 | 16 | 8.4:1 | 23% (31) |
| 2017-18 | 164 | 16.6 | 9.9:1 | 27% (45) |
| 2015-16 | 166 | 15 | 11.1:1 | 28% (46) |
| 2010-11 | 196 | 16 | 12.3:1 | 34% (67) |
| 2000-01 | 212 | 14 | 15.1:1 | 20% (43) |
| 1990-91 | 218 | 13 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for New Durham Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (164 to 144); teachers up 2% (16.6 to 16.9).
About New Durham Elementary School
New Durham Elementary School is the name of a low-enrollment elementary school in New Durham, New Hampshire. The school enrolls 144 students in pre-K through 6. That compares with an average of about 249 students for elementary schools in New Hampshire.
Federal data list 8 schools in Governor Wentworth Regional School District, with 2,077 students enrolled.
At New Durham Elementary School, 92% of students are White. Other students are 4% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Census estimates put Strafford County at about 88% White, close to the school's figure. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 16%.
New Durham Elementary School lists 16.9 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 8.5 students per teacher. The gap from the 11.0:1 average for elementary schools in New Hampshire is 2.5 students per teacher. About 24% of students at New Durham Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Strafford County is close, at 26%.
New Durham Elementary School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 41% of New Hampshire public elementary schools.
New Durham Elementary School scores 47.8% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 48.3%.
In the wider Strafford County area, the median household earns about $88,570 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. New Durham Elementary School shares Strafford County with 38 other public schools.
About 2.6 miles separate New Durham Elementary School from the closest public school, Prospect Mountain High School. Within five miles are 2 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 42.0%; New Durham Elementary School's is 47.8%, ranking 2nd of 9.
Locale data from NCES put New Durham Elementary School in rural territory some distance from an urban area (Rural: Distant).
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 7%.
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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
Other schools in Governor Wentworth Regional School District
- Kingswood Regional High SchoolHigh · 729 students
- Kingswood Regional Middle SchoolMiddle · 345 students
- Ossipee Central SchoolElementary · 276 students
- Carpenter SchoolElementary · 183 students
- Crescent Lake SchoolMiddle · 181 students
- Effingham Elementary SchoolElementary · 120 students
Nearby schools
- Prospect Mountain High School2.6 mi · 402
- Alton Central School (Elem)3.3 mi · 407
- Valley View Community School5.0 mi · 245
- Farmington Senior High School5.2 mi · 214
- Henry Wilson Memorial School5.4 mi · 271
- Middleton Elementary School5.6 mi · 155
Frequently asked questions
About New Durham Elementary SchoolHow many students attend New Durham Elementary School?
New Durham Elementary School enrolls approximately 144 students in grades PK-06.
Is New Durham Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
New Durham Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does New Durham Elementary School have?
New Durham Elementary School employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.5:1.
What is the student diversity at New Durham Elementary School?
Student demographics at New Durham Elementary School are roughly 92% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is New Durham Elementary School public or private?
New Durham Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Governor Wentworth Regional School District.
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