New Franklin School

Set in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, New Franklin School is a mid-tier elementary campus, overseen by Portsmouth School District. It educates 247 students across grades K through 5.

Across the 6 schools in Portsmouth School District (2,427 students total), New Franklin School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, New Franklin School logs that nearly all students (83%) are White; the rest comes out to 9% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Rockingham County as a whole is about 91% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, New Franklin School has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting New Franklin School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 20% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), New Franklin School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 50.7%; this one delivers 79.7%, a residual of +29.0 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Rockingham County) records that median household income runs about $118,331, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Across Rockingham County's 99 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,753 students), New Franklin School is one campus in the mix.

Portsmouth Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around New Franklin School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts New Franklin School at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 70.2%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 4%: 257 students in 2018 compared to 247 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 76% to 83% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 9.7:1 in 2018 to 8.5:1 in 2025.

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