Newington Public School
Test scores
NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientWhat this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 76 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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Newington Public School
Newington Public School is an one-room-style K-5 school in Newington, New Hampshire, part of Newington School District. The school caters to 43 students in grades K through 6. By comparison, New Hampshire's public schools average about 249 students each, so Newington Public School sits 83% leaner than that benchmark.
Operationally, Newington Public School answers to Newington School District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.
On the student-mix side, Newington Public School logs that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 2% Hispanic, 2% multiracial.
Looking at school resources, Newington Public School shows 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 6.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting Newington Public School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 9% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
In the surrounding community, Rockingham County reports that median household income runs about $118,331, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Across Rockingham County's 99 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,753 students), Newington Public School is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Eliot Elementary School, around 2.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Newington Public School.
The school occupies an outlying site.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 12%: 49 students in 2018 compared to 43 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked up from 90% to 95%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 9.4:1 in 2018 to 6.5:1 today.
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