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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