Newmarket Elementary School

Newmarket Elementary School operates as a big elementary campus in Newmarket, New Hampshire, run under Newmarket School District. Current enrollment sits at 474 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 249 students per school, that is 90% larger than typical.

Newmarket School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 973 students. Newmarket Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Newmarket Elementary School lists that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest breaks down as 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Newmarket Elementary School has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. Around 21% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Newmarket Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.2%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Rockingham County put the typical household earns roughly $118,331 per year, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Newmarket Elementary School is one of 99 public schools in Rockingham County (combined enrollment of about 41,753 students).

Nearest neighbor: Newmarket Jr.-Sr. High School, around 0.4 miles off. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Newmarket Elementary School at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 63.1%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Newmarket Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 10% since 2018, when it stood at 529 (now 474). Class-load math has tightened: from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 in 2025.

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