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If you had an hour of school board time for Newmarket Elementary School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
474
Elementary
DISTRICT 324 · STATE 249
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWMARKET SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330528000340
Newmarket Elementary School
243 S. Main St., Newmarket, NH 03857 · (603) 659-2192 · Rockingham County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL474 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of New Hampshire public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
11.7:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
99 students
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 26%
Community
1
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 | 36 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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 Newmarket School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientEnglish Language Arts
63.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
55.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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
58.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.0%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Newmarket Elementary School
Newmarket Elementary School's state test result (58.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newmarket Elementary School this school | 474 | 20.9% | 58.2% |
| Heron Pond Elementary School Milford | 552 | 22.5% | 39.2% |
| Ernest P. Barka Elementary School Derry | 485 | 23.5% | 45.7% |
| Nottingham West Elementary School Hudson | 457 | 18.2% | 51.2% |
| Hooksett Memorial School Hooksett | 431 | 16.5% | 56.2% |
| Pembroke Hill School Pembroke | 312 | 21.8% | 56.3% |
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 Newmarket Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Rockingham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.2% | #55 of 209 | #20 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #67 of 209 | #26 of 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #56 of 210 | #20 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 474 | #21 of 300 | #9 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #112 of 179 | #28 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.2% | #73 of 181 | #17 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.9% | #134 of 240 | #8 of 54 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.4% | #87 of 139 | #18 of 32 |
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
474
-10 (-2%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 489
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 474 | 40.4 | 11.7:1 | 21% (99) |
| 2023-24 | 474 | 41.5 | 11.4:1 | 20% (97) |
| 2022-23 | 472 | 39.5 | 11.9:1 | 15% (70) |
| 2020-21 | 484 | 39 | 12.4:1 | 13% (61) |
| 2017-18 | 529 | 41 | 12.9:1 | 26% (135) |
| 2015-16 | 533 | 42 | 12.7:1 | 24% (129) |
| 2010-11 | 541 | 41 | 13.2:1 | 8% (41) |
| 2000-01 | 591 | 41 | 14.4:1 | 14% (85) |
| 1990-91 | 489 | 29 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Newmarket Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (529 to 474); teachers down 1% (41 to 40.4).
About Newmarket Elementary School
In Newmarket, New Hampshire, Newmarket Elementary School is a large elementary school. It serves 474 students in pre-K through 5. The average among elementary schools in New Hampshire is roughly 249 students; this school is 90% larger than that.
District-wide, Newmarket School District has 3 schools and 973 students.
Newmarket Elementary School's enrollment is 84% White. The school is also 8% multiracial and 5% Hispanic. Newmarket Elementary School's diversity index is 28%, against a US figure of 70%.
Newmarket Elementary School employs 40.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 11.7:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 11.0:1 average for elementary schools in New Hampshire. Newmarket Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 21%.
Newmarket Elementary School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 76% of New Hampshire public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Newmarket Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 58.2%, compared with a predicted 50.0%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New Hampshire schools on BeatsExpectations.
Among Rockingham County residents, the median household income is $118,331, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 3%. Besides Newmarket Elementary School, Rockingham County has 98 other public schools.
Nearby, Newmarket Jr.-Sr. High School is about 0.4 miles away. There are 7 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Newmarket Elementary School ranks 6th of 9 nearby schools, at 58.2% versus a 63.1% average.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Small by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 484 to 474.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Rockingham County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
319,082
Census ACS
Median income
$118,331
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
99
41,753 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Newmarket School District
- Newmarket Jr.-Sr. High SchoolHigh · 274 students
- Newmarket Jr.-Sr. High (Elem)Middle · 225 students
Other schools in Newmarket
- Newmarket Jr.-Sr. High SchoolHigh · 274 students
- Newmarket Jr.-Sr. High (Elem)Middle · 225 students
Nearby schools
- Newmarket Jr.-Sr. High School0.4 mi · 274
- Newmarket Jr.-Sr. High (Elem)0.4 mi · 225
- Newfields Elementary School2.6 mi · 115
- Stratham Memorial School4.4 mi · 498
- Exeter High School4.5 mi · 1,348
- Mast Way School4.7 mi · 348
Frequently asked questions
About Newmarket Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Newmarket Elementary School?
Newmarket Elementary School enrolls approximately 474 students in grades PK-05.
Is Newmarket Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Newmarket Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Newmarket Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Newmarket Elementary School is approximately 11.7:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Newmarket Elementary School?
At Newmarket Elementary School, the student body is approximately 84% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Newmarket Elementary School in?
Newmarket Elementary School is part of Newmarket School District.
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