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Enrollment
410
Elementary
STATE 249
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKEFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330678000442
Paul Elementary School
60 TAYLOR WAY, SANBORNVILLE, NH 03872 · (603) 522-8891 · Carroll County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL410 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 1% of New Hampshire public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
11.4:1
36 FTE teachers
STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
152 students
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 | 7 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 30 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 45 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (30) is 33% smaller than its 8th grade class (45).
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
Test scores
NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientEnglish Language Arts
34.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
25.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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
26.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.6%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Paul Elementary School
Paul Elementary School's state test result (26.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Elementary School this school | 410 | 37.1% | 26.7% |
| Belmont Elementary School Belmont | 336 | 34.8% | 49.5% |
| Winchester School Winchester | 322 | 40.4% | 25.9% |
| Inter-Lakes Elementary School Meredith | 397 | 33.0% | 44.2% |
| Barnstead Elementary School Ctr. Barnstead | 449 | 31.0% | 25.4% |
| Lancaster Elementary School Lancaster | 310 | 41.6% | 42.5% |
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 Paul Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Carroll County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.7% | #194 of 209 | #9 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #192 of 209 | #7 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #187 of 210 | #8 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 410 | #46 of 300 | #1 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #96 of 179 | #5 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.4% | #170 of 181 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.1% | #63 of 240 | #7 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.2% | #115 of 139 | N/A |
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
410
-55 (-12%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 392
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 410 | 36 | 11.4:1 | 37% (152) |
| 2023-24 | 425 | 38 | 11.2:1 | 27% (115) |
| 2022-23 | 450 | 39 | 11.5:1 | 30% (134) |
| 2020-21 | 465 | 40 | 11.6:1 | 38% (177) |
| 2017-18 | 437 | 36.8 | 11.9:1 | 41% (177) |
| 2015-16 | 422 | 33 | 12.8:1 | 46% (193) |
| 2010-11 | 444 | 37 | 12.0:1 | 36% (160) |
| 2000-01 | 491 | 37 | 13.3:1 | 33% (163) |
| 1990-91 | 392 | 18 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Paul Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (437 to 410); teachers down 2% (36.8 to 36).
About Paul Elementary School
Paul Elementary School is a large elementary school found in SANBORNVILLE, New Hampshire. Classes run from pre-K through 8, and the school has 410 students. The average for elementary schools in New Hampshire is about 249 students, so this school is 65% above average.
The school's district is Wakefield School District.
White students make up 95% of enrollment at Paul Elementary School. The next largest groups are 2% multiracial. The White share in Carroll County as a whole is similar, at about 94%. The school's diversity index is 9%, meaning two students picked at random have a 9% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The teaching staff at Paul Elementary School is 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 11.4:1. That is close to the 11.0:1 average for elementary schools in New Hampshire. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 37%.
Paul Elementary School is graded F by allk12, scoring above 1% of New Hampshire public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Paul Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of New Hampshire schools: 26.7% actual against 39.6% predicted.
In Carroll County (population about 51,804), the median household income is $86,463, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Paul Elementary School is one of 28 public schools in the county.
Middleton Elementary School is the public school closest to Paul Elementary School, about 5.5 miles away. There are 7 other public schools within ten miles. Paul Elementary School's average proficiency of 26.7% compares with 43.1% for its nearest scored neighbors.
In the federal locale system, Paul Elementary School is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school enrolled 410 students in 2024-25, 55 fewer than the 465 it had in 2020-21.
Topics for discussion here include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Carroll County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
51,804
Census ACS
Median income
$86,463
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
5,659 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other Paul Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Paul Elementary. Paul Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- PAUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPAUL, ID · 457 students
Nearby schools
- Middleton Elementary School5.5 mi · 155
- Crescent Lake School7.5 mi · 181
- Acton Elementary School7.7 mi · 256
- Kingswood Regional Middle School7.7 mi · 345
- Kingswood Regional High School7.8 mi · 729
- Carpenter School8.9 mi · 183
Frequently asked questions
About Paul Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Paul Elementary School?
Paul Elementary School enrolls approximately 410 students in grades PK-08.
Is Paul Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Paul Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Paul Elementary School have?
Paul Elementary School employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Paul Elementary School?
Student demographics at Paul Elementary School are roughly 95% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Paul Elementary School?
Paul Elementary School is overseen by Wakefield School District in Carroll County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.