Pelham Memorial School

Pelham Memorial School, a medium-sized middle school in Pelham, New Hampshire, operated by Pelham School District, enrolls 349 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Within Pelham School District, which oversees 3 schools and 1,607 students, Pelham Memorial School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Pelham Memorial School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%). Beyond that, the school reports 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian.

On the resource side, On paper, Pelham Memorial School has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.1:1, putting Pelham Memorial School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 11% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Hillsborough County (around 26%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Pelham Memorial School is in the bottom 10% of New Hampshire public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 56.2%; Pelham Memorial School posts 34.9%, -21.3 points below that line.

In the area at large, census data for Hillsborough County shows the typical household earns roughly $103,545 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Hillsborough County runs 127 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,974 students), of which Pelham Memorial School is one.

The closest other public school is Pelham Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pelham Memorial School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 56.9%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pelham Memorial School has decreased 27%, going from 479 students in 2018 to 349 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 in 2025.

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