Enrollment
349
Middle
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PELHAM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330555000357
Pelham Memorial School
59 Marsh Rd., Pelham, NH 03076 · (603) 635-2321 · Hillsborough County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL349 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 11.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
40 students
DISTRICT 11% · STATE 26%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Pelham Memorial School→Pelham High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Pelham School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientEnglish Language Arts
47.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
30.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
34.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.2%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 56% typical for New Hampshire schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
349
-130 (-27%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 13.3:1
% White
87%
was 90%
% Hispanic
7%
was 4%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
3%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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.
On the community side, the feed for Pelham Memorial School typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Hillsborough County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
426,378
Census ACS
Median income
$103,545
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
127
53,974 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pelham School District
- Pelham Elementary SchoolElementary · 750 students
- Pelham High SchoolHigh · 508 students
Other schools in Pelham
- Pelham Elementary SchoolElementary · 750 students
- Pelham High SchoolHigh · 508 students
Nearby schools
- Pelham Elementary School0.2 mi · 750
- Pelham High School0.4 mi · 508
- Golden Brook Elementary School3.4 mi · 1,113
- Windham Middle School3.5 mi · 414
- George H. Englesby Elementary School3.6 mi · 520
- Dracut Senior High3.7 mi · 792
Frequently asked questions
About Pelham Memorial SchoolHow large is Pelham Memorial School?
Pelham Memorial School enrolls approximately 349 students in grades 06-08.
Is Pelham Memorial School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pelham Memorial School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Pelham Memorial School have?
Pelham Memorial School employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.0:1.
How diverse is Pelham Memorial School?
Pelham Memorial School reports a student body of 87% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Pelham Memorial School in?
Pelham Memorial School is part of Pelham School District.
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