Peter Woodbury School

As a sprawling primary school in Bedford, New Hampshire, Peter Woodbury School hosts 428 students from grades K through 4, run under Bedford School District. That puts it 72% above the typical public school in New Hampshire, which averages around 249 students.

Across the 6 schools in Bedford School District (3,970 students total), Peter Woodbury School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Peter Woodbury School logs that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment. Other groups include 13% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 7% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Hillsborough County's rate of about 26%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Peter Woodbury School sits in the top 10% of New Hampshire schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 58.7%; actual is 83.2%, +24.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Hillsborough County put the typical household earns roughly $103,545 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hillsborough County runs 127 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,974 students), of which Peter Woodbury School is one.

The closest other public school is McKelvie Intermediate School, roughly 1.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Peter Woodbury School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 49.9%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 19%: 526 students in 2018 compared to 428 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 2% to 6%.

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