Peterborough Elementary School

As a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in Peterborough, New Hampshire, Peterborough Elementary School educates 254 students from grades pre-K through 4, one of the schools within Contoocook Valley School District.

Peterborough Elementary School is one of 11 schools operated by Contoocook Valley School District, a district that educates 1,936 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Peterborough Elementary School shows that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Peterborough Elementary School has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 32% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Peterborough Elementary School sits in the top 10% of New Hampshire schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 42.9%; actual is 58.3%, +15.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, census data for Hillsborough County shows median household income runs about $103,545, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Hillsborough County runs 127 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,974 students), of which Peterborough Elementary School is one.

Lionheart Classical Academy Chartered Public School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.9 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Peterborough Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 41.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 4%: 264 students in 2018 compared to 254 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Peterborough Elementary School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.