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Enrollment
434
Elementary
DISTRICT 311 · STATE 249
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TIMBERLANE REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330672000436
Pollard Elementary School
120 Main St., Plaistow, NH 03865 · (603) 382-7146 · Rockingham County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL434 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of New Hampshire public elementary schools
- C-Test 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
11.0:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
72 students
DISTRICT 11% · 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 | 14 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Timberlane Regional School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientEnglish Language Arts
46.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
36.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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
38.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.8%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 53% 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 →
Schools most like Pollard Elementary School
Pollard Elementary School's state test result (38.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pollard Elementary School this school | 434 | 16.6% | 38.6% |
| William T. Barron Elementary School Salem | 377 | 13.3% | 55.1% |
| East Derry Memorial Elementary School Derry | 388 | 14.7% | 52.0% |
| Nottingham West Elementary School Hudson | 457 | 18.2% | 51.2% |
| Griffin Memorial School Litchfield | 428 | 14.3% | 63.2% |
| Hills Garrison Elementary School Hudson | 354 | 16.4% | 48.4% |
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 Pollard Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Rockingham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #156 of 209 | #45 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #161 of 209 | #45 of 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #139 of 210 | #42 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 434 | #34 of 300 | #13 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #73 of 179 | #19 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.9% | #53 of 181 | #8 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.6% | #157 of 240 | #17 of 54 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.1% | #110 of 139 | #25 of 32 |
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
434
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 492
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 434 | 39.6 | 11.0:1 | 17% (72) |
| 2023-24 | 473 | 38 | 12.4:1 | 16% (78) |
| 2022-23 | 469 | 37.5 | 12.5:1 | 8% (37) |
| 2020-21 | 431 | 39 | 11.1:1 | 5% (20) |
| 2017-18 | 467 | 39.5 | 11.8:1 | 17% (79) |
| 2015-16 | 474 | 39 | 12.2:1 | 19% (91) |
| 2010-11 | 524 | 57 | 9.2:1 | 18% (95) |
| 2000-01 | 577 | 49 | 11.8:1 | 7% (42) |
| 1990-91 | 492 | 26 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pollard Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (467 to 434); teachers unchanged (39.5 to 39.6).
About Pollard Elementary School
The public elementary school Pollard Elementary School is located in Plaistow, New Hampshire. It teaches 434 students in pre-K through 5. It has 74% more students than the average for elementary schools in New Hampshire (about 249).
District-wide, Timberlane Regional School District has 7 schools and 3,224 students.
At Pollard Elementary School, 80% of students are White. The school is also 11% Hispanic and 8% multiracial. That is lower than the 91% White share among all Rockingham County residents. The diversity index for Pollard Elementary School is 34%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 39.6 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.0:1. The ratio is within a point of the 11.0:1 average for elementary schools in New Hampshire. About 17% of students at Pollard Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Pollard Elementary School lands at D, ahead of 9% of New Hampshire public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results, 38.6%, is 14.2 points below the 52.8% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the bottom 10% of New Hampshire schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Rockingham County show that the median household earns about $118,331 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and about 3% of people live in poverty. Rockingham County has 99 public schools with about 41,753 students, including Pollard Elementary School.
The closest school to Pollard Elementary School is Timberlane Regional High School, located about 1.1 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Pollard Elementary School. In a group of 4 nearby schools with scores, Pollard Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Pollard Elementary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Enrollment went from 431 in 2020-21 to 434 in 2024-25, a change of 3 students.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Pollard Elementary School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Rockingham County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
319,082
Census ACS
Median income
$118,331
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
99
41,753 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Timberlane Regional School District
- Timberlane Regional High SchoolHigh · 944 students
- Timberlane Regional Middle SchoolMiddle · 723 students
- Atkinson AcademyElementary · 364 students
- Sandown North Elementary SchoolElementary · 322 students
- Danville Elementary SchoolElementary · 283 students
- Sandown Central SchoolElementary · 154 students
Other schools in Plaistow
- Timberlane Regional High SchoolHigh · 944 students
- Timberlane Regional Middle SchoolMiddle · 723 students
Nearby schools
- Timberlane Regional High School1.1 mi · 944
- Timberlane Regional Middle School1.1 mi · 723
- Seacoast Classical Academy Chartered Public School2.4 mi · 179
- Atkinson Academy2.6 mi · 364
- Memorial School2.6 mi · 239
- John G Whittier2.8 mi · 487
Frequently asked questions
About Pollard Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Pollard Elementary School?
Pollard Elementary School enrolls approximately 434 students in grades PK-05.
Is Pollard Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pollard Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pollard Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pollard Elementary School is approximately 11.0:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Pollard Elementary School?
Student demographics at Pollard Elementary School are roughly 80% White, 11% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Pollard Elementary School public or private?
Pollard Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Timberlane Regional School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.