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What advice would you give to incoming students at Reeds Ferry School?
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Enrollment
504
Elementary
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 249
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MERRIMACK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330474000279
Reeds Ferry School
15 Lyons Rd., Merrimack, NH 03054 · (603) 424-6215 · Hillsborough County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL504 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 64% of New Hampshire public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
11.9:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
56 students
DISTRICT 12% · 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 | 47 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 93 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 116 | 23% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 21% larger than its 4th grade class (77).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · 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
Reeds Ferry School→James Mastricola Upper Elementary School→Merrimack Middle School→Merrimack High School
Based on grade levels within Merrimack School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientEnglish Language Arts
53.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
62.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
57.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.4%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% typical for New Hampshire schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Hampshire's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Reeds Ferry School
Reeds Ferry School's state test result (57.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reeds Ferry School this school | 504 | 11.1% | 57.8% |
| Matthew Thornton Elementary School Londonderry | 537 | 12.7% | 48.0% |
| Fred C. Underhill School Hooksett | 418 | 12.9% | N/A |
| Thorntons Ferry School Merrimack | 504 | 12.3% | 51.0% |
| Pelham Elementary School Pelham | 750 | 9.7% | 56.9% |
| James Mastricola Elementary School Merrimack | 375 | 10.9% | 65.2% |
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 Reeds Ferry School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #57 of 209 | #15 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #46 of 209 | #12 of 51 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #103 of 210 | #24 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 504 | #14 of 300 | #7 of 68 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #118 of 179 | #29 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.2% | #52 of 181 | #32 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.1% | #193 of 240 | #48 of 60 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.8% | #32 of 37 | #5 of 8 |
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
504
+97 (+24%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 626
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 10.7:1
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 | 504 | 42.5 | 11.9:1 | 11% (56) |
| 2023-24 | 490 | 37 | 13.2:1 | 10% (50) |
| 2022-23 | 454 | 38 | 11.9:1 | 9% (42) |
| 2020-21 | 407 | 38 | 10.7:1 | 14% (58) |
| 2017-18 | 500 | 38 | 13.2:1 | 15% (73) |
| 2015-16 | 509 | 37 | 13.8:1 | 14% (69) |
| 2010-11 | 546 | 41 | 13.3:1 | 10% (53) |
| 2000-01 | 622 | 41 | 15.2:1 | 4% (27) |
| 1990-91 | 626 | 27 | 23.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Reeds Ferry School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (500 to 504); teachers up 12% (38 to 42.5).
About Reeds Ferry School
Reeds Ferry School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Merrimack, New Hampshire. The school serves 504 students in pre-K through 4 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in New Hampshire is roughly 249 students; this school is 102% bigger than that.
Merrimack School District oversees Reeds Ferry School and 5 other schools, with 3,453 students in total.
At Reeds Ferry School, White students make up 80% of the student body. The school is also 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. That is close to the 82% White share among all Hillsborough County residents. Reeds Ferry School has a diversity index of 34%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 11.9:1 comes from the school's 42.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 11.0:1 average for elementary schools in New Hampshire is lower than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 11% of students at Reeds Ferry School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 26% for public schools in Hillsborough County.
allk12 grades Reeds Ferry School a B. The grade compares the school only with New Hampshire public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On BeatsExpectations, Reeds Ferry School is 1.4 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New Hampshire schools.
Hillsborough County census figures show that median household income is about $103,545, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Reeds Ferry School is among the 127 public schools in Hillsborough County.
The closest public school to Reeds Ferry School is James Mastricola Upper Elementary School, about 1.8 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 61.7% proficiency; Reeds Ferry School posts 57.8%.
NCES describes the area around Reeds Ferry School as Suburb: Mid-size, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Reeds Ferry School had 407 students in 2020-21 and 504 in 2024-25, a 24% gain. Its ratio of students to teachers was 10.7:1 in 2020-21, and 11.9:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Reeds Ferry School covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Merrimack School District
- Merrimack High SchoolHigh · 1,057 students
- James Mastricola Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 533 students
- Thorntons Ferry SchoolElementary · 504 students
- Merrimack Middle SchoolMiddle · 480 students
- James Mastricola Elementary SchoolElementary · 375 students
Other schools in Merrimack
- Merrimack High SchoolHigh · 1,057 students
- James Mastricola Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 533 students
- Thorntons Ferry SchoolElementary · 504 students
- Merrimack Middle SchoolMiddle · 480 students
- James Mastricola Elementary SchoolElementary · 375 students
- Gate City Charter School for the ArtsElementary · 160 students
Nearby schools
- James Mastricola Upper Elementary School1.8 mi · 533
- James Mastricola Elementary School1.8 mi · 375
- Merrimack High School2.2 mi · 1,057
- Merrimack Middle School3.0 mi · 480
- McKelvie Intermediate School3.2 mi · 619
- Peter Woodbury School3.3 mi · 428
Frequently asked questions
About Reeds Ferry SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Reeds Ferry School?
Reeds Ferry School enrolls approximately 504 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Reeds Ferry School serve?
Reeds Ferry School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Reeds Ferry School?
Approximately 11.9:1 students per teacher at Reeds Ferry School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Reeds Ferry School?
At Reeds Ferry School, the student body is approximately 80% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Reeds Ferry School public or private?
Reeds Ferry School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Merrimack School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.