Richard Maghakian Memorial School

Richard Maghakian Memorial School operates as a middle-of-the-pack primary school in Brookline, New Hampshire, one of the schools within Brookline School District. Current enrollment sits at 309 students spanning grades pre-K through 3. By comparison, New Hampshire's public schools average about 249 students each, so Richard Maghakian Memorial School sits 24% above that benchmark.

Brookline School District comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 551 students; Richard Maghakian Memorial School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Richard Maghakian Memorial School lists that nearly all students (93%) are White; the rest looks like 3% Asian, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Hillsborough County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Richard Maghakian Memorial School lists 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.5:1. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 3% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Hillsborough County's rate of about 26%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Richard Maghakian Memorial School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.7%; this one delivers 69.0%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Hillsborough County put 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 Richard Maghakian Memorial School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Captain Samuel Douglass Academy, around 2.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Richard Maghakian Memorial School. On composite proficiency, Richard Maghakian Memorial School comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 67.0%.

Richard Maghakian Memorial School operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 7%: 332 students in 2018 compared to 309 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.