Enrollment
273
Elementary
DISTRICT 142 · STATE 249
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWPORT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330531000343
Richards Elementary School
21 School St., Newport, NH 03773 · (603) 863-3710 · Sullivan County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL273 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 26% of New Hampshire public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
10.7:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.4:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
164 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 26%
Community
0
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 | 22 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · 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
Richards Elementary School→Newport Middle School
Based on grade levels within Newport School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientEnglish Language Arts
32.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
13.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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
28.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.6%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Richards Elementary School
Richards Elementary School's state test result (28.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richards Elementary School this school | 273 | 60.1% | 28.3% |
| Paul A. Smith School Franklin | 261 | 55.9% | 33.5% |
| Pittsfield Elementary School Pittsfield | 215 | 55.8% | 28.8% |
| Berlin Elementary School Berlin | 412 | 63.8% | 35.6% |
| William Allen School Rochester | 280 | 52.5% | 31.6% |
| Woodland Heights Elementary School Laconia | 318 | 56.6% | 35.2% |
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 Richards Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Sullivan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #190 of 209 | #8 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.0% | #209 of 209 | #9 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #191 of 210 | #8 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 273 | #133 of 300 | #1 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #65 of 179 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.2% | #167 of 181 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.1% | #12 of 240 | #1 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -38.9% | #3 of 139 | #1 of 6 |
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
273
-91 (-25%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 430
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 10.1:1
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 | 273 | 25.5 | 10.7:1 | 60% (164) |
| 2023-24 | 307 | 33.1 | 9.3:1 | 64% (198) |
| 2022-23 | 323 | 35.5 | 9.1:1 | 64% (208) |
| 2020-21 | 364 | 36 | 10.1:1 | 47% (170) |
| 2017-18 | 447 | 36 | 12.4:1 | 59% (265) |
| 2015-16 | 379 | 28 | 13.5:1 | 62% (236) |
| 2010-11 | 389 | 30 | 13.0:1 | 50% (194) |
| 2000-01 | 348 | 24 | 14.5:1 | 37% (129) |
| 1990-91 | 430 | 17 | 25.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Richards Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 39% (447 to 273); teachers down 29% (36 to 25.5).
About Richards Elementary School
Richards Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Newport, New Hampshire. It has an enrollment of 273 students in pre-K through 5.
Newport School District enrolls 712 students, and its 5 schools include Richards Elementary School.
The share of students at Richards Elementary School who are White is 94%. Other students are 3% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Sullivan County residents are about 92% White, a similar share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 11, compared with 70 nationally.
Its staff includes 25.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 10.7 students per teacher. That is in line with the 11.0:1 average for elementary schools in New Hampshire. A total of 164 students, or 60%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Sullivan County is 37%.
Among New Hampshire public elementary schools, Richards Elementary School outscored 26%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with New Hampshire schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Richards Elementary School's results are 3.7 points above predicted: 28.3% against 24.6%.
In the surrounding county, Sullivan County, the median household earns about $80,858 a year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Sullivan County has 29 public schools with about 4,498 students, including Richards Elementary School.
The closest school to Richards Elementary School is Newport SOAR Middle School, located about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 7. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Richards Elementary School is 4th of 6 on proficiency.
Richards Elementary School falls in the Rural: Distant locale category, used for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
In 2020-21, Richards Elementary School enrolled 364 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 273.
Richards Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Sullivan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
43,715
Census ACS
Median income
$80,858
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
4,498 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Newport School District
- Newport Middle High School (High)High · 291 students
- Newport Middle SchoolMiddle · 138 students
- Newport SOAR High SchoolHigh · 7 students
- Newport SOAR Middle SchoolMiddle · 3 students
Other schools in Newport
- Newport Middle High School (High)High · 291 students
- Newport Middle SchoolMiddle · 138 students
- Unity Elementary SchoolElementary · 86 students
- Newport SOAR High SchoolHigh · 7 students
- Newport SOAR Middle SchoolMiddle · 3 students
Other Richards Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Richards Elementary. Richards Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Richards ElementaryWhitefish Bay, WI · 680 students
- RICHARDS ELEM.WEST PLAINS, MO · 389 students
Nearby schools
- Newport SOAR Middle School0.3 mi · 3
- Newport SOAR High School0.3 mi · 7
- Newport Middle School0.7 mi · 138
- Newport Middle High School (High)0.7 mi · 291
- Sunapee Sr. High School4.0 mi · 131
- Sunapee Middle High School4.0 mi · 101
Frequently asked questions
About Richards Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Richards Elementary School?
Richards Elementary School enrolls approximately 273 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Richards Elementary School serve?
Richards Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Richards Elementary School have?
Richards Elementary School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Richards Elementary School?
At Richards Elementary School, the student body is approximately 94% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Richards Elementary School?
Richards Elementary School is overseen by Newport School District in Sullivan County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.