Enrollment
84
Elementary
STATE 249
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RUMNEY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330600000397
Russell Elementary School
195 School St., Rumney, NH 03266 · (603) 786-9591 · Grafton County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL84 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 22% 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.
- CBeats 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
6.0:1
14 FTE teachers
STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
34 students
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 11 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 10 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 9 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 8 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 10 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 9 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 9 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 13 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 5 | 6% |
Student demographics
2%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
Test scores
NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientEnglish Language Arts
46.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
39.0%
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 39 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
35.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.4%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Russell Elementary School
Russell Elementary School's state test result (35.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Elementary School this school | 84 | 40.5% | 35.0% |
| Effingham Elementary School Effingham | 120 | 41.7% | 37.2% |
| Warren Village School Warren | 56 | 39.3% | N/A |
| Pierce Elementary School Bennington | 55 | 38.2% | 53.0% |
| New Hampton Community School New Hampton | 93 | 35.5% | 53.6% |
| Wentworth Elementary School Wentworth | 78 | 37.2% | 42.0% |
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 Russell Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Grafton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 84 | #254 of 300 | #22 of 28 |
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
84
-1 (-1%) vs 2020
-51% since 1990-91, when it was 170
Student : Teacher
6.0:1
was 6.1:1
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 | 84 | 14 | 6.0:1 | 40% (34) |
| 2023-24 | 86 | 14.5 | 5.9:1 | 49% (42) |
| 2022-23 | 85 | 13.5 | 6.3:1 | 54% (46) |
| 2020-21 | 85 | 14 | 6.1:1 | 41% (35) |
| 2017-18 | 106 | 14.4 | 7.4:1 | 43% (46) |
| 2015-16 | 93 | 13 | 7.2:1 | 59% (55) |
| 2010-11 | 139 | 14 | 9.9:1 | 49% (68) |
| 2000-01 | 181 | 13 | 13.9:1 | 31% (57) |
| 1990-91 | 170 | 8 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Russell Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (106 to 84); teachers down 3% (14.4 to 14).
About Russell Elementary School
At 195 School St. in Rumney, New Hampshire, Russell Elementary School operates as a very small elementary school. The school covers kindergarten through 8 and reported 84 students in 2024-25. The school is 66% below the average for elementary schools in New Hampshire.
Rumney School District is responsible for Russell Elementary School.
The share of students at Russell Elementary School who are White is 99%. County-wide, 88% of Grafton County residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 2%.
Teacher count: 14 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 6.0:1. The average for elementary schools in New Hampshire, 11.0:1, is higher. Roughly 40% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Grafton County, the average is 25%.
Russell Elementary School earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 22% of New Hampshire public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Russell Elementary School is 2.4 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 35.0% actual, 37.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New Hampshire.
In the wider Grafton County area, the median household earns about $88,261 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 47% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Grafton County, 53 public schools serve about 10,161 students.
Mountain Village Charter School sits about 2.9 miles from Russell Elementary School. Russell Elementary School has 7 other public schools within ten miles. The nearest schools with test data average 55.4%, higher than Russell Elementary School's 35.0%.
Russell Elementary School has an NCES locale of Rural: Distant.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 85 to 84.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Grafton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
92,120
Census ACS
Median income
$88,261
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
10,161 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other Russell Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 8 states are named Russell Elementary. Russell Elementary School is the 9th largest of the 9.
- Russell ElementaryLos Angeles, CA · 739 students
- Russell Elementary SchoolWarner Robins, GA · 576 students
- Russell Elementary SchoolSmyrna, GA · 568 students
- Russell Elementary SchoolBROWNSVILLE, TX · 418 students
- Russell Elementary SchoolBroomall, PA · 400 students
Nearby schools
- Mountain Village Charter School2.9 mi · 117
- Plymouth Elementary School5.7 mi · 365
- Plymouth Regional High School5.9 mi · 651
- Wentworth Elementary School8.4 mi · 78
- Campton Elementary School9.5 mi · 265
- Warren Village School9.8 mi · 56
Frequently asked questions
About Russell Elementary SchoolHow large is Russell Elementary School?
Russell Elementary School enrolls approximately 84 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Russell Elementary School serve?
Russell Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many teachers does Russell Elementary School have?
Russell Elementary School employs 14 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 6.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Russell Elementary School?
Student demographics at Russell Elementary School are roughly 99% White, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Russell Elementary School?
Russell Elementary School is overseen by Rumney School District in Grafton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.