Salisbury Elementary School

Salisbury Elementary School operates as a minimally staffed elementary-level community in Salisbury, New Hampshire, part of Merrimack Valley School District. Current enrollment sits at 64 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, New Hampshire's public schools average about 249 students each, so Salisbury Elementary School sits 74% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Merrimack Valley School District, which oversees 7 schools and 2,170 students, Salisbury Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Salisbury Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). The remainder reads as 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Salisbury Elementary School records 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 7.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. Around 31% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Salisbury Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.3%; this one delivers 55.9%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Merrimack County indicate median household income runs about $97,004, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Merrimack County's 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,429 students), Salisbury Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Webster Elementary School, around 4.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Salisbury Elementary School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 34.1%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Salisbury Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 18% since 2018, when it stood at 78 (now 64). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 100% to 89%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 10.1:1 in 2018 to 7.3:1 in 2025.

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