South Meadow School

South Meadow School is one of the moderately sized 6-8 campuss in Peterborough, New Hampshire, part of Contoocook Valley School District, with 332 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 8.

South Meadow School is one of 11 schools operated by Contoocook Valley School District, a district that instructs 1,936 students overall.

Looking at the student body, South Meadow School reports that nearly all students (91%) are White. The remainder is composed of 4% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, South Meadow School has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.1:1, putting South Meadow School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 26% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, South Meadow School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.6%; this one delivers 46.7%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Hillsborough County) shows that median household earnings sit near $103,545, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. South Meadow School is one of 127 public schools in Hillsborough County (combined enrollment of about 53,974 students).

Nearest neighbor: Conval Regional High School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around South Meadow School. On composite proficiency, South Meadow School comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 47.0%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at South Meadow School has edged down 18%, going from 403 students in 2018 to 332 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 96% to 91% over that span.

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