Southwick School

Southwick School is one of the reasonably sized elementary campuss in Northfield, New Hampshire, operated by Winnisquam Regional School District, with 251 students on its rolls from grades K through 4.

Across the 5 schools in Winnisquam Regional School District (1,176 students total), Southwick School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Southwick School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). Beyond that, the school shows 8% multiracial, 6% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Merrimack County runs at roughly 25%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Southwick School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.5%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Merrimack County indicate median household income runs about $97,004, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Southwick School is one of 61 public schools in Merrimack County (combined enrollment of about 17,429 students).

Compass Classical Academy Charter School (E) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Southwick School. On composite proficiency, Southwick School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 30.0%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Southwick School has increased 13%, going from 222 students in 2018 to 251 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 91% to 84%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 today.

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