Enrollment
282
Elementary
STATE 249
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRENTWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330201000030
Swasey Central School
355 Middle Rd., Brentwood, NH 03833 · (603) 642-3487 · Rockingham County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL282 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
21 FTE teachers
STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
28 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
74.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
74.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
72.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.1%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 57% typical for New Hampshire schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in New Hampshire's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
282
-29 (-9%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 13.8:1
% White
91%
was 91%
% Hispanic
1%
was 2%
% Asian
4%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Swasey Central School
Swasey Central School is an average-sized primary school in Brentwood, New Hampshire, overseen by Brentwood School District. The school teaches 282 students in grades pre-K through 5.
Brentwood School District is the operating authority for Swasey Central School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.
Demographically, Swasey Central School logs that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 4% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Looking at school resources, Swasey Central School reports 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 10% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Swasey Central School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 57.1%; this one delivers 72.6%, a residual of +15.4 points.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Rockingham County) records that the typical household earns roughly $118,331 per year, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Swasey Central School is one of 99 public schools in Rockingham County (combined enrollment of about 41,753 students).
The closest other public school is Ellis School, roughly 3.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Swasey Central School. On composite proficiency, Swasey Central School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 45.7%.
Swasey Central School operates from a countryside location.
Over the past 7-year window. Swasey Central School's enrollment has fell 9% since 2018, when it stood at 311 (now 282).
Inside the community feed, members of the Swasey Central School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Rockingham County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
319,082
Census ACS
Median income
$118,331
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
99
41,753 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Ellis School3.2 mi · 353
- Daniel J. Bakie School3.2 mi · 269
- Exeter High School4.0 mi · 1,348
- Epping High School4.2 mi · 213
- Epping Middle School4.2 mi · 194
- Epping Elementary School4.3 mi · 464
Frequently asked questions
About Swasey Central SchoolHow many students attend Swasey Central School?
Swasey Central School enrolls approximately 282 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Swasey Central School serve?
Swasey Central School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Swasey Central School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Swasey Central School is approximately 13.4:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Swasey Central School?
At Swasey Central School, the student body is approximately 91% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Black, 4% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Swasey Central School?
Swasey Central School is overseen by Brentwood School District in Rockingham County.
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