Enrollment
86
Elementary
STATE 249
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330675000441
Unity Elementary School
864 2nd NH Tpke., Newport, NH 03773 · (603) 542-5888 · Sullivan County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL86 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of New Hampshire public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
7.1:1
12 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 5 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 5 | 6% |
| Grade 1 | 12 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 8 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 13 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 10 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 7 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 14 | 16% |
| Grade 7 | 5 | 6% |
| Grade 8 | 7 | 8% |
Student demographics
7%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
39.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
20.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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
27.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.0%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Unity Elementary School
Unity Elementary School's state test result (27.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unity Elementary School this school | 86 | 39.5% | 27.3% |
| Danbury Elementary School Danbury | 66 | 39.4% | 33.7% |
| Russell Elementary School Rumney | 84 | 40.5% | 35.0% |
| Troy Elementary School Troy | 116 | 43.1% | 34.9% |
| Effingham Elementary School Effingham | 120 | 41.7% | 37.2% |
| New Hampton Community School New Hampton | 93 | 35.5% | 53.6% |
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 Unity Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Sullivan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 86 | #252 of 300 | #11 of 17 |
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
86
0 (0%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 118
Student : Teacher
7.1:1
was 8.6:1
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 | 86 | 12.1 | 7.1:1 | 40% (34) |
| 2023-24 | 93 | 11.1 | 8.4:1 | 38% (35) |
| 2022-23 | 100 | 8.5 | 11.8:1 | 41% (41) |
| 2020-21 | 86 | 10 | 8.6:1 | 40% (34) |
| 2017-18 | 114 | 9.1 | 12.5:1 | 39% (45) |
| 2015-16 | 121 | 10 | 12.1:1 | 35% (42) |
| 2010-11 | 98 | 10 | 9.8:1 | 16% (16) |
| 2000-01 | 114 | 9 | 12.7:1 | 13% (15) |
| 1990-91 | 118 | 10 | 11.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Unity Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (114 to 86); teachers up 33% (9.1 to 12.1).
About Unity Elementary School
Unity Elementary School is an elementary school in Newport, New Hampshire, reachable at (603) 542-5888. The school teaches pre-K through 8 and enrolls 86 students. That is 65% below the average of about 249 students for elementary schools in New Hampshire.
Federal records list Unity School District as the district for Unity Elementary School.
White students account for 97% of the school's enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 3% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 7, compared with 70 nationally.
Unity Elementary School reports a ratio of 7.1 students per teacher, from 12.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 11.0:1 average for elementary schools in New Hampshire is 3.9 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Unity Elementary School, 40% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among New Hampshire public elementary schools, Unity Elementary School outscored 6%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Unity Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 27.3% is 10.7 points below the 38.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
For Sullivan County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $80,858, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 30%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. There are 29 public schools in the county, enrolling about 4,498, Unity Elementary School among them.
Acworth Elementary School is about 5.5 miles from Unity Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within ten miles: at least 8. Unity Elementary School comes in 3rd of 4 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Unity Elementary School is Rural: Distant, which covers schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 86, close to the 86 recorded in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 8.6:1 to 7.1:1.
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Sullivan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
43,715
Census ACS
Median income
$80,858
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
4,498 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Newport
- Newport Middle High School (High)High · 291 students
- Richards Elementary SchoolElementary · 273 students
- Newport Middle SchoolMiddle · 138 students
- Newport SOAR High SchoolHigh · 7 students
- Newport SOAR Middle SchoolMiddle · 3 students
Other Unity Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Unity Elementary. Unity Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 7.
- Unity Elementary SchoolSioux City, IA · 483 students
- Unity ElementaryBalsam Lake, WI · 385 students
- Unity Elementary SchoolMendon, IL · 296 students
- Unity Elementary SchoolLima, OH · 241 students
- Unity Elementary SchoolBrookport, IL · 128 students
Nearby schools
- Acworth Elementary School5.5 mi · 25
- Lempster Community School5.8 mi · 132
- Claremont Preschool Center6.0 mi · 43
- Claremont Middle School6.0 mi · 333
- Stevens High School6.4 mi · 477
- N. Charlestown Community School6.4 mi · 26
Frequently asked questions
About Unity Elementary SchoolHow large is Unity Elementary School?
Unity Elementary School enrolls approximately 86 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Unity Elementary School serve?
Unity Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Unity Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Unity Elementary School is approximately 7.1:1 (12 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Unity Elementary School?
At Unity Elementary School, the student body is approximately 97% White, 3% Black.
Who oversees Unity Elementary School?
Unity Elementary School is overseen by Unity School District in Sullivan County.
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