Vilas Elementary School

Vilas Elementary School, a very small intermediate school in Alstead, New Hampshire, operated by Fall Mountain Regional School District, teaches 108 students, covering grades 5 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 379 students per school, that is 72% smaller than typical.

Vilas Elementary School is one of 12 schools operated by Fall Mountain Regional School District, a district that teaches 1,420 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Vilas Elementary School logs that nearly all students (92%) are White. Other groups include 7% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Cheshire County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Vilas Elementary School has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.1:1, putting Vilas Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Cheshire County runs at roughly 30%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Vilas Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.2%.

Across the wider county, census data for Cheshire County shows median household earnings sit near $83,329, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Vilas Elementary School is one of 41 public schools in Cheshire County (combined enrollment of about 8,365 students).

Nearest neighbor: Alstead Primary School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Vilas Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Vilas Elementary School comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 55.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 109 students in 2018 compared to 108 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 99% to 92% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Vilas Elementary School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.