Westmoreland School

Set in Westmoreland, New Hampshire, Westmoreland School is a cozy primary school, part of Westmoreland School District. It instructs 125 students across grades K through 8. By comparison, New Hampshire's public schools average about 249 students each, so Westmoreland School sits 50% leaner than that benchmark.

Operationally, Westmoreland School answers to Westmoreland School District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Looking at the student body, Westmoreland School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). Beyond that, the school lists 3% Hispanic, 2% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Cheshire County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 20% of students at Westmoreland School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Cheshire County's rate of about 30%.

After controlling for student poverty, Westmoreland School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.6%, the actual is 56.6%, a residual of +6.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Cheshire County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $83,329 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cheshire County's 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,365 students), Westmoreland School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Putney Central School, around 4.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Westmoreland School comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 49.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 12%: 142 students in 2018 compared to 125 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 10.7:1 in 2018 to 9.1:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.