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Alumni: what's one memory from Woodbury School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
762
Middle
DISTRICT 445 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SALEM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330606000409
Woodbury School
206 Main St., Salem, NH 03079 · (603) 893-7055 · Rockingham County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL762 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 41% of New Hampshire public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 11.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
138 students
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 26%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 254 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 260 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 248 | 33% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Woodbury School→Salem High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Salem School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientEnglish Language Arts
54.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
35.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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
44.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.9%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Woodbury School
Woodbury School's state test result (44.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodbury School this school | 762 | 18.1% | 44.8% |
| Hudson Memorial School Hudson | 648 | 18.4% | 47.8% |
| Milford Middle School Milford | 445 | 19.3% | 34.9% |
| Gilbert H. Hood Middle School Derry | 696 | 24.6% | 38.8% |
| Londonderry Middle School Londonderry | 918 | 14.4% | 48.4% |
| West Running Brook Intermediate School DERRY | 639 | 26.8% | N/A |
Matched among New Hampshire middle 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 Woodbury School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Rockingham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #44 of 85 | #12 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #52 of 85 | #13 of 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #48 of 85 | #12 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 762 | #13 of 101 | #3 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #61 of 74 | #14 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.5% | #16 of 74 | #3 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.1% | #57 of 90 | #8 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.4% | #41 of 57 | #9 of 13 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
762
-37 (-5%) vs 2020
+34% since 1990-91, when it was 567
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 762 | 60.5 | 12.6:1 | 18% (138) |
| 2023-24 | 772 | 61.5 | 12.6:1 | 18% (137) |
| 2022-23 | 777 | 59.2 | 13.1:1 | 18% (136) |
| 2020-21 | 799 | 60 | 13.3:1 | 12% (98) |
| 2017-18 | 841 | 69.3 | 12.1:1 | 18% (150) |
| 2015-16 | 893 | 69 | 12.9:1 | 19% (171) |
| 2010-11 | 1,104 | 73 | 15.1:1 | 16% (181) |
| 2000-01 | 1,158 | 70 | 16.5:1 | 9% (101) |
| 1990-91 | 567 | 40 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woodbury School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (841 to 762); teachers down 13% (69.3 to 60.5).
About Woodbury School
A large middle school in Salem, New Hampshire, Woodbury School is part of Salem School District. The school has 762 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 8. That compares with an average of about 379 students for middle schools in New Hampshire.
Woodbury School belongs to Salem School District, a district of 8 schools and 3,557 students.
About 77% of the student body at Woodbury School is White. The remaining students are 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Among people living in Rockingham County, the White share is about 91%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 39, compared with 70 nationally.
With 60.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.6:1. The average for middle schools in New Hampshire is 11.1:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Woodbury School, 18% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among New Hampshire public middle schools, Woodbury School outscored 41%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Woodbury School is 7.0 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 44.8% actual, 51.9% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New Hampshire.
For the population of Rockingham County, the median household earns about $118,331 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. Woodbury School shares Rockingham County with 98 other public schools.
The closest school to Woodbury School is Salem High School, located about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Woodbury School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Woodbury School is Suburb: Large.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 799 (2020-21) to 762 (2024-25).
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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
Other schools in Salem School District
- Salem High SchoolHigh · 1,116 students
- William T. Barron Elementary SchoolElementary · 377 students
- North Salem Elementary SchoolElementary · 353 students
- William E. Lancaster SchoolElementary · 294 students
- Mary A. Fisk Elementary SchoolElementary · 272 students
- Dr. L. F. Soule SchoolElementary · 270 students
Other schools in Salem
- Salem High SchoolHigh · 1,116 students
- William T. Barron Elementary SchoolElementary · 377 students
- North Salem Elementary SchoolElementary · 353 students
- William E. Lancaster SchoolElementary · 294 students
- The Birches Academy of Academics - Art A Public Charter SchElementary · 286 students
- Mary A. Fisk Elementary SchoolElementary · 272 students
Nearby schools
- Salem High School0.3 mi · 1,116
- William E. Lancaster School0.6 mi · 294
- Salem Preschool0.8 mi · 113
- Mary A. Fisk Elementary School1.1 mi · 272
- Dr. L. F. Soule School1.5 mi · 270
- Arts Academy of New Hampshire Chartered Public High School1.6 mi · 106
Frequently asked questions
About Woodbury SchoolHow large is Woodbury School?
Woodbury School enrolls approximately 762 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Woodbury School serve?
Woodbury School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Woodbury School?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at Woodbury School.
How diverse is Woodbury School?
Woodbury School reports a student body of 77% White, 13% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Woodbury School?
Woodbury School is overseen by Salem School District in Rockingham County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.