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Best Public Schools in Center Sandwich, NH

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Top rankedSandwich Central School41^st of 224 New Hampshire elementary schools

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Sandwich Central School up 5 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

The city of Center Sandwich, New Hampshire is home to a single standout elementary school, Sandwich Central School, which serves grades K-6 with a total enrollment of 76 students. Sandwich Central School is part of the Inter-Lakes Cooperative School District, which is ranked 64 out of 158 school districts in New Hampshire and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Sandwich Central School is a standout institution, consistently ranking among the top 50 elementary schools in New Hampshire over the past few years, with a current ranking of 41 out of 224 elementary schools in the state for the 2024-2025 school year. The school has maintained a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating strong academic performance, and it outperforms the district and state averages in several key academic metrics, including proficiency rates in mathematics, reading, and science.

For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, 65% of Sandwich Central School students were proficient or better in mathematics, compared to 45% for the district and 42% for the state. In reading, Sandwich Central School had a 69% proficiency rate, compared to 56% for the district and 55% for the state. These impressive academic results may be attributed to the school's small student-teacher ratio of 9:1 and its relatively low percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients at 10.53% for the 2023-2024 school year.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NH SAS Mathematics (2025)				NH SAS Reading (2025)				NH SAS Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NH SAS Mathematics 3rd Grade	NH SAS Mathematics 4th Grade	NH SAS Mathematics 6th Grade	NH SAS Mathematics All Grades	NH SAS Reading 3rd Grade	NH SAS Reading 4th Grade	NH SAS Reading 6th Grade	NH SAS Reading All Grades	NH SAS Science 5th Grade	NH SAS Science All Grades	Total
Sandwich Central School	Public	K-6	28 Squam Lake Rd.	Center Sandwich	03227	Carroll County	Inter-Lakes Cooperative School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 284-7712	85	7	11.4	10.6%	81 (95.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.5%)	1 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	74.7	41^st of 224 public elementary schools	81.7%		74.4	46^th of 234 public elementary schools	80.3%	5	67.0	56.0	69.0	65.0	100.0	63.0	46.0	69.0	55.0	55.0	$24,444

Cities Near Center Sandwich

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Moultonborough	6.98 mi	3	65^th
Waterville Valley	7.88 mi	1
Campton	7.92 mi	1	47^th
Holderness	9.36 mi	1	17^th
Thornton	10.25 mi	1	46^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Hampshire Department of Education.

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