Best Public Schools in Charlestown, NH

Charlestown, New Hampshire, has two public schools serving students from prekindergarten through eighth grade: Charlestown Primary School for PK–4 and Charlestown Middle School for grades 5–8. Together, they enroll about 402 students and are part of the Fall Mountain Regional School District. Both schools report small student-teacher ratios of fewer than 10 students per teacher, which may support individual attention.

The schools have different academic strengths. Charlestown Primary School performs considerably better in mathematics than in reading: 43% of students are proficient in math, compared with 32% in reading. Its math result is close to the state average and above the district average, while reading trails both by a wide margin. Fourth grade is a particular concern, with proficiency of 39% in math and 29% in reading. The primary school’s reading result also declined notably from the prior year, making literacy support an important priority.

Charlestown Middle School shows the opposite pattern, with stronger reading performance than math. Reading proficiency is 43%, including results of about 50% to 51% in fifth and sixth grades, while math proficiency is 25%. Fifth-grade math is especially weak at 14%, suggesting that the transition from elementary school deserves attention. Science proficiency is 32% overall; fifth grade is relatively strong, but eighth grade falls to 24%. The middle school’s ranking and math results have improved in recent years, although its performance remains below district and state averages. Overall, families may view primary math and middle-school reading as relative strengths, while reading at the primary level and math at the middle-school level are the clearest areas for improvement.