Summary:
Rye, New Hampshire, is a small coastal community served by two public schools in the Rye School District, educating 386 students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade; high school students attend school outside the listed Rye schools. The district ranks 12th out of 166 statewide, placing it in the 93rd percentile with a five-star rating. The schools are relatively small and report favorable student–teacher ratios: 9.6 students per teacher at the elementary school and 8.7 at the junior high.
Rye Elementary School is the stronger of the two schools by statewide ranking. It ranked seventh out of 230 schools in 2025–2026 and has maintained a five-star rating in recent years. Students posted 83% proficiency in mathematics and 84% in reading, far above New Hampshire averages of 44% and 55%. Third-grade math was especially strong at 91%, while reading reached 84% in both tested elementary grades. Compared with the junior high, the elementary school has higher overall math and reading results, although its math score dipped slightly from the previous year while reading improved by seven points.
Rye Junior High School also performs well, ranking 17th out of 138 schools and in the 88th percentile, though its rating declined to four stars. Its 2025–2026 results were 73% in math, 75% in reading, and 48% in science—well above state averages in every subject except eighth-grade science, which was 35%. Fifth-grade reading reached 88% and sixth-grade math 83%, but reading declined to 65% by eighth grade. Science is the clearest area to monitor: proficiency fell 11 points year over year, suggesting that families may want to pay particular attention to science support in the later junior-high grades.
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