Summary:
Tamworth, New Hampshire, has one listed public school, Kenneth A. Brett School, a small K–8 school serving about 165 students in the Tamworth School District. Because it is the only school in the town, there are no local school-to-school comparisons; its results represent the district’s results as well. The school serves elementary and middle-school students, with no separately listed high school in Tamworth.
The school’s strongest relative subject is science, where 28% of students were proficient compared with 38% statewide. Reading was next, with 39% proficient compared with 55% statewide. Reading performance varied considerably by grade: 50% of third graders, 53% of fifth graders, and 48% of eighth graders were proficient, while fourth grade was much lower at 14%. Reading improved by 6 percentage points from the prior year, which is an encouraging sign. Parents should keep in mind that the school’s small enrollment means each grade may have a relatively small testing group, so percentages can change noticeably from year to year.
Mathematics is the clearest area needing improvement. Overall math proficiency was 18%, compared with 44% statewide, and the school was below the state average in every tested grade. Results ranged from 26% proficient in fifth grade to just 14% in eighth grade. The school has an 8:1 student-teacher ratio, which may support individualized instruction and targeted interventions, but the available results show that additional math support is important across grade levels. Approximately 51.5% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch, providing useful context for families reviewing the school’s results. The school’s ranking also declined from the 22nd percentile in 2023–2024 to the 13th percentile in 2025–2026.
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