Schools in Webster, NH

Webster, New Hampshire, has one public school in the supplied data: Webster Elementary School, a small K–5 school serving 88 students in the Merrimack Valley School District; no middle school or high school is listed within the city. With a reported 10:1 student-teacher ratio and a free/reduced-price lunch rate of 18.18%, the school offers a relatively small-school setting, although the ratio does not necessarily represent average class size. Because it is the only public school, its results provide the full picture of Webster’s local public elementary education.

Webster Elementary School showed broad improvement in 2025–2026. Proficiency increased to 48% in mathematics, 57% in reading, and 43% in science, up from 33%, 53%, and 35%, respectively, the previous year. The school exceeded district and state averages in all three subjects. Reading was its strongest overall subject, while science showed the largest advantage over the district—14 percentage points. The school’s listed ranking improved from 139th and the 38th percentile to 113th and the 51st percentile, and its rating rose from two stars to three. These results suggest positive momentum, though rankings can vary with the comparison group and methodology.

For parents, the most important pattern is the difference between grade levels. Third grade was particularly strong, with 79% proficiency in mathematics and 71% in reading, while fourth grade reading also exceeded state results. Fifth grade was the main concern: mathematics proficiency was 21% and reading proficiency was 38%, both well below district and state comparisons. Fifth-grade science was more encouraging at 43%, above both comparison groups. Since enrollment is small, individual student cohorts can significantly affect percentages from year to year. Overall, the school appears to be improving and performing above broader benchmarks, but families may want to ask how the school is supporting fifth-grade mathematics and reading and how it monitors these results over multiple years.