Barnstead School District

Summary:

The Barnstead School District in New Hampshire consists of a single school, Barnstead Elementary School, which serves students from kindergarten through 6th grade. Based on the available data, Barnstead Elementary School appears to be a low-performing school within the district, consistently underperforming compared to the state average in core academic subjects.

Barnstead Elementary School is ranked 206 out of 224 New Hampshire elementary schools for the 2024-2025 school year and is rated 0 out of 5 stars by SchoolDigger. The school's proficiency rates in Mathematics, Reading, and Science are significantly below the state average across all grade levels. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's Mathematics proficiency rate for all grades was 16%, compared to the state average of 42%, and its Reading proficiency rate was 31%, compared to the state average of 55%.

The Barnstead School District as a whole is ranked 150 out of 158 districts in the state and is also rated 0 stars. The school's relatively high free and reduced-price lunch rate of 22.57% for the 2023-2024 school year may suggest that the school serves a population with lower socioeconomic status, which could contribute to the academic underperformance. However, there is no indication in the data that the school or district has made significant efforts to address these challenges and improve student outcomes.

District Detail

1 Suncook Valley Road
Alton, NH 03809

(603) 875-7890

SchoolDigger Rank:
150^th of 158 New Hampshire districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-8
Students: 449

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 0
High Schools: 0
Alternative Schools: 0

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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 5th Grade	NH SAS Mathematics 6th Grade	NH SAS Mathematics 7th Grade	NH SAS Mathematics 8th Grade	NH SAS Mathematics All Grades	NH SAS Reading 3rd Grade	NH SAS Reading 4th Grade	NH SAS Reading 5th Grade	NH SAS Reading 6th Grade	NH SAS Reading 7th Grade	NH SAS Reading 8th Grade	NH SAS Reading All Grades	NH SAS Science 5th Grade	NH SAS Science 8th Grade	NH SAS Science All Grades	Total
Barnstead Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	91 Maple St.	Center Barnstead	03225	Belknap County	Barnstead School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 269-5161	449	39	11.5	31.0%	436 (97.1%)	2 (0.4%)	8 (1.8%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12.7	206^th of 224 public elementary schools	8.0%		18.6	196^th of 234 public elementary schools	16.2%	10	14.0	17.0	20.0	13.0	12.0	19.0	16.0	24.0	24.0	53.0	18.0	37.0	38.0	31.0	33.0	31.0	32.0	$19,232

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Pittsfield School District	4.02 mi	3	139^th
Gilmanton School District	6.27 mi	1	52^nd
Prospect Mountain JMA School District	6.64 mi	1	67^th
Alton School District	7.49 mi	1	131^st
Governor Wentworth Regional School District	7.76 mi	8	93^rd

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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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