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Barrington School District

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At a glance

72^ndof 166 New Hampshire districts▲ 13

Better than 56% of New Hampshire districts

Elementary 2 Middle 1Grades PK, KG-8

572 Calef Hwy
Barrington, NH 03825-5620·(603) 664-2715·All New Hampshire district rankings →

Statewide performance 2018–2026

2026: better than 56.6% of districts

Schools

940

Students

Top rankedBarrington Elementary School99^th of 230 New Hampshire elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Barrington Elementary School up 25 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

Barrington School District is a small New Hampshire district serving about 940 students in three schools from prekindergarten through eighth grade: Early Childhood Learning Center, Barrington Elementary School, and Barrington Middle School. The district does not include a high school, and its overall ranking is 72nd out of 166 New Hampshire districts, placing it around the 57th percentile.

Barrington Middle School is the strongest overall academic performer, with 2025–2026 proficiency rates of 48% in math, 61% in reading, and 46% in science. Each result was above the state average, with the largest advantage in science. Reading is a particular strength, including an outstanding 72% proficiency rate in fifth grade. The school also improved substantially from the prior year, gaining 7 points in math, 6 in reading, and 12 in science. Barrington Elementary School has made an encouraging ranking improvement, moving from the 43rd to the 57th percentile over three years. Its 2025–2026 math proficiency was 53%, including 61% in third grade, while reading was 54% overall.

Families may want to focus on the differences between grades. At Barrington Elementary School, fourth-grade math and reading results were considerably lower than third-grade results. At Barrington Middle School, sixth-grade reading and eighth-grade science were weaker than the school’s best-performing grades. The Early Childhood Learning Center serves prekindergarten and kindergarten and has a notably low reported student-teacher ratio of 5.4 students per teacher. Overall, the district shows a solid and improving profile, with the middle school’s reading and science performance and the elementary school’s recent math gains standing out most.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				NH SAS Mathematics (2026)							NH SAS Reading (2026)							NH SAS Science (2026)			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 (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	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
Barrington Elementary School	Public	1-4	570 Calef Highway	Barrington	03825	Strafford County	Barrington School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 664-2641	405	25	16.2	12.8%	379 (93.6%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.7%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (4.0%)	56.5	99^th of 230 public elementary schools	57.0%		46.5	124^th of 224 public elementary schools	44.6%	25	61.0	48.0					53.0	60.0	50.0					54.0				$17,125
Barrington Middle School	Public	5-8	51 Haley Dr	Barrington	03825	Strafford County	Barrington School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 664-2127	398	33	12.0	10.8%	368 (92.5%)	1 (0.3%)	9 (2.3%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.3%)	54.3	57^th of 138 public middle schools	58.7%		52.5	60^th of 132 public middle schools	54.5%	3			54.0	43.0	43.0	49.0	48.0			72.0	49.0	64.0	58.0	61.0	53.0	36.0	46.0	$16,629
Early Childhood Learning Center	Public	PK-K	77 Ramsdell Lane	Barrington	03825	Strafford County	Barrington School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 664-5586	137	25	5.4	8.8%	129 (94.2%)	2 (1.5%)	2 (1.5%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.2%)								(n/a)																		$10,170

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Somersworth School District	6.61 mi	4	152^nd

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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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