Summary:
Barrington School District in Barrington, New Hampshire, has two elementary schools serving children from pre-kindergarten through fourth grade: the Early Childhood Learning Center for PK–K and Barrington Elementary School for grades 1–4.
The two schools serve 542 students overall. Barrington Elementary School enrolls 405 students and has a 16.2-to-1 student–teacher ratio, while the Early Childhood Learning Center enrolls 137 students and has a notably lower 5.4-to-1 ratio. The ECLC’s smaller ratio may support more individualized attention, although early-childhood staffing models can differ from those used in grades 1–4. Reported free- or reduced-price lunch eligibility is relatively low at both schools: 8.76% at the ECLC and 12.84% at Barrington Elementary.
Academic performance information is available for Barrington Elementary School, which currently ranks at the 57th statewide percentile and has improved from the 43rd percentile three years earlier. Mathematics is the school’s strongest area: 53% of students were proficient, compared with 49% districtwide and 44% statewide, and results improved eight percentage points in one year. Reading proficiency was 54%, near the state’s 55% but below the district’s 59%. Third grade was a clear bright spot, with 61% proficiency in math and 60% in reading, while fourth grade results were lower at 48% and 50%, respectively. Parents may want to ask how the school is addressing the fourth-grade drop-off and the lack of recent reading growth.
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