Summary:
Bartlett School District has one listed school, Josiah Bartlett Elementary School, serving students from Pre-K through Grade 8 in the small Bartlett, New Hampshire, community. The school enrolls 165 students and has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 9.7:1. Because it is the district’s only school, its results represent the district as a whole, so there are no other local schools to compare directly.
The school’s latest results are mixed, with notable improvement in mathematics and science. In 2025-2026, overall proficiency was 39% in mathematics, 46% in reading, and 42% in science. Compared with New Hampshire averages, the school was 5 percentage points lower in mathematics and 9 points lower in reading, but 4 points higher in science. Mathematics improved substantially from 28% the prior year, while science increased from 29% to 42%; reading was nearly unchanged. Grade 7 was the strongest area, with 52% proficiency in mathematics and 62% in reading, both above state averages. Grade 8 mathematics was also close to the state level.
Parents should also be aware of significant variation by grade. Grade 4 was well below the state in both mathematics and reading, at 28% and 33% proficiency, respectively, while Grade 6 mathematics was 21%. Grade 8 reading and science were also concerns, at 39% and 26%. The school’s science strength overall therefore does not apply equally across grades. State rankings place the school in the lower portion of ranked schools, although its percentile improved in the latest year. In a small school, results can change noticeably from year to year because individual cohorts may be small. The most important areas to investigate are reading across several grades, mathematics in Grades 4 and 6, and whether the successful practices seen in Grade 7 can be applied more broadly.
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