Candia School District

Candia School District serves the Candia, New Hampshire area through one school, Henry W. Moore School, an elementary school serving students in kindergarten through eighth grade. The school enrolls 272 students and has a favorable 10:1 student-teacher ratio. Because it is the district’s only school, its results represent the district as a whole. The school ranks around the 61st percentile statewide and holds a three-star rating, indicating performance above the New Hampshire midpoint but not among the state’s highest-ranked schools.

Henry W. Moore School’s strongest comparative area is mathematics, where 52% of students were proficient in 2025–2026 compared with 44% statewide. Reading proficiency was 56%, nearly matching the state’s 55%, while science was weaker at 35% versus 38% statewide. Grade-level results vary substantially. Third-grade math and sixth-grade math were especially strong, with proficiency rates of 71% and 69%, respectively. Seventh-grade reading was another standout at 75%, well above the 57% state rate. These results suggest that students can perform very well in particular grades, although the schoolwide averages conceal meaningful differences between cohorts.

Parents may want to pay closest attention to the school’s areas of inconsistency. Fourth- and fifth-grade math results were below state averages, and eighth-grade reading and science were also weaker than statewide results. Science proficiency declined notably from 49% in 2024–2025 to 35% in 2025–2026, making it the clearest recent concern. At the same time, reading improved slightly and math remained generally stable. The school’s ranking has improved over the longer term, rising from the 55th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 61st percentile in the two most recent years. Overall, it offers above-average statewide performance, strong results in several grades, and a small-school setting, while families should ask about support in science, upper-grade reading, and the lower-performing math grades.