Elementary Schools in Concord School District

Summary:

The Concord School District in New Hampshire is home to 5 elementary schools serving students from kindergarten through 5th grade. These schools include Beaver Meadow School, Christa McAuliffe School, Abbot-Downing School, Mill Brook School, and Broken Ground School.

Christa McAuliffe School stands out as the top-performing elementary school in the district, consistently ranking among the top 68-74 schools in New Hampshire and earning a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school outperforms the district and state averages in both math and reading proficiency across all grade levels, with particularly strong results in 4th grade math. Abbot-Downing School has also shown significant improvement, moving from 162nd to 90th out of 224 elementary schools in the state and boasting the highest math proficiency rates in the district, especially in 5th grade.

In contrast, Beaver Meadow School and Broken Ground School generally perform at or below the district and state averages in math and reading proficiency. The performance gap between the top-performing and lower-performing schools suggests opportunities for the district to identify and share best practices to support student success across all its elementary schools.

District Detail

38 Liberty St.
Concord, NH 03301-2934

(603) 225-0811

SchoolDigger Rank:
81^st of 158 New Hampshire districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-13
Students: 3,835

Primary Schools: 5
Middle Schools: 1
High Schools: 1
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 All Grades	NH SAS Reading 3rd Grade	NH SAS Reading 4th Grade	NH SAS Reading 5th Grade	NH SAS Reading All Grades	NH SAS Science 5th Grade	NH SAS Science All Grades	Total
Broken Ground School	Public	3-5	51 South Curtisville Road	Concord	03301	Merrimack County	Concord School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 225-0855	291	25	11.8	39.5%	193 (66.3%)	47 (16.2%)	17 (5.8%)	27 (9.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.4%)	60.5	86^th of 224 public elementary schools	61.6%		44.2	134^th of 234 public elementary schools	42.7%	48	46.0	54.0	54.0	51.0	47.0	54.0	70.0	56.0	51.0	51.0	$14,781
Abbot-Downing School	Public	PK, KG-5	152 South St.	Concord	03301	Merrimack County	Concord School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 225-0827	343	27	12.8	28.0%	290 (84.5%)	8 (2.3%)	24 (7.0%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.0%)	58.6	90^th of 224 public elementary schools	59.8%		41.7	144^th of 234 public elementary schools	38.5%	54	63.0	46.0	63.0	57.0	55.0	44.0	61.0	53.0	43.0	43.0	$12,732
Mill Brook School	Public	PK, KG-2	53 South Curtisville Road	Concord	03301	Merrimack County	Concord School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 225-0830	321	30	10.8	36.1%	211 (65.7%)	44 (13.7%)	16 (5.0%)	27 (8.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.9%)								(n/a)											$13,291
Christa McAuliffe School	Public	K-5	17 North Spring Street	Concord	03301	Merrimack County	Concord School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 225-0840	357	28	12.8	35.9%	270 (75.6%)	33 (9.2%)	22 (6.2%)	8 (2.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (6.4%)	65.3	68^th of 224 public elementary schools	69.6%		67.6	67^th of 234 public elementary schools	71.4%	1	61.0	68.0	31.0	54.0	58.0	67.0	64.0	63.0	45.0	45.0	$12,404
Beaver Meadow School	Public	PK, KG-5	40 Sewalls Fall Rd.	Concord	03301	Merrimack County	Concord School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 225-0853	362	30	12.0	37.8%	274 (75.7%)	30 (8.3%)	13 (3.6%)	24 (6.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.5%)	28.1	174^th of 224 public elementary schools	22.3%		40	147^th of 234 public elementary schools	37.2%	27	37.0	58.0	25.0	40.0	33.0	54.0	35.0	41.0	21.0	21.0	$14,924

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Synergy Academy Chartered Public School	1.25 mi	1
Strong Foundations Charter School	3.04 mi	1	133^rd
Merrimack Valley School District	4.2 mi	7	88^th
Benjamin Franklin Academy Chartered Public School	4.21 mi	2
CSI Charter School	5.4 mi	1

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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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