Summary:
Cornish School District has one school, Cornish Elementary School, serving students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade in Cornish, New Hampshire. The school enrolls 137 students and has a 10.6-to-1 student-teacher ratio, offering a small-school setting with relatively low student-teacher numbers. Because it is the district’s only school, district and school results are the same, so the most useful comparisons are with New Hampshire averages and the school’s own performance over time.
In 2025–2026, 40% of students were proficient in mathematics, 43% in reading, and 33% in science. These results were below state averages of 44%, 55%, and 38%, respectively. Reading is the clearest schoolwide concern: Cornish trailed the state in every reported grade, with gaps ranging from 7 percentage points in third grade to 16 points in fourth grade. Mathematics was more uneven. Students performed above the state average in third, fourth, and sixth grades, but proficiency fell to 27% in fifth grade and 23% in seventh grade, compared with 43% and 44% statewide. Fifth-grade science was relatively close to the state, at 36% versus 38%.
Parents should also be aware that the school’s recent results have weakened. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, mathematics declined by 1 percentage point, reading by 8 points, and science by 10 points, while state results remained stable or improved. The school’s ranking also fell from the 68th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 30th percentile in 2025–2026. The small enrollment means that individual student groups can have a noticeable effect on percentages, so multi-year trends are important. Overall, the school’s main priorities appear to be strengthening reading across all grades, investigating fifth- and seventh-grade mathematics results, and understanding the recent science decline.
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