Summary:
The Birches Academy of Academics - Art A Public Charter School is the only school listed for the The Birches Academy of Academics & Art A Public Charter Sch organization, serving students in kindergarten through Grade 8 in Salem, New Hampshire.
The school enrolls 286 students and has a 13.1-to-1 student-teacher ratio, which may support relatively individualized attention. Its reported free- or reduced-price lunch rate is 8.04%. Because this area listing includes only one school, there are no direct school-to-school comparisons; parents are instead looking at the school’s performance across subjects and grade levels. The school has maintained a four-star rating for the last three reported years and ranked at about the 72nd statewide percentile in 2024–2025 and 2025–2026.
Overall, the school performs slightly above New Hampshire averages in all three tested subjects for 2025–2026: 45% of students were proficient in mathematics, 59% in reading, and 39% in science. Reading is the clearest strength, especially Grade 5, where 86% were proficient compared with 58% statewide. Grade 3 mathematics was also excellent at 76%, versus 54% statewide. The main concern is middle-school mathematics: proficiency fell to 31% in Grade 6, 27% in Grade 7, and 29% in Grade 8, all below state results. Grade 7 was additionally weak in reading, at 36% compared with 57% statewide. Parents may want to ask about math support in Grades 6–8, Grade 7 interventions, class sizes, and how the school helps students transition from elementary to middle-school coursework. Since grade-level groups may be small, these results should also be viewed over several years rather than as a single-year verdict.
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