Summary:
Compass Classical Academy Charter School is the only elementary school in the Compass Classical Academy Charter School area, serving students from Pre-K through 8th grade at 5 Elm Street in Northfield, New Hampshire. The school has 149 students, a student-teacher ratio of 18.6 to 1, and no other local school for direct comparison. Nearly half of students, 46.31%, receive free or reduced-price lunch, which provides important context about the community served.
For parents, the most encouraging news is that Compass Classical Academy Charter School has recently improved in several areas. In 2025–26, reading proficiency was 37% and science proficiency was 30%, compared with 25% and 17%, respectively, the previous year. Reading is the school’s strongest overall subject, particularly in fourth grade, where 43% of students were proficient, and sixth grade, where 46% were proficient. Science is the subject closest to the state average, with the school 8 percentage points behind statewide performance.
The main concerns are mathematics and eighth-grade reading. Overall mathematics proficiency was 16%, compared with 44% statewide, and results were low in every tested grade: 21% in fourth grade, 15% in sixth grade, and 18% in eighth grade. Eighth-grade reading was also weak at 18%, well below the statewide rate of 51%; eighth-grade science was stronger but still below the state at 27%. The school ranked 208th out of 230 schools in 2025–26, at the 10th percentile, an improvement from the 2nd percentile three years earlier but still a low statewide position. Parents may want to ask about math intervention, middle-grade reading support, student growth measures, and how the school is sustaining its recent gains.
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