Elementary Schools in Hampstead School District

Summary:

The Hampstead School District has only one elementary school, Hampstead Central School, which serves grades PK-4 with an enrollment of 465 students.

Hampstead Central School is a strong-performing elementary school, consistently outperforming the state average in both mathematics and reading proficiency. In the 2024-2025 school year, the school had a 58% mathematics proficiency rate and a 51% reading proficiency rate, compared to the state averages of 42% and 55% respectively. However, the school's performance relative to the Hampstead School District is more mixed, with mathematics proficiency exceeding the district average but reading proficiency slightly lagging.

While Hampstead Central School is ranked 93 out of 224 New Hampshire elementary schools for the 2024-2025 school year and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger, its ranking and star rating have fluctuated over the past few years, dropping from a 4-star rating in 2022-2023. This suggests the school's performance may be trending downward compared to other schools in the state. The school's low percentage of free/reduced lunch recipients and low student-teacher ratio of 12.2 are likely positive factors contributing to its strong academic performance.

District Detail

20 Mary E. Clark Drive
Hampstead, NH 03841

(603) 329-6744

SchoolDigger Rank:
59^th of 158 New Hampshire districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-8
Students: 822

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 1
High Schools: 0
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NH SAS Mathematics (2025)			NH SAS Reading (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 All Grades	NH SAS Reading 3rd Grade	NH SAS Reading 4th Grade	NH SAS Reading All Grades	Total
Hampstead Central School	Public	PK, KG-4	21 Emerson Ave.	Hampstead	03841	Rockingham County	Hampstead School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 329-6326	470	40	11.7	9.8%	430 (91.5%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (4.9%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.3%)	57.5	93^rd of 224 public elementary schools	58.5%		65.5	70^th of 234 public elementary schools	70.1%	23	54.0	63.0	58.0	44.0	59.0	51.0	$21,051

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Timberlane Regional School District	2.92 mi	7	92^nd
Derry Cooperative School District	3.69 mi	7	110^th
Salem School District	4.36 mi	9	70^th
Seacoast Classical Academy Chartered Public School	5.74 mi	1
Sanborn Regional School District	5.75 mi	4	87^th

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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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