Kensington School District

The Kensington School District has one school, Kensington Elementary School, serving students from Pre-K through Grade 5 in Kensington, New Hampshire. The school enrolls 142 students and offers a small-school setting, with a reported student-teacher ratio of 8.3 to 1. Because it is the district’s only school, its results represent the district as a whole, and there are no separate middle or high schools in the available data.

For parents, the most important takeaway is that Kensington Elementary School performs above New Hampshire averages in every reported subject. In 2025–2026, 61% of students were proficient in math, compared with 44% statewide; 65% were proficient in reading, compared with 55%; and 63% were proficient in science, compared with 38%. Science is the school’s strongest advantage over the state, while reading is its highest-scoring subject overall. The district has also maintained a four-star rating and ranked around the 80th percentile in each of the last three reported years, suggesting consistently strong performance.

The clearest area for parents to investigate is mathematics in the upper elementary grades. Grade 3 math proficiency was an excellent 81%, but results fell to 53% in Grade 4 and 47% in Grade 5. Reading showed the opposite pattern, rising from 57% in Grade 3 to 74% in Grade 5, making older-grade reading a notable strength. Overall math performance improved by five percentage points year over year, while reading declined four points and science changed little. The school’s small enrollment means yearly percentages may shift noticeably with changes in individual student cohorts, so families may want to ask about math support in Grades 4–5, reading instruction, and how the school uses small-group teaching.