Summary:
The Litchfield School District has one elementary school, Griffin Memorial School, serving students from Pre-K through 4th grade in Litchfield, New Hampshire. The school enrolls 428 students and has a 12:1 student-teacher ratio, giving families a single elementary option in the district rather than several schools to compare.
Griffin Memorial School shows strong academic results. In 2025–2026, 71% of students were proficient in both mathematics and reading. That compares with 50% in mathematics and 62% in reading across the district, and 44% and 55%, respectively, statewide. By grade, results were consistent: math proficiency was 70% in 3rd grade and 71% in 4th grade, while reading proficiency was 72% and 70%. The school’s strongest relative result was 3rd-grade reading, which was 21 percentage points above the state rate.
The school’s recent progress is also notable. Mathematics proficiency rose 11 percentage points from the prior year, while reading increased by 4 points. Its statewide ranking improved from 63rd of 234 elementary schools in 2023–2024 to 25th of 230 in 2025–2026, placing it around the 89th percentile and earning four stars. Families should view rankings as a useful overview rather than a complete measure of school quality, since rankings can change with the comparison group and do not show student growth or subgroup outcomes. Overall, the available data presents Griffin Memorial as a strong, improving elementary school with balanced performance in reading and math, favorable staffing levels, and substantially higher proficiency than state averages.
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