Summary:
Nelson School District has one school, Nelson Elementary School, serving students in kindergarten through fifth grade in the small community of Nelson, New Hampshire. The school enrolls 58 students and has a low student–teacher ratio of 8.5:1, which may support individualized attention and small instructional groups. Because it is the district’s only school, there are no other schools in the area district to compare directly, and school results are also the district results.
Nelson Elementary School has a generally positive academic profile. It ranks above the midpoint among New Hampshire schools, at the 63rd percentile with a three-star rating. Its ranking has improved substantially, rising from the 18th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 63rd percentile in 2025–2026. Mathematics is the school’s strongest subject: 61% of students were proficient overall, compared with 44% statewide, and third-grade mathematics proficiency was especially strong at 77%. Science proficiency was 42%, four points above the state rate, while reading proficiency was 55%, matching the state average.
For parents, the most important area to examine is fifth-grade mathematics. Proficiency was 42%, nearly equal to the statewide 43% but much lower than the school’s third-grade result, suggesting that grade-level results may vary considerably. Reading appears steady and broadly typical for the state, while science is better than the state average but still has room for improvement. Since the school is very small, percentages can change noticeably when only a few students perform differently from one year to the next. Overall, the school offers a small setting, strong relative mathematics performance, and encouraging long-term ranking improvement.
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