Summary:
Newport School District has one elementary school, Richards Elementary School, serving students from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade in Newport, New Hampshire. The school enrolls 273 students and reports a 10.7-to-1 student-teacher ratio, while 60.07% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–2025.
Because Richards is the only elementary school in the Newport School District, there is no school-to-school comparison within the district. In 2025–2026, 14% of students were proficient in math, 30% in reading, and 19% in science. These results were below New Hampshire averages of 44%, 55%, and 38%, respectively. Richards performed slightly above the district’s overall results in math and science and matched the district in reading. The strongest reported result was third-grade reading, with 43% proficiency—only 8 percentage points below the state. The clearest concern was fourth-grade math, where 12% of students were proficient compared with 52% statewide.
Parents may also want to note the pattern across grade levels. Reading proficiency fell from 43% in third grade to 30% in fourth grade and 21% in fifth grade, creating a widening gap with the state as students advanced. Math proficiency dropped from 29% in third grade to 12% in fourth grade. Fifth-grade science proficiency was 19%, half the statewide rate. The school ranked 218th out of 230 schools statewide in 2025–2026, placing it near the bottom statewide, although its relative percentile has varied modestly over the past three years. Overall, the data suggest that targeted support in fourth-grade math and upper-grade reading should be key priorities, while the school’s low student-teacher ratio may provide a useful foundation for individualized instruction and intervention.
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