Rollinsford School District

Rollinsford School District is a small district in Rollinsford, New Hampshire, with one elementary school serving kindergarten through Grade 6: Rollinsford Grade School. The school enrolls 154 students and has a favorable student-teacher ratio of 12.1 to 1, which may support personal attention and smaller instructional groups. Since it is the district’s only school, its results represent the district as a whole, with no separate middle or high school available within the district.

Rollinsford Grade School shows mixed academic results, with notable strengths in reading and science. Overall reading proficiency is 55%, matching the state average, while science proficiency is 48%, 10 percentage points above the state. Grade 5 is the strongest-performing class: 81% of students are proficient in reading, 57% in mathematics, and 48% in science. Reading in Grades 3 and 4 is also slightly above state levels. These results suggest that students can perform very well in certain grades and subjects, particularly where effective instructional approaches may be worth examining and extending.

The main concerns are mathematics in Grade 4 and performance in Grade 6. Only 27% of Grade 4 students are proficient in mathematics, compared with 52% statewide. Grade 6 proficiency is 33% in mathematics and 38% in reading, substantially below state results and sharply lower than Grade 5. Overall mathematics proficiency is 42%, just below the 44% state average. There are encouraging signs of improvement: mathematics rose from 37% to 42% and reading from 47% to 55% year over year, while the school’s reported ranking improved from the 33rd to the 48th percentile. Parents may want to focus on how the school is addressing the Grade 5-to-6 transition and strengthening math support, especially in Grade 4.