Summary:
Timberlane Regional School District includes seven schools serving about 3,224 students from prekindergarten through grade 12 across Atkinson, Danville, Plaistow, and Sandown. The district offers five elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school, with overall performance below New Hampshire’s midpoint but substantial differences among schools.
Atkinson Academy is the district’s strongest overall school, ranking in the 73rd percentile statewide and earning four stars. It exceeds state averages in mathematics, reading, and science, and improved in all three subjects. Danville Elementary School is also a strong performer, ranking in the 57th percentile and scoring above state averages in every tested subject, although its recent ranking and reading and math results have declined. Sandown North Elementary School stands out for science, where 48% of students are proficient, but its reading score fell sharply to 43%. Pollard Elementary School made a notable mathematics gain, yet remains one of the district’s larger academic concerns, particularly in reading and science. Sandown Central School serves younger students and does not have comparable current assessment results.
At the secondary level, Timberlane Regional Middle School is near the state midpoint, with reading as its strongest subject and science as its main weakness. Timberlane Regional High School has a strong 92.4% graduation rate and very low dropout rate, but its academic results are weaker, especially mathematics, where proficiency is 19%. For families comparing schools, the clearest district priorities are high school math and science, secondary science continuity, reading support at Pollard and Sandown North, and sharing successful practices from Atkinson, Danville, and Sandown North’s science program.
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