Summary:
White Mountains Regional School District has two elementary schools in the White Mountains area of New Hampshire—Lancaster Elementary School and Whitefield Elementary School—and both serve students from prekindergarten through 8th grade. Together, they enroll 566 students, making them relatively small schools where elementary and middle-grade performance can be considered together.
Lancaster Elementary School is the stronger overall performer in the latest data. It exceeds Whitefield Elementary School in all-grade mathematics, reading, and science: 41% versus 28% in math, 45% versus 43% in reading, and 32% versus 22% in science. Lancaster is especially stronger in the upper grades, including 7th-grade math and reading, where it leads Whitefield by 29 and 27 percentage points. Lancaster also has a slightly better current ranking and a lower student–teacher ratio. Its main area for improvement is 3rd-grade math, where 31% of students were proficient.
Whitefield Elementary School has several clear strengths, particularly in earlier grades. It leads Lancaster in 3rd-grade math, with 56% proficiency, and in 4th- and 5th-grade reading. However, its results are less consistent across grades, with notable weaknesses in math after 3rd grade and in science. Whitefield’s science proficiency fell from 39% to 22% year over year, so that trend deserves close attention. Both schools perform below state averages overall, and science is a districtwide challenge, although Lancaster’s 8th-grade science result exceeds the state rate. Parents comparing the schools will likely find Lancaster’s results more consistent, while Whitefield offers specific lower-grade strengths.
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