Summary:
The Winnisquam Regional School District has three elementary-level schools serving students from prekindergarten through fourth grade in the Winnisquam area of New Hampshire. The two main K–4 schools, Southwick School and Sanbornton Central School, enroll 428 students combined, while Winnisquam Early Learning Center serves 30 students in PK–K.
Sanbornton Central School has the strongest current academic profile. It ranks 65th of 230 New Hampshire schools, is in the 72nd percentile, and has a four-star rating. Its mathematics proficiency is 67%, well above both the district’s 46% and the state’s 44%; its reading proficiency is 53%, close to the state result of 55%. Southwick School ranks 102nd, in the 56th percentile, with three stars, but it has shown the greatest recent improvement. Over three years, its ranking rose from the 20th to the 56th percentile, while mathematics proficiency increased from 42% to 54% and reading from 39% to 54%. Southwick is also larger, with 251 students compared with Sanbornton’s 177.
For families comparing the two K–4 schools, the biggest difference is mathematics: Sanbornton leads Southwick by 13 percentage points overall and by 20 points in fourth grade. Reading is much more similar, with Southwick at 54% and Sanbornton at 53%. Southwick reports a lower student–teacher ratio, 10.6 compared with Sanbornton’s 13.4, though this does not necessarily represent class size. The Early Learning Center is a separate early-childhood setting without comparable statewide test or ranking data, so it is best evaluated on its PK–K program rather than against the K–4 schools. Overall, Sanbornton offers the strongest current results, while Southwick stands out for its momentum and improvement.
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