Best Elementary Schools in New Hampshire

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 224)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
1	Grantham Village School	Public	PK, KG-6	75 Learning Dr.	Grantham	03753	Sullivan County	Grantham School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 863-1681	258	21	12.5	4.3%	222 (86.0%)	1 (0.4%)	13 (5.0%)	5 (1.9%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (6.2%)	$22,809							97.2	93.7	6	5		330336000151
2	Lyme Elementary School	Public	K-8	35 Union Street	Lyme	03768	Grafton County	Lyme School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 795-2125	187	14	13.3	2.1%	167 (89.3%)	4 (2.1%)	7 (3.7%)	7 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)	$25,001							96.3	87.8	17	15		330450000236
3	Peter Woodbury School	Public	K-4	180 County Rd.	Bedford	03110	Hillsborough County	Bedford School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 622-0431	428	29	14.7	7.5%	319 (74.5%)	3 (0.7%)	26 (6.1%)	55 (12.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.8%)	$15,062							96.2	96.7	1	2		330174000019
4	Riddle Brook School	Public	K-4	230 New Boston Rd.	Bedford	03110	Hillsborough County	Bedford School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 471-1082	478	35	13.6	3.8%	388 (81.2%)	2 (0.4%)	15 (3.1%)	30 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (9.0%)	$15,431							96	96.7	2	2		330174000580
5	New Franklin School	Public	K-5	1 Franklin Dr.	Portsmouth	03801	Rockingham County	Portsmouth School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 436-0910	247	29	8.5	19.8%	204 (82.6%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (6.5%)	4 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (9.3%)	$24,986							95.7	85.8	21	16		330582000377
6	Mary C. Dondero Elementary School	Public	K-5	32 Van Buren Ave.	Portsmouth	03801	Rockingham County	Portsmouth School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 436-2231	328	35	9.3	13.7%	233 (71.0%)	12 (3.7%)	21 (6.4%)	39 (11.9%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (6.4%)	$20,733							95	88.8	16	10		330582000373
7	Little Harbour School	Public	K-5	50 Clough Dr.	Portsmouth	03801	Rockingham County	Portsmouth School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 436-1708	325	34	9.5	12.3%	260 (80.0%)	5 (1.5%)	17 (5.2%)	22 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (6.5%)	$20,066							94.9	93	8	1		330582000376
8	Mason Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	13 Darling Hill Rd.	Mason	03048	Hillsborough County	Mason School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 878-2962	106	9	12.3	12.3%	101 (95.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	4 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$20,869							94.5	93	9	1		330327610027
9	Mont Vernon Village School	Public	K-6	1 Kittredge Rd	Mont Vernon	03057	Hillsborough County	Mont Vernon School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 673-5141	234	20	11.7	8.5%	208 (88.9%)	2 (0.9%)	12 (5.1%)	4 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.4%)	$19,638							94.3	91.2	11	2		330495000309
10	Bernice A. Ray School	Public	K-5	26 Reservoir Rd.	Hanover	03755	Grafton County	Hanover School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 643-6655	463	42	11.1	3.7%	336 (72.6%)	9 (1.9%)	29 (6.3%)	47 (10.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (9.1%)	$28,002							94.3	96.5	3	7		330360000155

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on NH SAS Mathematics, NH SAS Reading, NH SAS Science test scores released by the New Hampshire Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on September 6, 2025, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the New Hampshire Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the New Hampshire Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Hampshire Department of Education.