Best Elementary Schools in New Hampshire for Special Education Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in New Hampshire!

Every year, the New Hampshire Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Special Education students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish New Hampshire test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the NH SAS test scores by the New Hampshire Department of Education. The most recent update was on Saturday, September 6, 2025.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (Special Education vs All Students - 2025)					ID
Rank (of 72)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
72	Milton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	8 School St.	Milton	03851	Strafford County	Milton School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 652-4539	237	20	11.8	41.8%	215 (90.7%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.0%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.1%)	$17,725							0.0%	10.7%	10.71%			330061600295
71	Maple Wood Elementary School	Public	3-5	184 Maple Street	Somersworth	03878	Strafford County	Somersworth School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 692-3331	285	23	12.3	43.5%	204 (71.6%)	9 (3.2%)	20 (7.0%)	23 (8.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (10.2%)	$15,502							1.4%	9.4%	7.99%			330624000733
70	Amherst Street School	Public	K-5	71 Amherst St.	Nashua	03064	Hillsborough County	Nashua School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 966-1700	290	22	13.3	66.6%	107 (36.9%)	14 (4.8%)	130 (44.8%)	6 (2.1%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (10.3%)	$21,318							2.8%	3.6%	0.79%			330498000310
69	Haverhill Cooperative Middle School	Public	4-8	175 Morrill Dr.	North Haverhill	03774	Grafton County	Haverhill Cooperative School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 787-2100	229	22	10.4	34.1%	217 (94.8%)	1 (0.4%)	4 (1.7%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	5 (2.2%)	$19,306							4.2%	6.7%	2.53%			330366000020
68	Penacook Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	60 Village St.	Penacook	03303	Merrimack County	Merrimack Valley School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 753-4891	325	31	10.4	41.8%	268 (82.5%)	15 (4.6%)	12 (3.7%)	17 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.0%)	$17,138							5.6%	17.4%	11.86%			330476000283
67	Nottingham West Elementary School	Public	2-5	10 Pelham Rd.	Hudson	03051	Hillsborough County	Hudson School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 595-1570	457	33	13.8	18.2%	368 (80.5%)	10 (2.2%)	36 (7.9%)	7 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (7.9%)	$13,796							6.9%	56.7%	49.75%			330393000513
66	Chamberlain Street School	Public	K-5	65 Chamberlain St.	Rochester	03867	Strafford County	Rochester School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 332-5258	316	33	9.5	37.7%	276 (87.3%)	2 (0.6%)	14 (4.4%)	4 (1.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (6.0%)	$15,158							8.3%	13.8%	5.51%			330594000388
65	Charlestown Primary School	Public	PK, KG-4	84 E. Street Ext.	Charlestown	03603	Sullivan County	Fall Mountain Regional School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 826-3694	234	24	9.7	46.6%	220 (94.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.8%)	$18,865							9.7%	36.6%	26.88%			330299000115
64	Southwick School	Public	K-4	50 Zion Hill Rd.	Northfield	03276	Merrimack County	Winnisquam Regional School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 286-3611	251	24	10.6	35.1%	211 (84.1%)	2 (0.8%)	15 (6.0%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (8.0%)	$15,141							11.1%	22.8%	11.66%			330730000204
63	Weare Middle School	Public	4-8	16 East Rd.	Weare	03281	Hillsborough County	Weare School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 529-7555	454	44	10.3	15.2%	412 (90.7%)	2 (0.4%)	13 (2.9%)	3 (0.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.8%)								12.5%	16.1%	3.57%			330693000023

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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.