Antrim Elementary School

Antrim Elementary School is a small-town public school in Antrim, New Hampshire, serving 133 students in prekindergarten through grade 4 as part of the Contoocook Valley School District. The school has improved substantially from its very low statewide rankings in the late 2010s and early 2020s, but its current 2-star rating and 41st-percentile standing place it near the lower-middle of New Hampshire schools. Its student-teacher ratio is favorable at 8.3 and has improved over time, suggesting good staffing capacity for a school of its size.

Reading is the school’s steadier academic area. In 2025–2026, 54% of students were proficient in reading, close to the district’s 56% and the state’s 55%. Reading has also improved from 40% in 2022–2023. Mathematics is the more important concern: overall proficiency was 38%, below the district’s 40% and the state’s 44%. The biggest gap appears in fourth grade, where only 22% of students were proficient in math, compared with 48% in the district and 52% statewide. By contrast, third-grade math proficiency was 53%, suggesting that school leaders may want to examine fourth-grade instruction, student transitions, and intervention strategies closely.

Compared with nearby schools, Antrim Elementary School is behind stronger performers such as Hancock Elementary School, Francestown Elementary School, and Pierce Elementary School, particularly in math. However, its reading performance is close to Peterborough Elementary School and slightly ahead of Hillsboro-Deering Elementary School. Antrim also serves a higher share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch than most nearby schools, an important context when comparing results. Overall, the school shows real long-term progress, with improving reading and staffing measures, but its immediate priority is making mathematics performance—especially in fourth grade—more consistent.