Elm Street Middle School

Elm Street Middle School is a public middle school located in Nashua, New Hampshire, serving grades 6-8 with a student population of 874. The school is part of the Nashua School District, which is ranked 114 out of 163 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Elm Street Middle School consistently underperforms compared to the Nashua School District and the state of New Hampshire in standardized test scores for Mathematics, Reading, and Science. For example, in the 2022-2023 school year, only 21% of Elm Street students were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 34% for the district and 42% for the state. However, the school has a more diverse student population, with 54.12% White, 31.58% Hispanic, and 7.09% two or more races, which is more diverse than the nearby Pennichuck Middle School and Fairgrounds Middle School. Additionally, Elm Street Middle School has a higher percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, reaching 42.45% in the 2022-2023 school year, indicating a higher proportion of students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

Despite these challenges, Elm Street Middle School has a relatively low student-teacher ratio, with 9.8 students per teacher in the 2022-2023 school year, which is lower than the nearby Pennichuck Middle School (10.1) and Fairgrounds Middle School (10.0), suggesting a potentially more personalized learning environment. However, the school has consistently ranked in the bottom quarter of New Hampshire middle schools, with a ranking between 91 and 125 out of 125-134 schools over the past 10 years, indicating a persistent challenge in academic achievement, particularly for certain student subgroups, such as Hispanic and Asian students.