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Fairgrounds Elementary School

Q: Is Fairgrounds Elementary School a good school?

Fairgrounds Elementary School ranks in the bottom 5.7% of New Hampshire elementary schools.

Q: How many students attend Fairgrounds Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 445 students attended Fairgrounds Elementary School.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Fairgrounds Elementary School?

Students at Fairgrounds Elementary School are 47% Hispanic, 37% White, 11% Two or more races, 3% African American, 2% Asian.

Q: What schools do graduates of Fairgrounds Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Fairgrounds Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Fairgrounds Middle School High : Nashua High School South

Public Grades K-5

217^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 230 New Hampshire Elementary Schools

Better than 6% of New Hampshire elementary schools

Summary

Fairgrounds Elementary School is a K–5 public school in Nashua, NH, serving 445 students in a diverse, relatively high-need area as part of the Nashua School District. The school has a 12.8-to-1 student–teacher ratio, and about 58% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Fairgrounds currently ranks in the 6th percentile statewide, so its overall academic results are a significant concern for families comparing local schools.

In 2025–26, 23% of students were proficient in math, 31% in reading, and 23% in science—below both district and New Hampshire averages. Fairgrounds performs better than some nearby schools, including Amherst Street School, Mt. Pleasant School, Dr. Norman W. Crisp School, and Ledge Street School. In particular, it outperformed nearby, similarly sized Ledge Street in all three subjects. However, it trails Sunset Heights School, Broad Street Elementary School, Charlotte Ave Elementary School, and New Searles School by wide margins.

The clearest academic priorities are fourth-grade math and reading in Grades 3 and 4. Only 16% of fourth graders reached math proficiency, while fifth-grade reading was a relative bright spot at 49%, nearly matching the district average. Science has improved from 15% proficiency in 2023–24 to 23% currently, though it remains below state expectations. Parents may also want to ask about support for students receiving special education services, whose latest statewide subgroup result was especially weak, and about plans to strengthen instruction and intervention across grades.

445

Students ?

12.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$14,699

Per pupil spending ?

58%

Free/discounted lunch ?

37 Blanchard St.
Nashua, NH 03060-4396

(603) 966-2220

District: Nashua School District

Students who attend Fairgrounds Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Fairgrounds Middle School
High:	Nashua High School South

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

46.5%

White:

36.9%

Two or more races:

10.8%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 11th percentile in 2016 → 6th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New Hampshire average (26% vs 46% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (6th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 5 percentile points since 2016

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school26%

District avg34%

New Hampshire avg46%

217^th of 230

New Hampshire public elementary schools ?

Bottom 6%▼ down 5 pts since 2016

From bottom 11% (2016) to bottom 6% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

8^th of 12Elementary Schools in the Nashua School District

128^th of 166Nashua School District among New Hampshire districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Hampshire percentile	Rating
2026	11.7	217 of 230	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	11.3	212 of 224	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.7	223 of 234	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	19.9	204 of 237	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.9	210 of 233	9.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	19.0	181 of 211	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	25.2	185 of 231	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	26.0	189 of 231	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	21.4	195 of 229	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	17.8	218 of 244	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	4.6	202 of 206	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	3.5	238 of 242	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	2.2	239 of 241	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	4.7	238 of 241	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	7.4	232 of 237	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	24.7	204 of 242	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	11.3	228 of 240	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	49.0	137 of 236	41.9%	★★☆☆☆
2007	21.9	204 of 237	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	14.1	225 of 238	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Hampshire percentile	Rating
2025	37.4	3 of 4	25.0%	★★★★☆
2024	44.1	3 of 6	50.0%	★★★★☆
2023	45.6	3 of 6	50.0%	★★★★☆
2022	49.6	2 of 3	33.3%	★★★★☆
2019	46.7	3 of 6	50.0%	★★★★☆
2018	45.4	5 of 6	16.7%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Hampshire percentile	Rating
2026	6.8	181 of 184	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	9.3	173 of 182	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.6	182 of 187	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	16.6	174 of 193	9.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.7	169 of 187	9.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.8	169 of 192	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	18.5	162 of 190	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Hampshire percentile	Rating
2026	27.1	18 of 23	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	35.2	11 of 21	47.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	31.8	12 of 19	36.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	36.3	10 of 18	44.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	38.7	11 of 21	47.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	48.7	6 of 17	64.7%	★★★★☆
2018	53.5	7 of 19	63.2%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Hampshire percentile	Rating
2026	20.1	160 of 184	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	14.1	170 of 186	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.6	179 of 193	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	22.8	165 of 199	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.2	164 of 194	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	36.3	109 of 168	35.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	33.0	137 of 195	29.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	40.3	130 of 195	33.3%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Hampshire percentile	Rating
2026	6.1	66 of 66	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	46.2	36 of 72	50.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	38.2	38 of 60	36.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	38.3	30 of 52	42.3%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Hampshire percentile	Rating
2026	20.0	199 of 229	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	18.3	196 of 223	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.1	203 of 228	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.4	180 of 233	22.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	31.4	168 of 229	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	35.7	161 of 229	29.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	37.5	157 of 227	30.8%	★★☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2025)25th percentile+20 vs school

Hispanic (2026)22nd percentile+16 vs school

White (2026)13th percentile+7 vs school

Male (2026)13th percentile+7 vs school

Female (2026)2nd percentile-4 vs school

Special Education (2026)<1st percentile-6 vs school

By subject vs New Hampshire (2025-2026) ?

Reading31%-24 vs state

Mathematics23%-21 vs state

Science23%-15 vs state

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by a parent
Saturday, August 19, 2017

Teachers are nice as well as the personal. But overall, always being notified after or same day an special activity is going on. Never now what the teachers school supplies are until the day of. So all the stores are low in the supplies or they already ran out. Don't know who the teachers are for the kids until the day before. So they lack in coordination throughout. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				NH SAS Mathematics (2026)							NH SAS Reading (2026)							NH SAS Science (2026)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NH SAS Mathematics 3rd Grade	NH SAS Mathematics 4th Grade	NH SAS Mathematics 5th Grade	NH SAS Mathematics 6th Grade	NH SAS Mathematics 7th Grade	NH SAS Mathematics 8th Grade	NH SAS Mathematics All Grades	NH SAS Reading 3rd Grade	NH SAS Reading 4th Grade	NH SAS Reading 5th Grade	NH SAS Reading 6th Grade	NH SAS Reading 7th Grade	NH SAS Reading 8th Grade	NH SAS Reading All Grades	NH SAS Science 5th Grade	NH SAS Science 8th Grade	NH SAS Science All Grades	Total
Fairgrounds Elementary School	Public	K-5	37 Blanchard St.	Nashua	03060	Hillsborough County	Nashua School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 966-2220	445	35	12.8	58.0%	164 (36.9%)	15 (3.4%)	207 (46.5%)	11 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (10.8%)	11.7	217^th of 230 public elementary schools	5.7%		11.3	212^th of 224 public elementary schools	5.4%	5	24.0	16.0	28.0				23.0	20.0	24.0	49.0				31.0	23.0		23.0	$14,699
Ledge Street School	Public	K-5	139 Ledge St.	Nashua	03060	Hillsborough County	Nashua School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 966-2120	454	41	10.9	72.9%	139 (30.6%)	13 (2.9%)	243 (53.5%)	11 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (10.6%)	6.7	226^th of 230 public elementary schools	1.7%		6.6	219^th of 224 public elementary schools	2.2%	7	20.0	16.0	27.0				21.0	17.0	27.0	28.0				24.0	17.0		17.0	$15,198
Purple Panthers Preschool	Public	PK-K	36 Riverside Dr	Nashua	03060	Hillsborough County	Nashua School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 966-1141	37	2	18.5	10.8%	24 (64.9%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (16.2%)	3 (8.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (10.8%)								(n/a)
New Searles School	Public	PK, KG-5	39 Shady Ln	Nashua	03062	Hillsborough County	Nashua School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 966-3620	256	24	10.6	23.4%	173 (67.6%)	4 (1.6%)	45 (17.6%)	9 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (9.8%)	73.2	51^st of 230 public elementary schools	77.8%		75.3	39^th of 224 public elementary schools	82.6%	12	70.0	70.0	55.0				66.0	60.0	65.0	71.0				65.0	38.0		38.0	$18,662
MicroSociety Academy Charter School Foundation	Public, Charter	K-8	591 West Hollis Street	Nashua	03062	Hillsborough County	MicroSociety Academy Charter School Foundation	Yes	No	No	Yes	(603) 595-7877	303	19	15.9	13.9%	150 (49.5%)	13 (4.3%)	33 (10.9%)	92 (30.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.6%)	56.4	100^th of 230 public elementary schools	56.5%		56.9	95^th of 224 public elementary schools	57.6%	5	39.0	68.0	48.0	19.0	14.0	36.0	40.0	52.0	77.0	76.0	51.0	62.0	59.0	63.0	41.0	45.0	42.0
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%)	9.6	223^rd of 230 public elementary schools	3.0%		9.6	216^th of 224 public elementary schools	3.6%	7	18.0	409.0	21.0				15.0	31.0	21.0	43.0				31.0	21.0		21.0	$21,318
Mt. Pleasant School	Public	K-5	10 Manchester St.	Nashua	03060	Hillsborough County	Nashua School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 966-2400	250	25	9.9	68.0%	101 (40.4%)	7 (2.8%)	110 (44.0%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (12.0%)	10	222^nd of 230 public elementary schools	3.5%		6.5	220^th of 224 public elementary schools	1.8%	2	21.0	19.0	16.0				19.0	33.0	42.0	28.0				34.0	18.0		18.0	$16,311
Dr. Norman W. Crisp School	Public	K-5	50 Arlington St.	Nashua	03060	Hillsborough County	Nashua School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 966-2100	361	36	10.0	75.1%	127 (35.2%)	11 (3.0%)	174 (48.2%)	4 (1.1%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (11.6%)	4.5	229^th of 230 public elementary schools	0.4%		3.2	223^rd of 224 public elementary schools	0.4%	6	23.0	12.0	15.0				17.0	18.0	12.0	23.0				17.0	21.0		21.0	$16,021
Sunset Heights School	Public	K-5	15 Osgood Rd.	Nashua	03060	Hillsborough County	Nashua School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 966-3680	356	30	11.8	41.9%	189 (53.1%)	9 (2.5%)	91 (25.6%)	24 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (12.1%)	44.7	129^th of 230 public elementary schools	43.9%		63	74^th of 224 public elementary schools	67.0%	55	33.0	52.0	53.0				45.0	33.0	60.0	55.0				49.0	40.0		40.0	$15,339
Broad Street Elementary School	Public	K-5	390 Broad St.	Nashua	03063	Hillsborough County	Nashua School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 966-1880	256	21	12.1	27.3%	151 (59.0%)	8 (3.1%)	51 (19.9%)	15 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (12.1%)	54.8	106^th of 230 public elementary schools	53.9%		51.7	109^th of 224 public elementary schools	51.3%	3	54.0	56.0	51.0				54.0	48.0	45.0	74.0				56.0	38.0		38.0	$21,295

Frequently Asked Questions about Fairgrounds Elementary School

What is the racial makeup of Fairgrounds Elementary School?

Students at Fairgrounds Elementary School are 47% Hispanic, 37% White, 11% Two or more races, 3% African American, 2% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Fairgrounds Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Fairgrounds Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Fairgrounds Middle School
High : Nashua High School South

How many students attend Fairgrounds Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 445 students attended Fairgrounds Elementary School.

Is Fairgrounds Elementary School a good school?

Fairgrounds Elementary School ranks in the bottom 5.7% of New Hampshire elementary schools.

What district is Fairgrounds Elementary School in?

Nashua School District

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