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Whitefield Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-8

176^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 224 New Hampshire Elementary Schools

Better than 21% of New Hampshire elementary schools

Summary

Whitefield Elementary School is a public school serving grades PK-8 in Whitefield, New Hampshire, with a total enrollment of 278 students. The school is part of the White Mountains Regional School District, which is ranked 122 out of 158 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Whitefield Elementary School has consistently underperformed compared to state and district averages in standardized test scores for mathematics, reading, and science. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the school's proficiency rates were 29% in mathematics, 41% in reading, and 39% in science, while the state averages were 42%, 55%, and 38%, respectively. The school's performance is particularly concerning for certain student subgroups, with female students ranking 159 out of 182 New Hampshire elementary schools and white students ranking 180 out of 223 schools, both receiving a 1-star rating. However, the school stands out positively in its performance for special education students, ranking 9 out of 72 New Hampshire elementary schools and receiving a 4-star rating in this category.

Whitefield Elementary School has experienced a steady decline in its statewide ranking, dropping from 64 out of 231 New Hampshire elementary schools in 2017-2018 (4-star rating) to 176 out of 224 schools in 2024-2025 (1-star rating). When compared to nearby schools, such as Lafayette Regional School, which consistently outperforms Whitefield Elementary School across all academic measures and has a 5-star rating, the challenges facing Whitefield Elementary School become more apparent. The high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, rising from 36.75% in 2021-2022 to 47.48% in 2023-2024, suggests that socioeconomic factors may be playing a significant role in the academic outcomes of the school.

256

Students ?

8.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$15,573

Per pupil spending ?

46.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

34 Twin Mountain Rd.
Whitefield, NH 03598-0128

(603) 837-3088

District: White Mountains Regional School District

Students who attend Whitefield Elementary School usually attend:

High:

White Mountains Regional High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

85.9%

Two or more races:

6.6%

Hispanic:

4.3%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Rebounding — 12th percentile in 2023 → 21st in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is rebounding — up to 21st (2025) from a 12th-percentile low (2023)

✓Small classes — about 9 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New Hampshire average (36% vs 45% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (21st percentile)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school36%

District avg36%

New Hampshire avg45%

Elementary school

176^th of 224

New Hampshire public elementary schools ?

Bottom 21%▼ down 34 pts since 2015

From top 45% (2015) to bottom 21% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

91^st of 132

New Hampshire public middle schools ?

Bottom 31%▼ down 18 pts since 2015

From bottom 49% (2015) to bottom 31% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 2Elementary Schools in the White Mountains Regional School District

122^nd of 158White Mountains Regional 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)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Hampshire percentile	Rating
2025	27.6	176 of 224	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.3	197 of 234	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.5	208 of 237	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.0	198 of 233	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	36.5	139 of 211	34.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	51.9	119 of 231	48.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	68.2	64 of 231	72.3%	★★★★☆
2017	56.2	102 of 229	55.5%	★★★☆☆
2016	60.0	94 of 244	61.5%	★★★☆☆
2015	56.3	92 of 206	55.3%	★★★☆☆
2014	49.8	135 of 242	44.2%	★★☆☆☆
2013	60.9	97 of 241	59.8%	★★★☆☆
2012	66.1	75 of 241	68.9%	★★★☆☆
2011	45.1	147 of 237	38.0%	★★☆☆☆
2010	10.9	233 of 242	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	33.3	186 of 240	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	18.9	210 of 236	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	28.1	188 of 237	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	39.8	155 of 238	34.9%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Hampshire percentile	Rating
2025	16.8	159 of 182	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	14.9	164 of 187	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.3	167 of 193	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.9	151 of 187	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	62.0	55 of 160	65.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	38.8	121 of 192	37.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	51.2	103 of 190	45.8%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Hampshire percentile	Rating
2025	37.2	125 of 186	32.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	25.8	157 of 193	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.4	160 of 199	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.8	152 of 194	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	15.8	147 of 168	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	66.7	57 of 195	70.8%	★★★★☆
2018	75.9	34 of 195	82.6%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Hampshire percentile	Rating
2025	74.1	9 of 72	87.5%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Hampshire percentile	Rating
2025	25.5	180 of 223	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.2	196 of 228	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.7	203 of 233	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.8	200 of 229	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	37.6	137 of 209	34.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	54.0	108 of 229	52.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	69.2	55 of 227	75.8%	★★★★☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Hampshire percentile	Rating
2025	30.3	91 of 132	31.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	18.6	109 of 130	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	42.0	79 of 134	41.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	51.7	56 of 130	56.9%	★★★☆☆
2021	54.4	53 of 125	57.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	66.3	41 of 128	68.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	67.4	34 of 131	74.0%	★★★★☆
2017	76.6	22 of 125	82.4%	★★★★☆
2016	65.3	38 of 134	71.6%	★★★★☆
2015	48.8	55 of 107	48.6%	★★★☆☆
2014	42.2	84 of 132	36.4%	★★☆☆☆
2013	42.1	87 of 131	33.6%	★★☆☆☆
2012	59.0	50 of 131	61.8%	★★★☆☆
2011	48.8	68 of 128	46.9%	★★☆☆☆
2010	15.5	113 of 127	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	17.6	112 of 127	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	20.7	113 of 129	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	41.2	81 of 125	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2006	55.3	58 of 126	54.0%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Hampshire percentile	Rating
2025	41.0	68 of 112	39.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	18.7	93 of 110	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	49.7	52 of 114	54.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	46.6	57 of 115	50.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	76.5	19 of 114	83.3%	★★★★☆
2018	71.4	27 of 116	76.7%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Hampshire percentile	Rating
2025	18.9	98 of 116	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	31.6	81 of 113	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	56.6	42 of 117	64.1%	★★★☆☆
2021	64.0	34 of 116	70.7%	★★★★☆
2019	70.6	31 of 113	72.6%	★★★★☆
2018	56.6	46 of 114	59.6%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Hampshire percentile	Rating
2025	29.2	93 of 131	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.8	109 of 128	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	44.0	75 of 132	43.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	54.7	51 of 129	60.5%	★★★☆☆
2021	53.6	51 of 123	58.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	67.3	36 of 126	71.4%	★★★★☆
2018	70.0	31 of 129	76.0%	★★★★☆

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)

Elementary school

Special Education (2025)88th percentile+66 vs school

Male (2025)33rd percentile+11 vs school

White (2025)19th percentile~ school

Female (2025)13th percentile-9 vs school

Middle school

Female (2025)39th percentile+8 vs school

White (2025)29th percentile~ school

Male (2025)16th percentile-16 vs school

By subject vs New Hampshire (2024-2025) ?

Reading41%-14 vs state

Science39%~ state avg

Mathematics29%-13 vs state

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by a parent
Sunday, August 11, 2019

The lack of professionalism from the staff at this school is awful. The lack of actually educating them is worse. The main focus of this school is to pass kids, just move them on. They show movies, have rock concerts during school hours, the kids basically don't have school on Wednesdays in the winter because they go skiing. The kids that don't ski? They get to play games and hang out. This is not how you prepare kids for life after school. This school is more of a day camp. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NH SAS Mathematics (2025)							NH SAS Reading (2025)							NH SAS Science (2025)			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	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	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
Whitefield Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	34 Twin Mountain Rd.	Whitefield	03598	Coos County	White Mountains Regional School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 837-3088	256	29	8.7	46.9%	220 (85.9%)	6 (2.3%)	11 (4.3%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (6.6%)	27.6	176^th of 224 public elementary schools	21.4%		18.3	197^th of 234 public elementary schools	15.8%	21	32.0	27.0	42.0		32.0	32.0	29.0	32.0	24.0	58.0	27.0	57.0	43.0	41.0	45.0	32.0	39.0	$15,573
Bethlehem Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	2297 Main St.	Bethlehem	03574	Grafton County	Bethlehem School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 869-5842	142	13	10.9	35.9%	121 (85.2%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (5.6%)	4 (2.8%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (5.6%)	71.1	48^th of 224 public elementary schools	78.6%		85.6	23^rd of 234 public elementary schools	90.2%	25	57.0	65.0	41.0	43.0			54.0	64.0	62.0	88.0	71.0			70.0	47.0		47.0	$23,363
Heartwood Public Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	30 Davenport Rd	Jefferson	03583	Coos County	Heartwood Public Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(603) 696-1856	89	9	9.8	32.6%	85 (95.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.5%)								(n/a)				18.0							36.0			38.0
Mildred C. Lakeway School	Public	K-6	325 Union St.	Littleton	03561	Grafton County	Littleton School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 444-2831	309	36	8.5	54.4%	258 (83.5%)	4 (1.3%)	26 (8.4%)	3 (1.0%)	4 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.5%)	41.4	133^rd of 224 public elementary schools	40.6%		47.7	127^th of 234 public elementary schools	45.7%	6	70.0	55.0	30.0	40.0			49.0	40.0	47.0	59.0	40.0			47.0	25.0		25.0	$22,420
Lancaster Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	35 Ice Pond Road	Lancaster	03584	Coos County	White Mountains Regional School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 788-4924	310	39	8.0	41.6%	285 (91.9%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.9%)	4 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.9%)	31.6	159^th of 224 public elementary schools	29.0%		25.5	188^th of 234 public elementary schools	19.7%	29	33.0	35.0	37.0	50.0	52.0	47.0	42.0	39.0	28.0	43.0	58.0	60.0	45.0	45.0	30.0	42.0	37.0	$12,274
Lafayette Regional School	Public	K-6	149 Main St.	Franconia	03580	Grafton County	Lafayette Regional School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 823-7741	98	8	11.9	13.3%	87 (88.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (7.1%)	89.4	17^th of 224 public elementary schools	92.4%		94.2	5^th of 234 public elementary schools	97.9%	12	79.0	69.0	55.0	92.0			75.0	71.0	75.0	91.0	100.0			84.0	50.0		50.0	$23,218
Groveton Elementary School	Public	K-5	36 Church St.	Groveton	03582	Coos County	Northumberland School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 636-1806	116	10	11.6	50.9%	113 (97.4%)	2 (1.7%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	47.2	121^st of 224 public elementary schools	46.0%		46.6	130^th of 234 public elementary schools	44.4%	9	55.0	57.0	38.0				48.0	45.0	43.0	50.0				46.0	46.0		46.0	$30,674
Lisbon Regional School (Elem)	Public	PK, KG-5	24 Highland Ave.	Lisbon	03585	Grafton County	Lisbon Regional School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 838-5506	106	14	7.5	34.9%	96 (90.6%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (7.5%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	49.6	116^th of 224 public elementary schools	48.2%		24.4	189^th of 234 public elementary schools	19.2%	73	38.0	59.0	50.0				50.0	31.0	59.0	58.0				50.0	42.0		42.0	$15,054
Stark Village School	Public	K-6	1192 Stark Hwy.	Stark	03582	Coos County	Stark School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 636-1092	32	3	11.8	43.8%	32 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)							31.0							63.0				$29,535

Frequently Asked Questions about Whitefield Elementary School

Is Whitefield Elementary School a good school?

Whitefield Elementary School ranks in the bottom 21.4% of New Hampshire elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of Whitefield Elementary School?

Students at Whitefield Elementary School are 86% White, 7% Two or more races, 4% Hispanic, 2% African American.

What schools do graduates of Whitefield Elementary School attend?

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

High : White Mountains Regional High School

What district is Whitefield Elementary School in?

White Mountains Regional School District

How many students attend Whitefield Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 256 students attended Whitefield Elementary School.

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