Summary:
ZIP code 03076 in Pelham, New Hampshire, includes three public schools serving students from prekindergarten through grade 12: Pelham Elementary School, Pelham Memorial School, and Pelham High School, all part of the Pelham School District.
The schools show a mixed academic picture, with reading as the clearest districtwide strength. About 60% or more of students are proficient in reading at each school, above the 55% statewide rate. Pelham Elementary School also exceeds the state in mathematics, with 51% proficiency compared with 44% statewide, although its science proficiency is lower at 31%. The elementary school’s overall ranking declined in the latest year, largely following a sharp 24-point drop in science. Pelham Memorial School is the strongest recent success story: its mathematics, reading, and science results all improved, and its ranking rose from the 21st to the 63rd percentile over three years. Its main academic concern is seventh-grade mathematics.
Pelham High School stands out for student completion rather than test performance. Its 95.2% graduation rate is well above New Hampshire’s 87.0% average, and its dropout rate is only 0.6%. However, mathematics proficiency is 19% and science proficiency is 23%, both substantially below state results, while reading remains comparatively strong at 61%. Across the schools, reported student–teacher ratios are relatively low, ranging from 9.5:1 to 10.3:1, and free- or reduced-price lunch rates are around 10% to 11%. For families comparing schools, the main priorities are sustaining the middle school’s improvement, investigating the elementary science decline, and strengthening high-school mathematics and science while preserving strong reading and graduation outcomes.
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