Summary:
ZIP code 03076 has one listed middle school, Pelham Memorial School in Pelham, New Hampshire, serving about 349 students in grades 6–8 within the Pelham School District.
Pelham Memorial School showed strong recent improvement. Its ranking rose from 94th of 132 schools in 2024–2025 to 51st of 138 schools in 2025–2026, moving from roughly the 29th to the 63rd percentile and from a one-star to a three-star rating. In the latest year, 60% of students were proficient in reading, compared with 45% in mathematics and 39% in science. Reading is the clearest strength: every grade exceeded the statewide average, including 68% proficiency in sixth grade. The school also performed at or above statewide averages in all three subjects overall.
Performance varies by grade, especially in mathematics. Sixth-grade mathematics was a major strength at 62% proficient, while seventh grade was lower at 35%, below the statewide rate of 44%; eighth grade was near the state average at 41%. Science had the largest year-over-year gain, increasing from 21% to 39%, while mathematics rose 15 points and reading rose 13 points. The school’s results were similar to or better than district results, with its largest advantage in science—39% proficient versus 31% for the Pelham School District. With a 9.9-to-1 student-teacher ratio and relatively small enrollment, the school may offer a comparatively personal setting. Parents may want to look most closely at seventh-grade math while viewing the recent broad academic gains as an encouraging, though still relatively new, trend.
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