Summary:
ZIP code 03079 has one middle school, Woodbury School, serving grades 6–8 in Salem, New Hampshire. The school enrolls 762 students and is part of the Salem School District. With a 12.5-to-1 student-teacher ratio and an 18.11% free- or reduced-price lunch rate, Woodbury is a sizable middle school with relatively favorable staffing and community indicators. Since it is the only middle school in the ZIP code, there are no nearby schools in this data set for a direct comparison.
Woodbury’s strongest current academic area is reading. In 2025–2026, 63% of students were proficient in reading, compared with 58% in the district and 55% statewide. Reading performance was above state averages in every grade: 64% in sixth grade, 67% in seventh grade, and 57% in eighth grade. Science results were also somewhat stronger than comparison averages, with 40% proficiency versus 36% in the district and 38% statewide. Mathematics was more mixed: 46% of students were proficient, slightly below the district’s 48% but above the state’s 44%.
The school showed notable improvement from the prior year. Mathematics proficiency rose 11 percentage points, from 35% to 46%, while reading increased 9 points, from 54% to 63%. Woodbury’s statewide ranking improved from 69th of 132 schools to 44th of 138, moving from the 48th to the 68th percentile and returning to a three-star rating. The main area to monitor is performance in eighth grade: math proficiency declined from 52% in sixth grade to 41% in eighth grade, and reading fell from 67% in seventh grade to 57% in eighth grade. Science also declined six points year over year, despite remaining above the statewide average.
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