Summary:
ZIP code 03217 has one elementary school: Ashland Elementary School, a small K–8 school serving 159 students in the town of Ashland, New Hampshire. Because it is the only school in the ZIP code, there are no local schools for a direct comparison. The school offers a low student-teacher ratio of 8.1 to 1 and serves a broad grade range, including both elementary and middle-school students.
Ashland Elementary School has mixed academic results. Reading is its strongest subject: 51% of students are proficient, only four percentage points below the statewide average. Science proficiency is 33%, five points below the state rate, but it improved substantially from 20% the previous year. Mathematics is the clearest area for improvement, with 28% proficiency compared with 44% statewide. Grade-level results vary considerably. Seventh-grade students stand out, exceeding the state average in both math and reading, while third- and eighth-grade reading results are also strong. In contrast, fourth-grade math proficiency is just 10%, and sixth grade has very low results in both math and reading.
For parents, the most important consideration is the school’s uneven performance rather than its overall average. The strongest evidence points to solid reading outcomes in several grades, recent improvement in reading and science, and particularly encouraging seventh-grade results. The greatest academic needs appear to be mathematics in grades four through six, along with sixth-grade reading. Statewide, the school ranked 191st out of 230 schools for 2025–2026, placing it at the 17th percentile, although that was a modest improvement from the prior year. The school is part of the Ashland School District, whose reported subject results match the school’s results.
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