Schools in Zip Code 03224

ZIP code 03224, in Canterbury, New Hampshire, has one public school serving kindergarten through Grade 5: Canterbury Elementary School. The school enrolls about 90 students and has a favorable student-teacher ratio of 9.2 to 1, offering families a small-school setting within the Shaker Regional School District.

Canterbury Elementary School generally performs better than both the district and New Hampshire statewide. In 2025–2026, 63% of students were proficient in math, compared with 40% in the district and 44% statewide. Reading proficiency was 67%, also above the district’s 59% and the state’s 55%. The school’s strongest result was Grade 3 math, with 83% of students proficient, while Grade 3 reading reached 71%. Reading remained a consistent strength across the tested grades, including Grade 4, where 63% of students were proficient compared with 57% in the district and 52% statewide.

The most important concern for parents is Grade 4 math. Only 37% of Grade 4 students were proficient, below both the district’s 40% and the state’s 52%, and 46 percentage points lower than the school’s Grade 3 math result. This sharp grade-to-grade difference is worth asking the school about, including how it supports the transition to more advanced math. Overall, the school has maintained a strong profile, earning four stars in each reported ranking year and placing 55th out of 230 schools most recently, although that was lower than its 29th-place ranking in 2023–2024. The school’s results also compare favorably with the district’s two-star overall rating.