Summary:
ZIP code 03281 has one elementary school, Center Woods School in Weare, New Hampshire, serving pre-kindergarten through Grade 3 with 377 students; because it is the only school in the ZIP code, families must rely on district, state, and year-to-year comparisons rather than local school-to-school comparisons.
Center Woods School has several positive indicators for parents to consider. Its student-teacher ratio is 11.4 to 1, which may support individual attention and small-group instruction. The school also reports 14.06% participation in free or reduced-price lunch programs. Academically, mathematics is the strongest area: 52% of students were proficient in 2024–2025, compared with 36% in the Weare School District and 42% statewide. In 2025–2026, math proficiency rose to 56%, exceeding district results by 18 percentage points and the state by 12 points.
Reading is improving as well. Proficiency increased from 48% in 2024–2025 to 53% in 2025–2026. The latest reading result was 11 points above the district average and only 2 points below the state average, while Grade 3 reading and math results were each 2 points above state Grade 3 averages. These recent results are stronger than the school’s reported overall rating of one star and 15th percentile, suggesting that the rating may include older or broader measures than the latest test scores. For parents, the main takeaway is that Center Woods School shows positive recent academic momentum, particularly in mathematics, while reading remains an area to monitor despite meaningful improvement.
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