Summary:
ZIP code 03304 has one elementary school, Bow Elementary School, serving students from Pre-K through fourth grade in the Bow area. The school enrolls 542 students and offers a 15.9-to-1 student-teacher ratio, giving local families one primary public elementary option within the ZIP code.
Bow Elementary School is consistently among New Hampshire’s highest-ranked elementary schools. It ranked 20th out of 230 schools in 2025–2026, placing it in the 91st percentile statewide, and received a five-star rating. Its recent rankings have remained strong, placing 14th in 2023–2024 and 22nd in 2024–2025. In 2025–2026, 75% of students were proficient in mathematics and 70% were proficient in reading. Mathematics was an especially strong area: the school’s rate was 19 percentage points above the Bow School District and 31 points above the New Hampshire average.
Families may also find the grade-level results encouraging. Fourth-grade students had 80% mathematics proficiency and 73% reading proficiency, while third-grade students had 71% and 69%, respectively. In both grades, results were well above statewide averages, although they matched district results. Reading performance was also very close to the district overall, suggesting that it is a broader district strength. The school’s results were stable from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, with mathematics holding at 75% and reading changing only slightly from 71% to 70%. The reported free- or reduced-price lunch rate was 5.17%, which provides additional context about the student population but does not by itself explain academic outcomes.
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