Summary:
ZIP code 03447 has one elementary school: Dr. George S. Emerson Elementary School in Fitzwilliam. The school serves students from Pre-K through sixth grade and enrolls about 150 students. It is part of the Monadnock Regional School District. The school has an 11.7-to-1 student-teacher ratio, suggesting a relatively small-school setting, and 32% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–2025. Since it is the only elementary school in the ZIP code, parents cannot compare it with another local elementary school and should consider its results alongside district, state, and year-to-year data.
Reading is the school’s strongest overall subject. In 2025–2026, 42% of students were proficient in reading, slightly above the district average of 40%, though below New Hampshire’s 55% average. Results improve in the upper grades: reading proficiency reached 50% in both fifth and sixth grade, and sixth-grade reading was just two points below the state average. Mathematics is more uneven. Overall proficiency was 21%, including a particularly low fourth-grade result of 12%, but sixth-grade mathematics reached 50%—12 points above the district and 7 points above the state. These grade-level differences suggest that schoolwide averages do not tell the entire story.
Science is the clearest area needing improvement, with 13% proficiency compared with 20% districtwide and 38% statewide. Year over year, reading remained nearly steady, increasing from 41% to 42%, while mathematics declined from 29% to 21% and science fell from 17% to 13%. The school is ranked in the lower portion of its comparison group and has a one-star rating, although its reported percentile improved from 15th to 20th between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026. Overall, parents will find a small school with promising upper-grade reading and sixth-grade mathematics results, but significant needs in earlier-grade math and science.
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