Best Public Schools in Zip Code 03816

ZIP code 03816 contains one school, Tuftonboro Central School, a small K–6 elementary school in Center Tuftonboro serving 99 students within the Governor Wentworth Regional School District. Its reported student-teacher ratio is 7.6, and 24.24% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–2025. Because it is the only school in the ZIP code, there are no local school-to-school comparisons; the most useful comparisons are with the district, New Hampshire, and the school’s own results over time.

For 2025–2026, 42% of students were proficient in mathematics and 49% in reading. Mathematics was close to district and state results, trailing them by 1 and 2 percentage points, respectively. Reading was weaker, trailing the district by 5 points and the state by 6. Results varied considerably by grade. Grade 3 was a relative strength, with mathematics proficiency above the state rate and reading slightly above both district and state results. Grade 6 reading was also strong, exceeding the state by 5 points, while its mathematics result matched the state. Grades 4 and 5 were the main concerns, especially Grade 5, where only 27% were proficient in mathematics and 40% in reading.

Performance declined from 2024–2025, when mathematics proficiency was 49% and reading proficiency was 62%, both above district and state levels. The school’s ranking also fell from the 56th percentile to the 33rd percentile, although small grade cohorts and changes in ranking methods can make year-to-year results unstable. Science was another notable weakness in 2024–2025, with 19% proficiency compared with 34% in the district and 38% statewide. Overall, parents should view Tuftonboro Central School as a small school with favorable staffing indicators and pockets of strong performance, but with important academic needs concentrated in Grades 4 and 5, particularly Grade 5.