Summary:
ZIP code 03884 has one listed elementary school, Strafford School, serving students from prekindergarten through eighth grade in the Strafford area, with 376 students and a reported student-teacher ratio of 9.6 to 1.
Because there is only one school in the ZIP code, families cannot compare local schools directly. Strafford School has a mixed academic profile compared with New Hampshire overall. Mathematics is the school’s strongest subject overall: 45% of students were proficient, slightly above the statewide rate of 44%. Reading proficiency was 48%, seven points below the state, while science proficiency was 34%, four points below the state. Results were especially strong in fourth grade, with 91% proficiency in math and 71% in reading. However, performance was much weaker in the middle grades, particularly seventh-grade math at 22%, eighth-grade math at 25%, and seventh-grade reading at 33%. These results suggest that the transition into the middle-school years is an important area for families to examine.
The school’s overall math and reading results were unchanged from the prior year, but science declined from 41% to 34%. Historical ranking data shows improvement, with the school’s percentile rising from the 39th percentile in 2023–24 to the 47th percentile in 2025–26. The Strafford School District is ranked 119th of 166 districts, in the 28th percentile, and has a one-star rating in the current district summary. For parents, the most important considerations are the school’s small size, favorable reported staffing ratio, very strong fourth-grade performance, and the need to understand how the school supports students in grades six through eight, particularly in reading and mathematics.
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