Best Elementary Schools in New Hampshire

The top 50 elementary schools (grades K-5) in New Hampshire, ranked by enrollment from NCES data with EDFacts proficiency rates where available. Average proficiency across this list is 67%.

#	School	City	Enrollment	Proficiency
1	Golden Brook Elementary School	Windham, NH	1,098	71%
2	Pelham Elementary School	Pelham, NH	756	69%
3	Clark-Wilkins School	Amherst, NH	708	75%
4	Heron Pond Elementary School	Milford, NH	569	70%
5	Bicentennial Elementary School	Nashua, NH	541	63%
6	Thorntons Ferry School	Merrimack, NH	541	63%
7	Bow Elementary School	Bow, NH	533	67%
8	Riddle Brook School	Bedford, NH	526	77%
9	Maple Avenue School	Goffstown, NH	524	65%
10	North Londonderry Elementary School	Londonderry, NH	495	70%
11	Pollard Elementary School	Plaistow, NH	469	63%
12	Bernice A. Ray School	Hanover, NH	455	65%
13	Hampstead Central School	Hampstead, NH	450	62%
14	Nottingham West Elementary School	Hudson, NH	445	62%
15	Griffin Memorial School	Litchfield, NH	437	72%
16	Green Acres School	Manchester, NH	435	66%
17	Fred C. Underhill School	Hooksett, NH	428	71%
18	Smyth Road School	Manchester, NH	426	65%
19	Barrington Elementary School	Barrington, NH	424	68%
20	Lincoln Street Elementary School	Exeter, NH	424	63%
21	Main Street School	Exeter, NH	408	70%
22	Dr. H. O. Smith Elementary School	Hudson, NH	406	64%
23	Highbridge Hill Elementary School	New Ipswich, NH	406	64%
24	William T. Barron Elementary School	Salem, NH	385	66%
25	Hills Garrison Elementary School	Hudson, NH	383	70%
26	Hollis Primary School	Hollis, NH	377	72%
27	Center Woods School	Weare, NH	373	68%
28	North Salem Elementary School	Salem, NH	366	76%
29	Lamprey River Elementary School	Raymond, NH	364	62%
30	Moose Hill School	Londonderry, NH	360	68%
31	East Derry Memorial Elementary School	Derry, NH	356	63%
32	Atkinson Academy	Atkinson, NH	354	64%
33	Mill Brook School	Concord, NH	354	62%
34	Kearsarge Reg. Elem. School at New London	New London, NH	353	68%
35	South Range Elementary School	Derry, NH	348	70%
36	Charlotte Ave Elementary School	Nashua, NH	333	67%
37	Sandown North Elementary School	Sandown, NH	331	66%
38	Rindge Memorial School	Rindge, NH	323	67%
39	Gilford Elementary School	Gilford, NH	322	65%
40	Fuller Elementary School	Keene, NH	310	65%
41	Symonds Elementary School	Keene, NH	308	68%
42	New Searles School	Nashua, NH	307	66%
43	Hampton Centre School	Hampton, NH	303	65%
44	Moharimet School	Madbury, NH	297	76%
45	Swasey Central School	Brentwood, NH	293	65%
46	Jacques Memorial Elementary School	Milford, NH	287	61%
47	Danville Elementary School	Danville, NH	285	73%
48	Harold Martin School	Hopkinton, NH	281	67%
49	William E. Lancaster School	Salem, NH	278	71%
50	Memorial School	Newton, NH	276	65%

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best elementary school in New Hampshire?

The largest elementary school in New Hampshire is Golden Brook Elementary School in Windham with 1,098 students and a 71% proficiency rate. Rankings are based on NCES Common Core of Data enrollment and EDFacts proficiency results.

How many elementary schools are in New Hampshire?

This page shows the top 50 elementary schools (grades K-5) in New Hampshire by enrollment. Browse the full state directory to see all schools.

What does the proficiency rate measure?

Proficiency rate is the percentage of students meeting grade-level standards on combined math and reading assessments, as reported by EDFacts. Data is district-level and applied to each school in the district.

Where does this data come from?

Enrollment and school characteristics come from the NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results. Both are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.

The this entity category groups every U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment entity sharing this attribute. The list above is the data; the paragraphs below explain what the grouping means against the broader NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts distribution and how to read the relative rankings within the category.

For readers using this category as a starting point, the per-entity detail pages linked from the table above carry the underlying NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts data in full. The category-level view is the filter; the per-entity pages are the actual answer.

Sources: NCES Common Core of Data, EDFacts

Last updated: June 2026

Schools are ranked by enrollment within the state. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results, district-level figures applied to each school in the district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.