William E. Lancaster School
Salem, NH · Elementary School
William E. Lancaster School is a elementary school in Salem, NH with 278 students enrolled and a 71% proficiency rate. Part of Salem School District. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
William E. Lancaster School is a elementary school located in Salem, New Hampshire. The school serves 278 students. The student-to-teacher ratio is 13.2:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 71% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
18% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
William E. Lancaster School is part of the Salem School District in New Hampshire.
How This School Compares
William E. Lancaster School has 278 students enrolled, making it smaller than the average school in Salem School District (451 students). Its 71% proficiency rate is 3 percentage points above the district average of 68%. Compared to the New Hampshire state average of 60%, the school performs 11 points higher. With a 13.2:1 student-teacher ratio, it offers smaller class sizes than the national average.
Frequently Asked Questions
William E. Lancaster School has 278 students enrolled. The student-to-teacher ratio is 13.2:1.
According to EDFacts data, 71% of students at William E. Lancaster School meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
William E. Lancaster School is part of the Salem School District in Salem, New Hampshire. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
For this entity, the underlying data on this page comes from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. The breakdown above is the federal record; the paragraphs below add the per-entity context that makes the headline numbers usable for a real decision rather than just a data lookup.
Every number on this page links back to NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the methodology page describes the inputs, refresh cadence, and known limitations of the underlying data product.
For readers using this page as a decision input, the related-entity pages elsewhere on the site provide the comparison set. The most useful comparison for this entity is typically a peer within U.S. public schools and districts with similar size, similar exposure, or similar geography — not the national-level summary alone.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.