School district · New Hampshire

Nashua School District

Nashua School District in New Hampshire: 21 public schools with 9,741 students and 11.9 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $19,592 per student in FY2024.

Schools: 21
Students: 9,741
Students per teacher: 11.9; NH 11.3 · US 15.1
Spending per student: $19,592; NH $23.3K · US $17.6K

Staff

Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.

Teachers (FTE): 817
Counselors (FTE): 43.0
Students per counselor: 227; NH 182 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE): 25.0; Librarians (FTE): 19.0

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on New Hampshire's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

New Hampshire: 53%

41%proficient

−0.5 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 79% of school districts in New Hampshire

Median 54% · 160 school districts compared

3,718 students tested, grades 3–8 · NH SAS; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

New Hampshire: 44%

34%proficient

−1.1 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 73% of school districts in New Hampshire

Median 44% · 160 school districts compared

3,743 students tested, grades 3–8 · NH SAS; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Money

Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.

Spending per student, 2015–2024

$12.5K15

$12.8K16

$13.1K17

$14.2K18

$14.3K19

$14.8K20

$16.3K21

$17.6K22

$19.2K23

$19.6K24

Where the money comes from (FY2024)

Federal: 14% · $30.5M
State: 36% · $78.9M
Local: 50% · $108.4M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction: $11,981
Support services: $7,039
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay): $51M
Long-term debt: $108M

Schools

Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.

Pre-K centers: 3Elementary schools: 12Middle schools: 3High schools: 3

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math	City or town
Franklin Street School	Pre-K	245	7.9	—	—	Nashua
Nashua Title I Preschool	Pre-K	0	—	—	—	Nashua
Purple Panthers Preschool	Pre-K	37	18.5	—	—	Nashua
Amherst Street School	K–5	290	13.3	29%	17%	Nashua
Bicentennial Elementary School	Pre-K–5	481	12.7	64%	70%	Nashua
Birch Hill Elementary School	K–5	332	12.8	55%	52%	Nashua
Broad Street Elementary School	K–5	256	12.2	55%	50%	Nashua
Charlotte Ave Elementary School	K–5	362	11.7	63%	54%	Nashua
Dr. Norman W. Crisp School	K–5	361	10.0	19%	14%	Nashua
Fairgrounds Elementary School	K–5	445	12.9	30%	26%	Nashua
Ledge Street School	K–5	454	11.0	24%	22%	Nashua
Main Dunstable School	K–5	359	13.8	66%	70%	Nashua
Mt. Pleasant School	Pre-K–5	250	9.9	29%	16%	Nashua
New Searles School	Pre-K–5	256	10.7	62%	71%	Nashua
Sunset Heights School	K–5	356	11.9	57%	57%	Nashua
Brian S. McCarthy Middle School	6–8	649	11.2	33%	22%	Nashua
Fairgrounds Middle School	6–8	585	12.2	42%	29%	Nashua
Pennichuck Middle School	6–8	768	11.6	39%	27%	Nashua
Brentwood Academy	9–12	26	4.3	—	—	Nashua
Nashua High School North	9–12	1,543	13.0	—	—	Nashua
Nashua High School South	9–12	1,686	12.8	—	—	Nashua

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Address: 141 Ledge St., Nashua, NH 03061
Phone: (603)966-1000

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.