NCES CCD 2024-25 23 schools NH

Best-Resourced Schools in Nashua, NH

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23 public K-12 schools in Nashua from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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23
Schools
10,971
Students
38.4/100
Avg Resource Index
13.7:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Nashua has more public-school enrollment than 83% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Nashua sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Nashua's list includes 10 elementary, 4 middle, and 3 high-school campuses, plus 6 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 53-point gap between Academy for Science and Design Charter (M) and Franklin Street School shows the range hidden by Nashua's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 17%
School count
Top 12%
Resource Index average
39th percentile
Teacher staffing
71st percentile

Nashua High School South accounts for 15.4% of all Nashua public-school enrollment

That concentration means Nashua-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Nashua school enrollment varies 46× across entities

Nashua school enrollment ranges from 37 students (lowest) to 1,686 students (highest), a spread of 1,649 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Nashua student-teacher ratio is 13.7:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

3 of Nashua's 23 listed schools are charters

13% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Academy for Science and Design Charter (M) 53
2. Broad Street Elementary School 50
3. Fairgrounds Middle School 47
4. Charlotte Ave Elementary School 47
5. Academy for Science and Design Charter (H) 47
6. Main Dunstable School 46
7. Mt. Pleasant School 44
8. Amherst Street School 43
9. Elm Street Middle School 41
10. Pennichuck Middle School 41
11. Microsociety Academy Charter School Foundation 41
12. Ledge Street School 39
13. Nashua High School South 38
14. Nashua High School North 38
15. Dr. Norman W. Crisp School 38
16. New Searles School 38
17. Birch Hill Elementary School 37
18. Bicentennial Elementary School 36
19. Fairgrounds Elementary School 35
20. Sunset Heights School 34
21. Nashua Title I Preschool 25
22. Purple Panthers Preschool 25
23. Franklin Street School -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Nashua

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Franklin Street School 69.7/100
  2. 2 Bicentennial Elementary School 67.5/100
  3. 3 Nashua High School South 65.6/100
  4. 4 Amherst Street School 65.0/100
  5. 5 Microsociety Academy Charter School Foundation 64.7/100

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Which Nashua school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Academy for Science and Design Charter (M) has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Nashua schools in this federal-data comparison at 53/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Nashua, NH? ▼

Nashua has 23 public schools with a total enrollment of 10,971 students. 3 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.7:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.