At $24,437 per pupil, Bethlehem School District ranks #77 of 161 New Hampshire districts by per-pupil spending (New Hampshire districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Bethlehem School District operates 1 public schools serving 151 students, placing it among the smallest districts in New Hampshire. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Grafton County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $24,437 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 161 New Hampshire districts by per-pupil spending. See how New Hampshire compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 59.6% local, 25.1% state, and 15.2% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
a 142:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 30.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 85.2% White, 5.6% Hispanic or Latino, 2.8% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Bethlehem Elementary School, enrolling 142 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses fell 7.3% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (151 to 140 students), and the student-teacher ratio tightened by 0.7 students per teacher as staffing held steadier than enrollment, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $3,713,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 63% went to instruction, 32.9% to support services, and 0.5% to capital outlay, a fairly typical instruction/support/capital split for a public school district. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Bethlehem Elementary School accounts for 94.0% of all Bethlehem School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Bethlehem School District a distant remainder — means Bethlehem School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Bethlehem School District student-counselor ratio is 142:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Bethlehem School District chronic absenteeism rate is 30.3% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
How many schools are in Bethlehem School District?
Bethlehem School District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 151 students.
How much does Bethlehem School District spend per student?
Bethlehem School District spends $24,437 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Bethlehem School District?
Bethlehem School District students are 85.2% White, 5.6% Hispanic or Latino, 2.8% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.