At $28,596 per pupil, Kensington School District ranks #35 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
Kensington School District operates 1 public schools serving 136 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 Rockingham County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $28,596 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 71.5% local, 17.7% state, and 10.7% 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 7.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 92.3% White, 1.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Kensington Elementary School, enrolling 142 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses grew 5.1% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (136 to 143 students), while the student-teacher ratio tightened by 1.3 students per teacher, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $3,907,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 59.6% went to instruction, 37% to support services, and 0.5% to capital outlay, support-services-heavy relative to typical districts, reflecting spending on transportation, administration, or student services. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Kensington Elementary School accounts for 100.0% of all Kensington School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Kensington School District a distant remainder — means Kensington 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.
Kensington 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.
Kensington School District chronic absenteeism rate is 7.0% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.
How many schools are in Kensington School District?
Kensington School District has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 136 students.
How much does Kensington School District spend per student?
Kensington School District spends $28,596 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Kensington School District?
Kensington School District students are 92.3% White, 1.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% African American, 0.7% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.