Elementary school (grades K-5) · Newfields, NH

Newfields Elementary School

Federal NCES profile for Newfields Elementary School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 55/100.

2024-25 NCES dataElementary school (grades K-5)NCES 330519000331
0/100100/10055/100
👥 S:T ratio
54
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
77
📋 Attendance
59
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Newfields Elementary School earns 55/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the New Hampshire median.

55
Resource Index · Higher
11.5:1
students per teacher
5.1%
free-lunch eligible
115
students enrolled

Newfields Elementary School has class sizes near the New Hampshire median. Computed live against every New Hampshire school reporting to NCES.

Enrollment

115

New Hampshire · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

10.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

11.5:1

vs 11.3:1 New Hampshire avg

+2% vs state

Free-lunch eligible

5.1%

vs 21.5% New Hampshire avg

-76% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Newfields Elementary School compares with New Hampshire and U.S. medians

Slightly above state median
0:135:111.5:1

Source: NCES Common Core of Data As of 2024-25 federal staff survey Total enrollment ÷ full-time-equivalent classroom teachers

What stands out at Newfields Elementary School

Newfields Elementary School is a lower-poverty, mid-sized elementary school in Newfields, New Hampshire, enrolling 115 students.

Class loads run somewhat heavier than typical: 11.5:1 puts it in the larger third of New Hampshire schools by student-teacher ratio.

Comparatively few students face economic hardship here, 5.1% free-meal eligibility runs 76% below the New Hampshire average.

Enrollment of 115 puts it in the smaller third of New Hampshire schools by headcount.

Its Resource Investment Index outscores 93% of the 500 New Hampshire schools with a score on record, a top-tier result on this measure.

Against 43 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks in the upper tier at #7.

Its student body is predominantly White (95% of enrollment) (diversity index 10/100).

Counselor coverage is strong, about 115 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.

16.5% of students were chronically absent in the 2021-22 collection, in line with the post-pandemic national range.

Newfields School District operates only this one school, so Newfields Elementary School has no district-mates to compare against locally.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Newfields Elementary School compares

Newfields Elementary School on the metrics families compare, against New Hampshire and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs New Hampshire New Hampshire avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 11.5:1 ▲ 2% 11.3:1 15.7:1
Free-lunch eligible 5.1% ▼ 76% 21.5% 51.7%
Enrollment 115 top 78% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

11.5:1
Leaner classes than 79% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
115
Bigger than 11% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Economic need
5.1%
free-lunch eligible - 76% below the New Hampshire average of 21.5%
Below the 40% Title I threshold, among the lower-need profiles in the state; federal aid targets individual qualifying students rather than schoolwide programs.
Staffing depth
11.5:1
students per teacher - 2% above state mean
Top 62% in New Hampshire - lower ratio than 38% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
16.5%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
In the 15-20% range, nearing the "high" absenteeism threshold.
Funding equity
$24,440
per pupil, district-wide - below New Hampshire avg of $28,358
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors1.0 FTE
Per 115 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

White 94.8%
Asian 2.6%
African American 1.7%
Hispanic or Latino 0.9%

Largest group: White at 94.8% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 10.0/100

Simpson diversity index - at 10.0, Newfields Elementary School is less mixed than the New Hampshire school average of 24.3.

Programs

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Newfields School District, which includes Newfields Elementary School.

$24,440
Per student
-14%
vs New Hampshire
Avg $28,358
+47%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 77.0%
State 16.7%
Federal 6.3%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

Similar elementary schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of New Hampshire, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Newfields Elementary School's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Newfields Elementary School

How many students attend Newfields Elementary School?

Newfields Elementary School has 115 students enrolled. It is an elementary school in Newfields, NH.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Newfields Elementary School?

The student-teacher ratio at Newfields Elementary School is 11.5:1, which is 2% higher than the New Hampshire average of 11.3:1 and 27% lower than the national average of 15.7:1.

What percentage of students receive free lunch at Newfields Elementary School?

5.1% of students at Newfields Elementary School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the New Hampshire average of 21.5%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Newfields Elementary School?

The largest demographic group at Newfields Elementary School is White at 94.8% of enrollment, in Newfields, NH.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Newfields Elementary School?

Newfields Elementary School has a Resource Investment Index of 55/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

Is Newfields Elementary School a good school?

Newfields Elementary School earns 55/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the New Hampshire median. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Newfields School District?

None reported; Newfields School District operates only Newfields Elementary School as a public school district in NCES's records.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

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Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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