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Pierce Elementary School

Serves grades KG - 4

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
19 Main St.
Bennington, NH 03442
Phone
(603) 588-2131
District
Contoocook Valley School District
County
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
62
Classroom Teachers
8

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Hampshire

3

(10 is best)

Better than 29.4% of all NH schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

5

(10 is best)

Pierce Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
50%
51%
45%
50%
55%
52%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
27%
49%
27%
49%
27%
48%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
8
9
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Kindergarten 9 14.5%
Grade 1 10 16.1%
Grade 2 17 27.4%
Grade 3 11 17.7%
Grade 4 15 24.2%
Total 62 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 100.0% 95.9% 86.0%
Black 0.0% 0.7% 2.3%
Hispanic 0.0% 2.5% 8.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.8% 3.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.1% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 29.0% 20.2% 23.7%
Free lunch eligible 25.8% 16.7% 19.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 3.2% 3.5% 4.1%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 18,966 1,402,054
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 80.1 157
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.4% 4.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 15.8% 16.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 24.1% 31.0%
45-64 YEARS OLD 32.4% 28.4%
65 OR OLDER 23.3% 19.5%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 7,974 551,186
Single Parent Households With Children 3.8% 6.3%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 95.6% 94.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 46.7% 39.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 25.3% 27.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 21.4% 20.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 15.7% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.3% 14.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 9.1% 11.2%
$15,000 - $29,999 8.1% 7.8%
$15,000 or less 4.3% 5.5%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $16,487 $32,166,000 62.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,442 $2,813,000 5.4%
Staff $684 $1,335,000 2.6%
General Administration $1,704 $3,324,000 6.4%
School Administration $1,925 $3,755,000 7.3%
Operation $2,129 $4,154,000 8.0%
Transportation $1,072 $2,091,000 4.0%
Other $2 $4,000 0.0%
Total Support $8,957 $17,476,000 33.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,076 $2,099,000 4.1%
Total Expenditures $26,520 $51,741,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $13,279 $2,211,847,000 56.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,668 $277,745,000 7.1%
Staff $660 $109,915,000 2.8%
General Administration $717 $119,487,000 3.1%
School Administration $1,131 $188,323,000 4.8%
Operation $1,667 $277,666,000 7.1%
Transportation $939 $156,455,000 4.0%
Other $304 $50,608,000 1.3%
Total Support $7,086 $1,180,199,000 30.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,004 $500,275,000 12.9%
Total Expenditures $23,369 $3,892,321,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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