📍 478 Elm St., Laconia, Belknap County, 03246
Elm Street School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Laconia, Belknap County. The school has 260 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Laconia School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.8:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Elm Street School enrolls 260 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 22 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 86% White, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino and 5% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 224 | 86% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 14 | 5.4% |
| Two or more races | 13 | 5% |
| Black or African American | 5 | 1.9% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
98 of the school's 260 students (38%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 84 qualify for free lunch and 14 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Elm Street School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NH-10, state senate district 7, state house district 3.
Elm Street School is one of 5 schools in Laconia School District, based in Laconia, New Hampshire. The district serves 1,819 students district-wide and employs 164 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 260 students, Elm Street School is smaller than the district average of about 364 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant