📍 71 Amherst St., Nashua, Hillsborough County, 03064
Amherst Street School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Nashua, Hillsborough County. The school has 293 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Nashua School District school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 26.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.2:1. 75% of students are proficient in reading. 25% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Amherst Street School enrolls 293 students across grades K–5. The student body is 46% male and 54% female. A teaching staff of 26.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 44% Hispanic or Latino, 43% White and 8.9% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 128 | 44% |
| White | 127 | 43% |
| Two or more races | 26 | 8.9% |
| Black or African American | 7 | 2.4% |
| Asian | 5 | 1.7% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
179 of the school's 293 students (61%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 140 qualify for free lunch and 39 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.
Amherst Street School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NH-20, state senate district 13, state house district 530.
Amherst Street School is one of 20 schools in Nashua School District, based in Nashua, New Hampshire. The district serves 9,813 students district-wide and employs 888 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 293 students, Amherst Street School is smaller than the district average of about 491 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small
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