The top reported proficiency rate is 39% in English language arts. The lowest is 25% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Maple Avenue School
Maple Avenue School is a kindergarten-through-fifth-grade public elementary school in Claremont, New Hampshire, one of three elementary schools that until recently served the city. As of October 2025, Bluff Elementary closed and its students were consolidated into Disnard and Maple Avenue, which means Maple Avenue now absorbs children from a wider zone than before. That reconfiguration is the most consequential recent change for families considering this school, and it may affect class sizes and peer groupings in ways the state data does not yet capture. A parent may want to ask the school directly how the consolidation has affected classroom composition and staffing.
The student body is modest in size for an elementary school, predominantly white, with a small share of multiracial students and a handful of students from other racial and ethnic backgrounds. A substantial portion of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Data on special education enrollment and English learners was not reported, so those population sizes are unknown here.
On New Hampshire's state assessment in the 2024-25 school year, results were modest across all tested grades. In math, roughly a third of third and fourth graders reached proficiency, and the rate dipped lower in fifth grade. English language arts followed a similar pattern in the lower grades, with just under a third to slightly more than a third of students proficient in third and fourth grade, but fifth-grade ELA results were notably stronger, approaching half of tested students. Science, tested only in fifth grade, showed the weakest result, with about a quarter of students proficient. Participation rates were high across the board. No multi-year trend data was available, so it is not possible to say from this information whether these results represent improvement, decline, or stability. The school does not serve high school grades, so no graduation rate applies.
Claremont itself is a small former mill city in Sullivan County, built along the Sugar River where it drops through downtown toward the Connecticut River. Brick factories that once produced textiles, machinery, and paper lined the river, and several mill buildings remain in the Lower Village District, some converted to offices. The civic heart is Broad Street Park, a rotary-style square with war monuments and a historic bandstand, fronted by the Italian Renaissance-style City Hall and Opera House. Walkable street life concentrates in that downtown core and along Pleasant Street, but the broader city is auto-oriented, with several state routes running through it. Valley Regional Hospital, affiliated with Dartmouth-Hitchcock, sits at the north end of town and is a major local employer. The city's population has been largely stable with a slight long-term decline, though recent estimates hint at modest growth. Development has focused on adaptive reuse of mills and former school buildings rather than large new construction.
Housing in Claremont's zip code is affordable relative to both state and national benchmarks. Home values sit well below the New Hampshire statewide figure, and rents are moderate. Estimated monthly mortgage costs run higher than typical rent, which may make renting attractive for families not yet ready to buy. The price-to-income ratio is below the national figure, suggesting that homeownership is comparatively attainable for working households in this area.
The Claremont School District has faced real fiscal strain. A structural deficit uncovered in 2025 drew public attention and was later reduced but not eliminated. A budget cap petition circulated, and the district questioned its legality, signaling ongoing tension between spending levels and taxpayer capacity. These fiscal pressures do not appear directly in the school-level data available here, but they shape the environment in which Maple Avenue operates and could affect programming, staffing, or resources going forward.
No data was available on discipline, course access, staffing ratios, attendance, Title I status, or civil-rights indicators for Maple Avenue, so this account cannot speak to those dimensions. A family evaluating this school would want to supplement what is here with direct conversations about how the post-consolidation transition is unfolding, what support services are available, and how the district's financial situation is affecting day-to-day classroom experience.
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