The top reported proficiency rate is 50% in English language arts. The lowest is 38% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Antrim Elementary School
Antrim Elementary School sits in the main village of Antrim, a small, low-density town in Hillsborough County that functions largely as a bedroom community for Peterborough and Hillsborough. The town was once a mill and manufacturing center, with cutlery production running for decades and more than twenty mills lining Great Brook. Today it retains a rural, small-town texture, with most civic life and limited commercial activity concentrated along the main village roads near the intersection of US Route 202 and NH Route 31. The James A. Tuttle Library, Memorial Park, the Antrim Grange, and the Antrim Historical Society and Museum all sit in or near the village center, and the elementary school is embedded in that same fabric rather than on a separated campus. Gregg Lake and Willard Pond in the western part of town offer outdoor recreation, and the annual Home and Harvest festival in early fall is a community touchstone.
The school serves pre-kindergarten through fourth grade and is part of the Contoocook Valley School District. It is a small school, and the student body is predominantly white, with a small number of students identifying as Asian, Hispanic, or two or more races. Just under a third of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which is a moderate share for the region. Data on individualized education programs and English learners was not reported, so those figures are not available here. After fourth grade, Antrim students move on to Great Brook School in town for middle grades, and then to ConVal Regional High School in Peterborough, roughly twelve miles away.
On the most recent state assessments, the school's results are mixed. In third-grade math, half of tested students reached proficiency or above, and the same was true in third-grade English language arts. Fourth-grade English language arts matched that level, with half of students proficient or above. Fourth-grade math was lower, with fewer than four in ten students reaching proficiency. Participation was full across all tested grades. The tested groups are small, which means a handful of students can move the results meaningfully from year to year, and the state does not report a science result for the current year. The most recent science figure on file dates to an older assessment cycle under a different test, so it is not directly comparable and says little about current performance. A parent looking at these numbers may want to ask the school how it supports students who are approaching proficiency in math, particularly in the upper elementary grades.
The district context matters here. Contoocook Valley faced a substantial budget gap driven by rising special education and health insurance costs, which led to the elimination of a number of positions for the current school year, including classroom teachers and specialist roles. The district has stated it will keep class sizes below a stated threshold at the elementary level. That staffing reduction is a lasting change families would weigh, especially in a small school where the loss of even one specialist can be felt across grade levels.
No program offerings, course access details, staffing ratios, discipline data, or attendance figures were available in the data provided, so those areas are left unnamed here rather than guessed. The school does not carry a charter or magnet designation, and no Title I status was reported.
Housing in Antrim sits below the state benchmark for typical home value but well above the national one, reflecting the broader New England market. County-level data shows active and pending listings have risen over the past year, and median listing prices have eased slightly, which may give families a somewhat wider selection than in recent seasons. Median days on market have shortened, and the market remains active. Mortgage rates hover in the mid-six range, and the estimated monthly mortgage on a typical area home is meaningful for a bedroom community where many residents commute to Peterborough or the Manchester-Nashua labor market area.
Antrim Elementary is a small, village-anchored school in a quiet, rural town with a close-knit civic core and a straightforward pathway into the ConVal district. Its recent state results are middling, with a relative soft spot in fourth-grade math, and the district's staffing cuts add a layer a family would want to understand before committing. For a parent drawn to a rural setting and a small peer group, it may fit, with the caveat that follow-up questions about math support and specialist availability are worth asking directly.
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