The top reported proficiency rate is 77% in English language arts. The lowest is 55% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Hollis Upper Elementary School
Hollis Upper Elementary School serves grades four through six in the Hollis School District, a small public district in southern New Hampshire. The school sits off South Merrimack Road, south of Hollis's historic town center, on a campus shared with the primary school. The setting is rural-suburban: Hollis retains working orchards and farms, large-lot residential subdivisions, and a modest civic core around Monument Square, but it has little commercial or industrial base. Most families here commute to Nashua, Manchester, or across the Massachusetts line for work, and the town is entirely car-dependent with no public transit.
The student body is small for its grade band, with roughly equal numbers across the three grades. The population is predominantly white, with small representation from Asian, multiracial, and other groups. Economic disadvantage is very low, with only a handful of students qualifying for free or reduced-price meals. The school does not report data on English learners or students with individualized education programs, so those figures are unavailable. A parent wanting to understand special-population services would need to ask the school directly.
Academic results from the most recent New Hampshire Statewide Assessment System are generally strong, with one clear soft spot. In English language arts, proficiency is solid and rises steadily from fourth through sixth grade, with most students performing at or above proficiency by the upper grade. Math follows a different pattern: fourth-grade proficiency is strong, sixth-grade proficiency is even stronger, but fifth-grade math proficiency dips to about half the tested class. This is the weakest result in the school's data and stands out against an otherwise upward trajectory across grades. Fifth-grade science, the only science grade tested at this school, also falls below the proficiency levels seen in ELA and math. Participation is high across all grades and subjects. No multi-year trend data was available, so it is unclear whether the fifth-grade math dip is a one-year variation or a recurring pattern. A parent may want to look into this further with the school, particularly if their child is entering fifth grade.
Because the school serves only grades four through six, there is no graduation rate to report. No data on discipline, course access, staffing, or attendance was available. Title I status was not reported.
Hollis is an affluent community, and the housing market reflects that. Typical home values in the school's zip code sit well above both the New Hampshire and national benchmarks. The broader Hillsborough County market has seen a recent increase in active and pending listings, and homes in the area tend to sell within a few weeks of listing. Mortgage rates and price-to-income ratios suggest that buying into this district requires a substantial income, and the affordability gap between local prices and national norms is wide. Rent data was not available for the immediate area.
The district is small enough that facility decisions show up directly on the local ballot. A 2026 warrant article proposes a bond to fund design, demolition, construction, and equipping of renovations and additions to Hollis Primary School, which serves kindergarten through third grade and feeds into this school. That project, if approved, would affect local property taxes and could shape the pipeline of students arriving at the upper elementary in coming years. The district brief did not include comparable capital plans for Hollis Upper Elementary itself.
The town's growth has been steady over decades, mostly as residential subdivisions on former farmland, and the 2021 Master Plan and Capital Improvement Plan indicate ongoing attention to how that growth plays out. Civic life centers on Monument Square, the Hollis Social Library, Silver Lake State Park, and seasonal events like Old Home Days and the Apple Festival. Schools sit apart from this civic core on their own grounds, typical of suburban and rural school planning in the region.
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