The top reported proficiency rate is 74% in Math. The lowest is 69% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Moharimet School
Moharimet School sits on Lee Road in Madbury, New Hampshire, serving children from kindergarten through fourth grade as one of two elementary schools in the Oyster River Cooperative School District. The district pulls together families from Madbury, Durham, and Lee, with the middle school and high school located over in Durham. Madbury itself is a small, rural, residential town with no traditional downtown or commercial main street. The built environment is mostly single-family homes on larger lots, spread across a low-density landscape. Many residents commute to Durham, Dover, Portsmouth, and other Seacoast employment centers, and a sizable share of University of New Hampshire faculty live in town because of the short distance to campus. There is no public transit, so daily life runs on automobiles. Civic anchors include the Madbury Public Library, Town Hall, and the annual Madbury Day celebration. Natural features like the Bellamy Reservoir, the Bellamy River, and Barbadoes Pond shape the feel of the place. The town's population has been declining slightly in recent years, though housing policy is actively evolving, with the Planning Board pursuing accessory dwelling unit reforms, workforce housing ordinances, and potential multi-family allowances in the commercial district.
The school itself is a modest-sized elementary building, and the student body is predominantly white, with small representation from Asian, Hispanic, multiracial, and other backgrounds. A very small fraction of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which places Moharimet among the lower-poverty schools in the region. The district looked for individualized education program and English learner data but those figures were not available in the provided records, so a parent wanting to understand special education or language support services would want to ask the school directly.
On state assessments, Moharimet shows strong results. In both third and fourth grade, the majority of students reached proficiency in math and English language arts on the most recent New Hampshire Statewide Assessment System. Participation was near-complete across all tested grades and subjects. These are solid proficiency rates that sit well above what many elementary schools post. The one gap in current testing data is science: the only science result available comes from an older assessment under a different testing framework, so it is not directly comparable to the current math and ELA figures. Kindergarten, first, and second grade have no state testing results, which is expected because New Hampshire begins statewide assessment in third grade.
Because Moharimet is an elementary school serving only the early grades, there is no graduation rate, no AP or dual-credit coursework, and no career pathway data to report. Those metrics belong to the secondary schools in the district. The data provided did not include program offerings, staffing levels, discipline data, attendance figures, or course access details, so we cannot speak to enrichment programs, class sizes, or school climate from the available information. A family considering this school would want to ask about those areas directly.
The housing market in Madbury is expensive relative to both state and national benchmarks. Typical home values run well above the New Hampshire state level and far above the national figure, and the price-to-income ratio is high. Estimated monthly mortgage costs exceed what renting would cost by a meaningful margin, which means families who are not already homeowners may find entry into the area financially demanding. Rent data specifically was not available, so the rental picture is incomplete, but the broader affordability context suggests a community where owning a home requires substantial income.
What Moharimet offers is a small, early-grades public school in a quiet, rural, residential setting, with strong academic proficiency and a student body that comes from relatively advantaged backgrounds. The trade-offs are the high cost of housing in the area and the limited walkability and commercial amenities in Madbury itself, though the connection to Durham and the broader Seacoast gives residents access to more services and employment nearby.
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