The top reported proficiency rate is 60% in English language arts. The lowest is 38% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Sharon Elementary School
Sharon Elementary School sits along the White River in a small Windsor County town where farming and lumbering traditions still shape the landscape. The school serves prekindergarten through sixth grade, drawing from a predominantly white, rural community where nearly half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Interstate 89 runs through Sharon, giving families easy access to the Upper Valley and the Lebanon-Hanover area, but the town itself remains low-density, with homes spread along ridge lines and rural roads rather than clustered in a walkable center. The village has a general store, post office, and Baxter Memorial Library, and civic life centers on the annual town meeting each March. Housing in the county sits at a moderate price tier, with the typical home value in Sharon's zip code running somewhat below the state and national benchmarks, though county-wide listing prices are higher and the market has seen modest year-over-year growth in both listings and prices.
State assessment results from the most recent year paint a mixed academic picture. English language arts is the school's stronger subject, with most grades showing roughly half to a substantial majority of students meeting proficiency, and the oldest grade standing out with particularly strong results. Math results are more uneven, with the middle elementary grades showing weaker proficiency and the sixth grade reaching a notably higher level. Science proficiency in the one tested grade was solid. These are small grade-level cohorts, so year-to-year results can move substantially with just a few students, and no multi-year trend data was available to show whether these patterns are stable or shifting. Participation rates were not reported, which limits what the proficiency figures can confirm about full-grade engagement. A parent weighing these results may want to ask the school how it supports math instruction in the earlier elementary grades and what explains the jump in proficiency by sixth grade.
The school does not serve high school grades, so there is no graduation rate to report, and that is expected for a prekindergarten-through-six building. Chronic absenteeism data was not available, and discipline, staffing, and course-access information was not reported in the data provided. Special population figures for individualized education programs and English learners were also missing. These gaps mean the portrait of student support and school climate is incomplete, and a family would want to ask the school directly about those areas.
Sharon School District operates a school choice model for grades seven through twelve, which is a defining structural feature for families thinking beyond elementary school. Rather than feeding into a single middle or high school, students can select from area schools, including independent options like The Sharon Academy, a local independent middle and high school that is a familiar institution in town. This gives families flexibility at the secondary level but also means the transition out of Sharon Elementary involves an active choice process rather than a default pathway.
The comparison set for Sharon among Windsor County districts was limited, and the proficiency index could not be positioned against neighbors because the cohort was too small to compute a reliable comparison. No county-level proficiency ranking, graduation comparison, or absenteeism comparison was available for this school. What the available data does show is a small community school serving a rural town with moderate housing costs, solid English and science results, uneven math performance in the elementary grades, and a school choice model waiting at the doorstep for middle and high school. Families drawn to a small, rural setting with direct access to the Upper Valley's employment and cultural amenities will find Sharon Elementary as the local entry point, with meaningful decisions ahead at the secondary level.
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