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Schools in New Castle

New Castle’s public schools

New Castle School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for New Castle. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/1schools above New Hampshire’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 90% of students in New Hampshire’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2020’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
90%
2021–22
Math proficiency
90%
2021–22
Spent per student
$47.8K
▲ 105% vs NH $23.3K
FY2024
Students per teacher
9.2
NH 11.2 · smaller classes
Schools in town
1
33 students on the public path
In brief

New Castle’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of New Castle’s 1 district schools with test results score above the middle of New Hampshire’s 439 public schools. Maude H. Trefethen School places highest (better than 100%); Maude H. Trefethen School lowest (100%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2020; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in New Castle, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–6Maude H. Trefethen SchoolNew Castle School DistrictA+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the New Castle School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

New Castle School DistrictGrades K–6 · 1 schools · 33 students, down 8% since 2020–21 · 9.2 per teacher (NH 11.2)
$47,815NH $23,296 · FY2024
Test scores · 2021–22

How students score

Reading90%
State average 50.8% · 16 students tested · the state reports 80–100%
Math90%
State average 40.5% · 16 students tested · the state reports 80–100%

New Castle vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the New Hampshire towns that share New Castle’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
New Castle—New Castle
PortsmouthAPortsmouth
RyeA+Rye

Kittery, ME borders New Castle but is graded on its own state’s tests, so it’s left out.

Every school in New Castle

1 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with New Hampshire’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

District schools in New Castleby address
Maude H. Trefethen School
Elementary · Grades K–6
A+
33 students9:1Rate it →

Questions about New Castle’s schools

Are New Castle’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for New Castle. New Castle School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for New Castle. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 1 district schools with test results score above the middle of New Hampshire’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is New Castle in?

New Castle School District.

Where do New Castle kids go to high school?

Maude H. Trefethen School.

Parents talk

What New Castle families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2020) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.