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Rumney School District

Public school districtGrades K–8

Serves Rumney.

Rumney’s School Grade B+ better than 67% of New Hampshire school districts

Students
84
Schools
1
Spent per student
$37,128
NH $23,296
Students per teacher
6:1
Free or reduced lunch
40%
The gist

What stands out about Rumney School District

  • Its letter, C+: results better than 40% of New Hampshire districts
  • Reading proficiency 6 pts below the state
  • Spends 59% more per student than the NH average
  • 6 students per teacher
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

C+: better than 40% of the 172 New Hampshire school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math close to the state, 2021–22
C+
The town it serves, and its School Grade
B+Rumney 1,479

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Rumney. Grade by grade →

K–8Russell Elementary SchoolThis district
9–12Plymouth Regional High SchoolPemi-Baker Regional School District

Test scores vs. NH

2021–22
Math proficiency40–49%
State average 40.5% · 53 students tested
Reading / language arts40–49%
State average 50.8% · 53 students tested

95% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Graduation rate 98% at Pemi-Baker Regional School District, which runs the high school (state 88.1%) · class of 2023.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$37,128 per student · 59% above NH
Spending
Classroom instruction 57%Support & administration 39%Other 3%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 63%State 23%Federal 14%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
85’20
71’21
85’22
86’23
84’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Students
White 99%Two or more races 1%

Schools in the district

1 public school. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with New Hampshire’s other public schools.

Russell Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Rumney
B
84 students6:1

Nearby districts

Compare spending and schools next door.

Pemi-Baker Regional School DistrictCampton, Plymouth, Wentworth
$24,161per student
Campton School DistrictCampton
$27,947per student
Ellsworth School DistrictEllsworth
Mascoma Valley Regional School DistrictDorchester
$25,731per student

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within New Hampshire.