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Bow Memorial School

Serves grades 5 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
20 Bow Center Rd.
Bow, NH 03304
Phone
(603) 225-3212
District
Bow School District
County
MERRIMACK COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
530
Classroom Teachers
41

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Hampshire

8

(10 is best)

Better than 77.4% of all NH schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Bow Memorial School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 5

80 60 40 20 0
64%
47%
73%
55%
55%
39%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 6

80 60 40 20 0
68%
45%
76%
51%
60%
39%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
53%
46%
60%
53%
46%
39%
53%
46%
60%
53%
46%
39%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
56%
41%
58%
47%
54%
35%
56%
41%
58%
47%
54%
35%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
13
13
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 5 111 20.9%
Grade 6 104 19.6%
Grade 7 169 31.9%
Grade 8 146 27.5%
Total 530 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 95.3% Unreported 86.0%
Black 0.4% Unreported 2.3%
Hispanic 3.3% Unreported 8.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.0% Unreported 3.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% Unreported 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 5.3% 5.5% 23.7%
Free lunch eligible 4.9% 4.9% 19.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.4% 0.6% 4.1%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 8,295 1,402,054
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 294.5 157
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 7.9% 4.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.9% 16.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 27.8% 31.0%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.6% 28.4%
65 OR OLDER 16.8% 19.5%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 2,853 551,186
Single Parent Households With Children 3.5% 6.3%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 98.4% 94.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 61.3% 39.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 57.6% 27.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 14.9% 20.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 9.8% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 7.6% 14.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 4.0% 11.2%
$15,000 - $29,999 3.6% 7.8%
$15,000 or less 2.6% 5.5%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,160 $20,320,000 61.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,552 $2,594,000 7.8%
Staff $654 $1,092,000 3.3%
General Administration $536 $896,000 2.7%
School Administration $901 $1,505,000 4.5%
Operation $1,490 $2,490,000 7.5%
Transportation $588 $982,000 2.9%
Other $0 $0 0.0%
Total Support $5,721 $9,559,000 28.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,056 $3,436,000 10.3%
Total Expenditures $19,937 $33,315,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $13,279 $2,211,847,000 56.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,668 $277,745,000 7.1%
Staff $660 $109,915,000 2.8%
General Administration $717 $119,487,000 3.1%
School Administration $1,131 $188,323,000 4.8%
Operation $1,667 $277,666,000 7.1%
Transportation $939 $156,455,000 4.0%
Other $304 $50,608,000 1.3%
Total Support $7,086 $1,180,199,000 30.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,004 $500,275,000 12.9%
Total Expenditures $23,369 $3,892,321,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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