Regular local school district · Rockingham County
Salem School District, NH: schools, enrollment and spending
Salem School District runs 8 public schools with 3,560 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.4 students per teacher is 1.1 higher than the New Hampshire figure of 11.3.
At a glance
- Schools
- 8
- Students
- 3,560
- Teachers (FTE)
- 286
- Students per teacher
- 12.4
- NH: 11.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 38 Geremonty Dr., Salem, NH 03079
- Phone
- (603)893-7040
- County
- Rockingham County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3306060
- State district ID
- NH-473
- Total staff (FTE)
- 651
- School counselors (FTE)
- 15.0About 237 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 12.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.4
New Hampshire11.3
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (3,519), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $78.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $5.7 million
- State revenue
- $16.6 million
- Local revenue
- $55.9 million
- Total spending
- $73.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $20,823
- Salaries
- $37.4 million51.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $74.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 7.3%
- State: 21.2%
- Local: 71.5%
New Hampshire overall
- Federal: 6.9%
- State: 30.0%
- Local: 63.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$20,823
New Hampshire$21,936
United States$16,826
Schools in Salem School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 5 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Dr. L. F. Soule School | Elementary | K to 5 | 270 | 11.7 |
| Mary A. Fisk Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 272 | 11.8 |
| North Salem Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 353 | 14.1 |
| Salem High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,116 | 11.3 |
| Salem Preschool | Prekindergarten | PK | 113 | 22.6 |
| William E. Lancaster School | Elementary | K to 5 | 294 | 13.4 |
| William T. Barron Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 377 | 14.0 |
| Woodbury School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 762 | 12.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Rockingham County
- Londonderry School District 3,962 students
- Timberlane Regional School District 3,227 students
- Derry Cooperative School District 3,015 students
- Pinkerton Academy School District 2,990 students
- Windham School District 2,901 students
- Portsmouth School District 2,436 students
- Exeter Region Cooperative School District 2,302 students
- Sanborn Regional School District 1,215 students
- Raymond School District 1,125 students
- Winnacunnet Cooperative School District 1,000 students
- Newmarket School District 978 students
- Hampton School District 899 students
- Epping School District 878 students
- Hampstead School District 830 students
- Exeter School District 807 students
More in New Hampshire
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.