Bow School District
A public school district in Bow, New Hampshire, with 4 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 1,690
- Students enrolled
- 114.6
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 273.5
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $18,784
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 1,690 in 2024–25
- Ranks 5,181st of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 25th of 197 in New Hampshire. Larger than 70% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $18,784 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 68% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Bow School District spent $18,784 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $9,646 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards
The figures behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $18,784 | $31.3 million | 1,665 |
| FY2022 | $17,967 | $30.4 million | 1,692 |
| FY2021 | $16,977 | $28.5 million | 1,677 |
| FY2020 | $16,674 | $28.1 million | 1,687 |
| FY2019 | $16,321 | $27.6 million | 1,689 |
| FY2018 | $15,960 | $26.8 million | 1,678 |
| FY2017 | $18,254 | $26.0 million | 1,426 |
| FY2016 | $18,436 | $25.4 million | 1,376 |
| FY2015 | $18,322 | $24.8 million | 1,352 |
| FY2014 | $17,330 | $23.8 million | 1,374 |
| FY2013 | $16,700 | $23.6 million | 1,411 |
| FY2012 | $16,048 | $23.2 million | 1,445 |
| FY2011 | $15,155 | $23.0 million | 1,519 |
| FY2010 | $13,815 | $22.1 million | 1,599 |
| FY2009 | $13,076 | $21.8 million | 1,666 |
| FY2008 | $13,035 | $22.2 million | 1,701 |
| FY2007 | $11,532 | $20.4 million | 1,769 |
| FY2006 | $10,367 | $18.6 million | 1,792 |
| FY2005 | $9,646 | $17.3 million | 1,798 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $1.1 million | 3.3% |
| State | $7.2 million | 21.6% |
| Local | $24.9 million | 75.1% |
| Total | $33.2 million |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
4 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Bow Elementary School | 542 |
| Bow High School | 622 |
| Bow Memorial School | 524 |
| Bow Preschool | 0 |
The district’s entry
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
- Charter status
- Not a charter district
- Grades
- Pre-kindergarten to Grade 13
- NCES district ID
- 3301950
Elsewhere
- Public schools in New Hampshire — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in New Hampshire — A to Z, each with its page.
- New Hampshire on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2023
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2023.
Data retrieved