St. Patrick Academy
315 Banfield Rd, Portsmouth, NH 03801Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- On the school’s website
- Grades
- PreK-8
- Students (K-12)
- 216
- Students per teacher
- 13.5
- Affiliation
- Roman Catholic
- From Dover center
- 11.0 miles
Can you use EFA here?
New Hampshire publishes no school list
- About the list
- How the EFA list works
- Applying
- Applications stay open through the program administrator, but new applicants without priority go to the waitlist.
Source: EFA official source.
What you would pay here
- Net cost
- Not worked out: no verified 2026-27 tuition yet. See the school’s tuition page
School facts
- Teachers
- 19
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Diocese
- Diocese of Manchester, NH
- Boys and girls
- 51% boys, 49% girls
- Setting
- Suburb
- School facts, kindergarten to grade 12: U.S. Department of Education, NCES Private School Survey 2023-24, read September 20, 2026.
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Students and school year
Enrollment over time
- 2019-20 to 2023-24
- 153 to 216, up 63 (41%)
- Path
- Grew in each survey (191 in 2021-22)
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Grade 6 and grade 8 (35 each)
- Smallest grade
- Kindergarten (17)
- Across the grades
- Classes fill up toward the upper grades
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 168
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours 15 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,220
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Library or media center
- No
- Year, against New Hampshire
- 12 days shorter than the 180-day median of 123 schools we list
- School day, against New Hampshire
- 35 minutes longer than the median of 6 hours 40 minutes (125 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 13.5 here; median 8.3 at 37 NH elementary schools
- Size in Rockingham County
- Larger than 15 of 16 other schools we list
Student body, 2023-24
Shares of K-12 students by race and ethnicity, as NCES reports them.
- Grades, school year and student body: U.S. Department of Education, NCES Private School Survey 2023-24, read September 20, 2026.
- Earlier counts: NCES Private School Survey 2019-20 and 2021-22, read October 14, 2026.
- Comparisons: the private schools ChoiceFunded lists, as of this page’s last update.
St. Patrick Academy tuition, and what EFA pays
- Published tuition
- On the school’s own tuition page (found October 11, 2026)
- Nearby schools’ prices
- $8,220 to $56,077 a year, published by 3 private schools nearby. School by school
New Hampshire Education Freedom Accounts Education savings account
- Award
- About $4,800 on average for 2026-27, NHPR reported (August 14, 2026)
- How it varies
- The amount varies by student. Extra funding applies for special education, English learners and lower-income students. We could not confirm the exact 2026-27 figures.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 1, 2026. Sources and how to apply
What would you pay at St. Patrick Academy?
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Tuition at nearby private schools
| School | Published tuition | Year | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Thomas Aquinas High School | $20,566 | 2026-27 | 8.0 |
| Phillips Exeter Academy | $56,077 | 2026-27 | 9.3 |
| St. Mary Academy | $8,220 to $8,950 | 2026-27 | 11.1 |
Each figure was read on that school's own website. Ranges run from the lowest to the highest grade band.
Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Learning Skills Academy | 5-12 | 56 | 3 |
| Rye Country Day School | PreK-Transitional K | 6 | 3 |
| Acorn School | PreK-K | 18 | 5 |
| Squamscott River Academy | 7-12 | 20 | 6 |
| St. Thomas Aquinas High School | 9-12 | 354 | 8 |
| Heronfield Academy | 6-8 | 94 | 8 |
| Phillips Exeter Academy | 9-12 | 1,055 | 9 |
| St. Mary Academy | PreK-8 | 183 | 11 |
Private schools
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