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New Hampshire Grade 3 ELA: what your child's NH SAS score means

On New Hampshire's NH SAS, Grade 3 English Language Arts (ELA) is reported on a scale from 420 to 750, and each score falls into one of 4 performance levels. Reaching Proficient (at 587 or above) is the state's grade-level, on-track benchmark.

Score ranges by performance level

LevelScore rangeWhat it means
Below Proficient420–556The lowest level, well below grade-level expectations
Approaching Proficient557–586Approaching grade-level expectations
Proficient587–615Meeting grade-level expectations (the state proficiency line)
Above Proficient616–750The highest level, above grade-level expectations

How New Hampshire students scored (2023)

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Statewide in 2023, about 46% of Grade 3 students reached Proficient or Above Proficient in ELA. The bar above shows the share at each level (left = lowest).

Is a particular score good?

A score's meaning depends on where it lands in the ranges above, and on how it compares to other students. Our free tool turns a score into an estimated percentile versus the child's school, district and the whole state, so you can see exactly where a score stands, not just its level.

Look up your child's exact percentile →

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State Test Scores is an independent tool, not affiliated with or endorsed by any state education department or agency. Percentiles are statistical estimates from public performance-level data (New Hampshire Department of Education (NH SAS)), not official rankings.
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