ScholaVia dashboard provides current statewide and community-level data on participation, income qualification, special needs and the waitlist
CONCORD, N.H. – Children’s Scholarship Fund New Hampshire (CSF) has launched a new public dashboard through its ScholaVia application portal, giving families, policymakers, and the public access to live data on New Hampshire’s Education Freedom Account (EFA) program.
The dashboard provides a current, transparent view of the program as participation changes throughout the school year, bringing key statewide information together in one place while allowing users to drill down to individual New Hampshire cities and towns.
Users can see the number of students who applied and were determined eligible for the EFA program, students currently on the waitlist, statutory priority group categories, income qualification, students with special needs, and participation by community. They can also select individual cities and towns to see how EFA participation, income qualification, special needs and waitlist numbers look in their own communities.
Because the dashboard reflects live ScholaVia program data, the public can see those numbers change as families enroll and applications are processed rather than relying solely on periodic snapshots of the program.
“The data tells an important story. Education freedom has expanded, and families in need are the heart of the EFA program. This dashboard gives the public the ability to see that for themselves, while also seeing where need exists and how the program is reaching communities across New Hampshire,” said Kate Baker Demers, Executive Director of Children’s Scholarship Fund.
Current dashboard data shows that the program has reached its 12,500-student enrollment cap for the 2026-2027 school year, with nearly 1,000 additional eligible students currently on the waitlist. After enrollment reached the previous statutory cap of 10,000 students, capacity increased to 12,500 for the 2026-2027 school year. Those 2,500 additional spaces have already been filled. Students in statutory priority groups, including returning EFA students, siblings, students with disabilities and students from households at or below 350% of the federal poverty level, are exempt from the enrollment cap and may still enroll.
The live data also shows that more than 75% of EFA students qualified under the income limits, providing new context on who is participating in the program even after eligibility expanded.
Taken together, the dashboard gives the public current picture of a growing statewide program: thousands of New Hampshire families are choosing education freedom, and need continues beyond the program’s enrollment cap.
Building on a commitment to transparency and accountability
The ScholaVia dashboard builds on CSF’s longstanding commitment to transparency, accountability and responsible stewardship of EFA grants by making current EFA participation data more accessible to families, policymakers and the public.
CSF undergoes annual independent audits and publicly discloses its Form 990s, audited financial statements, and EFA expenditure reports. Its latest independent audit resulted in a clean, unqualified opinion. CSF also maintains a Four-Star Charity Navigator rating, while New Hampshire’s EFA program has been recognized by EdChoice for Most Effective Implementation three years running.
The new dashboard adds another layer of public visibility by allowing users to explore current program data directly, including information at the community level.
A live, community-by-community look at EFA participation
Users can explore individual New Hampshire cities and towns, with community-level data on eligible students, priority status, income qualification, special needs and the waitlist.
For example, dashboard data as of August 18 for Manchester shows 1,395 eligible students, including 1,145, or 82.1%, who qualified under the income limits; 169 students with special needs; and 80 eligible students currently on the waitlist. In Laconia, the dashboard shows 141 eligible students, including 125, or 84.4%, who qualified under the income limits; 20 students with special needs; and 6 eligible students currently on the waitlist. Of the city’s 141 eligible students, 125 qualify for statutory priority status.
From Manchester to Laconia and communities across the state, the dashboard allows users to see how participation and student needs vary locally while providing the same categories of current program data. Because the dashboard reflects live program data, these figures will change as families continue to enroll and applications are processed.
The ability to examine individual communities gives policymakers, and residents a way to move beyond statewide totals and see how the program is being used where they live.
Live data provides context on universal eligibility
The dashboard also provides important context on universal eligibility. Current data show that more than 75% of EFA students qualified under the income limits, showing that economically challenged families remain the overwhelming majority even after eligibility expanded.
More families can now participate, but the data does not support the mischaracterization that universal eligibility has transformed EFAs into a fundamentally different program serving a fundamentally different population. Universal eligibility expanded access to education freedom without leaving behind the economically challenged families the program has always served.
“There is no single ‘typical’ EFA student,” Baker Demers said. “Behind every number on this dashboard is a New Hampshire student and a family making decisions about that child’s education. Giving the public greater visibility into the program helps ensure that conversations about EFAs are grounded in the families we serve and the data we see every day.”
More than a new application system
ScholaVia was introduced this year as CSF’s new scholarship management platform, providing families with a centralized system for applying, submitting documentation, tracking application status and managing their participation in the EFA program.
The public dashboard extends ScholaVia beyond the application process by making current program participation information readily available. As debate over Education Freedom Accounts continues, families, policymakers, and the public now have a live source for seeing who the program serves, where need exists and how education freedom is being used across New Hampshire.
Explore the live ScholaVia dashboard: https://nhefa.scholarshipfund.org/
