Best School Districts in New Hampshire

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Rank (of 163)	District	Grades	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	City	County	Rank score (2024)	Rank (2023)	Rank change from 2023
2^nd	Academy for Science and Design Charter School	5-12	0	1	1	Nashua	Hillsborough County	0.987	2
	Allenstown School District	K-8	1	1	0	Pembroke	Merrimack County			(n/a)
140^th	Alton School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Alton	Belknap County	0.217	146	6
34^th	Amherst School District	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	Amherst	Hillsborough County	0.824	35	1
119^th	Andover School District	K-8	1	0	0	Penacook	Merrimack County	0.349	124	5
41^st	Arts Academy of New Hampshire Chartered Public High School	9-12	0	0	1	Salem	Rockingham County	0.805	43	2
75^th	Ashland School District	K-8	1	0	0	Meredith	Belknap County	0.575	80	5
46^th	Auburn School District	K-8	1	0	0	Hooksett	Merrimack County	0.755	37	9
149^th	Barnstead School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Alton	Belknap County	0.166	150	1
77^th	Barrington School District	PK, KG-8	2	1	0	Barrington	Strafford County	0.562	72	5
129^th	Bartlett School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Conway	Carroll County	0.299	138	9
	Bath School District	K-6	1	0	0	North Haverhill	Grafton County			(n/a)
11^th	Bedford School District	PK, KG-13	3	2	1	Bedford	Hillsborough County	0.938	7	4
	Benjamin Franklin Academy Chartered Public School	6-12	0	1	1	Loudon	Merrimack County			(n/a)
152^nd	Berlin School District	PK, KG-13	1	1	1	Berlin	Coos County	0.124	147	5
20^th	Bethlehem School District	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	Littleton	Grafton County	0.902	36	16
31^st	Bow School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	Bow	Merrimack County	0.834	33	2
17^th	Brentwood School District	PK, KG-5	1	0	0	Exeter	Rockingham County	0.919	24	7
	Brookline School District	PK, KG-6	1	1	0	Hollis	Hillsborough County			(n/a)
68^th	Campton School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Plymouth	Grafton County	0.613	51	17
80^th	Candia School District	K-8	1	0	0	Hooksett	Merrimack County	0.556	48	32
104^th	Chester School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Chester	Rockingham County	0.433	120	16
61^st	Chesterfield School District	K-8	1	0	0	Keene	Cheshire County	0.648	59	2
62^nd	Chichester School District	K-8	1	0	0	Pembroke	Merrimack County	0.646	79	17
154^th	Claremont School District	PK, KG-13	4	1	1	Claremont	Sullivan County	0.104	148	6
	Coastal Waters Chartered Public School	K-12	1	0	1	Exeter	Rockingham County			(n/a)
23^rd	Coe-Brown Northwood Academy School District	9-12	0	0	1	Northwood	Rockingham County	0.874	9	14
123^rd	Colebrook School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	Colebrook	Coos County	0.333	144	21
162^nd	Compass Classical Academy Charter School	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	Northfield	Belknap County	0.021	161	1
106^th	Concord School District	PK, KG-13	5	1	1	Concord	Merrimack County	0.426	125	19
94^th	Contoocook Valley School District	PK, KG-13	8	2	1	Peterborough	Hillsborough County	0.488	91	3
	Conway School District	K-13	3	1	1	Conway	Carroll County			(n/a)
56^th	Cornish School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Cornish	Sullivan County	0.675	78	22
	Croydon School District	K-4	1	0	0	Croydon	Sullivan County			(n/a)
	CSI Charter School	9-12	0	0	1	Penacook	Merrimack County			(n/a)
58^th	Deerfield School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Pembroke	Merrimack County	0.663	57	1
125^th	Derry Cooperative School District	PK, KG-8	6	2	0	Derry	Rockingham County	0.31	107	18
84^th	Dover School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	Dover	Strafford County	0.532	74	10
3^rd	Dresden School District	6-12	0	1	1	Hanover	Grafton County	0.985	8	5
78^th	Dunbarton School District	K-6	1	0	0	Bow	Merrimack County	0.56	62	16
37^th	East Kingston School District	K-5	1	0	0	Exeter	Rockingham County	0.821	86	49
111^th	Epping School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	Epping	Rockingham County	0.402	100	11
132^nd	Epsom School District	K-8	1	0	0	Pembroke	Merrimack County	0.278	105	27
	Errol School District	K-8	1	0	0	Gorham	Coos County			(n/a)
35^th	Exeter Region Cooperative School District	6-12	0	1	1	Exeter	Rockingham County	0.821	39	4
30^th	Exeter School District	PK, KG-5	2	0	0	Exeter	Rockingham County	0.846	31	1
83^rd	Fall Mountain Regional School District	PK, KG-12	8	3	1	Langdon	Cheshire County	0.535	102	19
117^th	Farmington School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	Farmington	Strafford County	0.373	110	7
158^th	Franklin School District	PK, KG-13	1	1	1	Franklin	Merrimack County	0.067	159	1
	Freedom School District	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	Tamworth	Carroll County			(n/a)
72^nd	Fremont School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Fremont	Rockingham County	0.592	95	23
127^th	Gate City Charter School For the Arts	K-8	1	0	0	Merrimack	Hillsborough County	0.305	119	8
27^th	Gathering Waters Charter School	K-12	1	0	1	Keene	Cheshire County	0.862	123	96
67^th	Gilford School District	K-12	1	1	1	Gilford	Belknap County	0.619	55	12
50^th	Gilmanton School District	K-8	1	0	0	Gilmanton	Belknap County	0.706	41	9
88^th	Goffstown School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	Goffstown	Hillsborough County	0.527	65	23
100^th	Gorham Randolph Shelburne Cooperative School District	K-12	1	1	1	Gorham	Coos County	0.458	89	11
82^nd	Governor Wentworth Regional School District	PK, KG-12	5	2	1	Wolfeboro Falls	Carroll County	0.548	81	1
5^th	Grantham School District	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	Grantham	Sullivan County	0.974	3	2
153^rd	Great Bay Charter School	5-12	0	1	1	Exeter	Rockingham County	0.115	157	4
15^th	Greenland School District	K-8	1	0	0	Greenland	Rockingham County	0.926	26	11
51^st	Hampstead School District	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	Hampstead	Rockingham County	0.704	38	13
18^th	Hampton Falls School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Hampton	Rockingham County	0.914	14	4
24^th	Hampton School District	PK, KG-8	2	1	0	Hampton	Rockingham County	0.87	27	3
1^st	Hanover School District	K-5	1	0	0	Hanover	Grafton County	0.987	1
	Harrisville School District	K-6	1	0	0	Keene	Cheshire County			(n/a)
134^th	Haverhill Cooperative School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	North Haverhill	Grafton County	0.251	127	7
69^th	Heartwood Public Charter School	K-8	1	0	0	Jefferson	Coos County	0.607		(n/a)
137^th	Henniker School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Henniker	Merrimack County	0.232	97	40
	Hill School District	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	Hill	Merrimack County			(n/a)
120^th	Hillsboro-Deering Cooperative School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	Hillsborough	Hillsborough County	0.349	133	13
148^th	Hinsdale School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	Hinsdale	Cheshire County	0.169	151	3
38^th	Holderness School District	K-8	1	0	0	Plymouth	Grafton County	0.818	32	6
	Hollis School District	PK, KG-6	1	1	0	Hollis	Hillsborough County			(n/a)
19^th	Hollis-Brookline Cooperative School District	7-12	0	1	1	Hollis	Hillsborough County	0.91	20	1
32^nd	Hooksett School District	PK, KG-8	2	1	0	Hooksett	Merrimack County	0.829	30	2
26^th	Hopkinton School District	PK, KG-12	1	2	1	Contoocook	Merrimack County	0.863	21	5
92^nd	Hudson School District	PK, KG-13	5	1	1	Hudson	Hillsborough County	0.51	77	15
65^th	Inter-Lakes Cooperative School District	PK, KG-13	2	1	1	Meredith	Belknap County	0.64	87	22
	Jackson School District	K-6	1	0	0	Conway	Carroll County			(n/a)
131^st	Jaffrey-Rindge Cooperative School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	Jaffrey	Cheshire County	0.28	118	13
111^th	John Stark Regional School District	9-12	0	0	1	Henniker	Merrimack County	0.402	129	18
66^th	Kearsarge Regional School District	PK, KG-13	6	1	1	New London	Merrimack County	0.637	67	1
109^th	Keene School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	Keene	Cheshire County	0.407	116	7
39^th	Kensington School District	PK, KG-5	1	0	0	Exeter	Rockingham County	0.808	34	5
	Kreiva Academy Public Charter School	6-12	0	1	1	Manchester	Hillsborough County			(n/a)
130^th	Laconia School District	PK, KG-13	3	1	1	Laconia	Belknap County	0.289	139	9
4^th	Lafayette Regional School District	K-6	1	0	0	Littleton	Grafton County	0.979	5	1
	Landaff School District	PK, KG-4	1	0	0	Littleton	Grafton County			(n/a)
	LEAF Charter School	9-12	0	0	1	Alstead	Cheshire County			(n/a)
43^rd	Lebanon School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	West Lebanon	Grafton County	0.788	47	4
	Ledyard Charter School	9-13	0	0	1	Lebanon	Grafton County			(n/a)
97^th	Lempster School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Lempster	Sullivan County	0.478	71	26
99^th	Lincoln-Woodstock Cooperative School District	K-12	1	1	1	Lincoln	Grafton County	0.468	54	45
95^th	Lionheart Classical Academy Chartered Public School	K-6	1	0	0	Peterborough	Hillsborough County	0.487	70	25
108^th	Lisbon Regional School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	Littleton	Grafton County	0.421	88	20
70^th	Litchfield School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	Litchfield	Hillsborough County	0.602	84	14
124^th	Littleton School District	K-12	1	1	1	Littleton	Grafton County	0.323	101	23
76^th	Londonderry School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	Londonderry	Rockingham County	0.563	73	3
10^th	Lyme School District	K-8	1	0	0	Lyme	Grafton County	0.944	23	13
121^st	Madison School District	K-6	1	0	0	Tamworth	Carroll County	0.346	98	23
	Making Community Connections Charter School	9-12	0	0	1	Keene	Cheshire County			(n/a)
157^th	Manchester School District	PK, KG-12	13	4	4	Manchester	Hillsborough County	0.1	153	4
122^nd	Marlborough School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Keene	Cheshire County	0.339	128	6
	Marlow School District	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	Keene	Cheshire County			(n/a)
102^nd	Mascenic Regional School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	Greenville	Hillsborough County	0.449	94	8
81^st	Mascoma Valley Regional School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	Enfield	Grafton County	0.553	111	30
8^th	Mason School District	PK, KG-5	1	0	0	Mason	Hillsborough County	0.962	10	2
53^rd	Merrimack School District	PK, KG-12	3	2	1	Merrimack	Hillsborough County	0.7	76	23
113^th	Merrimack Valley School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	Penacook	Merrimack County	0.402	121	8
96^th	MicroSociety Academy Charter School Foundation	K-8	1	0	0	Nashua	Hillsborough County	0.486	108	12
145^th	Middleton School District	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	Wolfeboro Falls	Carroll County	0.188	126	19
141^st	Milan School District	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	Gorham	Coos County	0.209	99	42
98^th	Milford School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	Milford	Hillsborough County	0.475	92	6
89^th	Mill Falls Charter School	K-6	1	0	0	Manchester	Hillsborough County	0.526	53	36
136^th	Milton School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	Milton	Strafford County	0.237	155	19
144^th	Monadnock Regional School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	Swanzey	Cheshire County	0.189	140	4
110^th	Monroe School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Monroe	Grafton County	0.405		(n/a)
9^th	Mont Vernon School District	K-6	1	0	0	Amherst	Hillsborough County	0.953	16	7
63^rd	Moultonborough School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	Moultonborough	Carroll County	0.646	60	3
90^th	Mountain Village Charter School	1-8	1	0	0	Plymouth	Grafton County	0.524	61	29
114^th	Nashua School District	PK, KG-12	15	3	3	Nashua	Hillsborough County	0.389	117	3
147^th	Nelson School District	K-5	1	0	0	Keene	Cheshire County	0.184		(n/a)
22^nd	New Boston School District	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	Goffstown	Hillsborough County	0.885	18	4
	New Castle School District	K-6	1	0	0	Greenland	Rockingham County			(n/a)
21^st	Newfields School District	K-5	1	0	0	Exeter	Rockingham County	0.897	49	28
64^th	Newfound Area School District	PK, KG-13	4	1	1	Bristol	Grafton County	0.645	64
	Newington School District	K-6	1	0	0	Greenland	Rockingham County			(n/a)
60^th	Newmarket School District	PK, KG-13	1	1	1	Newmarket	Rockingham County	0.656	56	4
163^rd	Newport School District	PK, KG-13	1	2	2	Newport	Sullivan County	0.015	160	3
146^th	Next Charter School	9-12	0	0	1	Derry	Rockingham County	0.184	136	10
	North Country Charter Academy	7-12	0	1	1	Littleton	Grafton County			(n/a)
25^th	North Hampton School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Hampton	Rockingham County	0.867	11	14
155^th	Northeast Woodland Chartered Public School	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Conway	Carroll County	0.103	152	3
142^nd	Northumberland School District	K-12	1	1	1	Groveton	Coos County	0.207	142
59^th	Northwood School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Northwood	Rockingham County	0.657	44	15
33^rd	Nottingham School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Nottingham	Rockingham County	0.829	22	11
14^th	Oyster River Coop School District	PK, KG-13	3	1	1	Durham	Strafford County	0.935	12	2
116^th	Pelham School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	Pelham	Hillsborough County	0.377	96	20
101^st	Pembroke School District	K-12	1	1	1	Pembroke	Merrimack County	0.452	106	5
49^th	Pemi-baker Regional School District	9-13	0	0	1	Plymouth	Grafton County	0.724	52	3
	Piermont School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	North Haverhill	Grafton County			(n/a)
107^th	Pinkerton Academy School District	9-13	0	0	1	Derry	Rockingham County	0.425	63	44
	Pittsburg School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	Colebrook	Coos County			(n/a)
143^rd	Pittsfield School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	Pittsfield	Merrimack County	0.203	131	12
47^th	Plainfield School District	K-8	1	0	0	Meriden	Sullivan County	0.755	46	1
54^th	Plymouth School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Plymouth	Grafton County	0.697	58	4
115^th	Polaris Charter School	K-5	1	0	0	Manchester	Hillsborough County	0.38	83	32
12^th	Portsmouth School District	PK, KG-13	4	1	1	Portsmouth	Rockingham County	0.937	19	7
29^th	Profile School District	7-13	0	1	1	Littleton	Grafton County	0.854	45	16
103^rd	Prospect Mountain JMA School District	9-13	0	0	1	Alton	Belknap County	0.437	82	21
85^th	Raymond School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	Raymond	Rockingham County	0.532	93	8
	River View Chartered Public School	9-12	0	0	1	Claremont	Sullivan County			(n/a)
	Robert Frost Charter School	K-12	1	0	1	Conway	Carroll County			(n/a)
139^th	Rochester School District	PK, KG-12	7	1	2	Rochester	Strafford County	0.22	141	2
71^st	Rollinsford School District	K-6	1	0	0	Somersworth	Strafford County	0.598	135	64
	Rumney School District	K-8	1	0	0	Plymouth	Grafton County			(n/a)
7^th	Rye School District	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	Greenland	Rockingham County	0.965	15	8
73^rd	Salem School District	PK, KG-12	6	1	1	Salem	Rockingham County	0.59	69	4
118^th	Sanborn Regional School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	Kingston	Rockingham County	0.371	122	4
133^rd	Seabrook School District	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	Hampton	Rockingham County	0.268	149	16
79^th	Seacoast Charter School	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Dover	Strafford County	0.559	85	6
57^th	Shaker Regional School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	Belmont	Belknap County	0.666	90	33
150^th	Somersworth School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	Somersworth	Strafford County	0.156	145	5
45^th	Souhegan Cooperative School District	9-12	0	0	1	Amherst	Hillsborough County	0.782	17	28
6^th	South Hampton School District	K-8	1	0	0	Hampton	Rockingham County	0.97	4	2
52^nd	Spark Academy of Advanced Technologies	9-12	0	0	1	Manchester	Hillsborough County	0.701	134	82
	Stark School District	K-6	1	0	0	Groveton	Coos County			(n/a)
	Stewartstown School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Colebrook	Coos County			(n/a)
74^th	Stoddard School District	K-5	1	0	0	Henniker	Merrimack County	0.577	103	29
91^st	Strafford School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Strafford	Strafford County	0.518	104	13
	Stratford School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Groveton	Coos County			(n/a)
44^th	Stratham School District	PK, KG-5	1	0	0	Exeter	Rockingham County	0.786	29	15
126^th	Strong Foundations Charter School	K-8	1	0	0	Pembroke	Merrimack County	0.308	143	17
42^nd	Sunapee School District	K-13	1	1	1	Sunapee	Sullivan County	0.793	25	17
28^th	Surry Village Charter School	K-8	1	0	0	Surry	Cheshire County	0.855	66	38
151^st	Tamworth School District	K-8	1	0	0	Tamworth	Carroll County	0.13	112	39
48^th	The Birches Academy of Academics & Art A Public Charter Sch	K-8	1	0	0	Salem	Rockingham County	0.734	40	8
86^th	The Founders Academy Charter School	5-12	0	1	1	Manchester	Hillsborough County	0.531	75	11
36^th	Thornton School District	K-8	1	0	0	Plymouth	Grafton County	0.821	28	8
87^th	Timberlane Regional School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	Plaistow	Rockingham County	0.528	68	19
159^th	Unity School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Claremont	Sullivan County	0.064		(n/a)
16^th	Virtual Learning Academy Charter School	K-12	1	0	1	Exeter	Rockingham County	0.923	6	10
160^th	Wakefield School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Sanbornville	Carroll County	0.054	156	4
	Warren School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	North Haverhill	Grafton County			(n/a)
	Washington School District	K-5	1	0	0	Hillsborough	Hillsborough County			(n/a)
	Waterville Valley School District	K-8	1	0	0	Plymouth	Grafton County			(n/a)
156^th	Weare School District	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	Henniker	Merrimack County	0.102	154	2
135^th	Wentworth School District	K-8	1	0	0	Plymouth	Grafton County	0.248		(n/a)
105^th	Westmoreland School District	K-8	1	0	0	Keene	Cheshire County	0.432	115	10
138^th	White Mountains Regional School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	Whitefield	Coos County	0.221	137	1
93^rd	Wilton-Lyndeborough Cooperative School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	Lyndeborough	Hillsborough County	0.504	114	21
161^st	Winchester School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Winchester	Cheshire County	0.048	158	3
40^th	Windham Academy Public Charter School	K-8	1	0	0	Windham	Rockingham County	0.805	42	2
13^th	Windham School District	PK, KG-12	1	2	1	Windham	Rockingham County	0.937	13
55^th	Winnacunnet Cooperative School District	9-13	0	0	1	Hampton	Rockingham County	0.69	50	5
128^th	Winnisquam Regional School District	PK, KG-13	3	1	1	Tilton	Belknap County	0.305	130	2

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