Best Middle Schools in New Hampshire

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 130)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
330705000453	91	Lancaster Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	35 Ice Pond Road	Lancaster	03584	Coos County	White Mountains Regional School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 788-4924	322	36	8.9	44.7%	295 (91.6%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.1%)	5 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.7%)	$12,274							33.5	18.1	112	21
330615000601	92	Seabrook Middle School	Public	5-8	256 Walton Rd.	Seabrook	03874	Rockingham County	Seabrook School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 474-9221	301	27	11.1	45.2%	244 (81.1%)	6 (2.0%)	23 (7.6%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (8.3%)	$20,333							32.4	14.6	120	28
330498000319	93	Fairgrounds Middle School	Public	6-8	27 Cleveland St.	Nashua	03060	Hillsborough County	Nashua School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 594-4393	546	52	10.6	37.2%	289 (52.9%)	19 (3.5%)	160 (29.3%)	39 (7.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (7.0%)	$14,734							31.4	26.1	105	12
330476000506	94	Merrimack Valley Middle School	Public	6-8	14 Allen St.	Penacook	03303	Merrimack County	Merrimack Valley School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 753-6336	479	41	11.6	21.7%	431 (90.0%)	10 (2.1%)	14 (2.9%)	8 (1.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.1%)	$16,978							31.3	32.8	94
330291000104	95	Epsom Central School	Public	K-8	282 Black Hall Rd.	Epsom	03234	Merrimack County	Epsom School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 736-9331	370	35	10.5	20.8%	353 (95.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.0%)	$20,378							31.2	44.1	71	24
330498000325	96	Pennichuck Middle School	Public	6-8	207 Manchester St.	Nashua	03060	Hillsborough County	Nashua School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 966-4140	557	55	10.1	50.6%	277 (49.7%)	15 (2.7%)	196 (35.2%)	20 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (8.8%)	$15,064							30.3	27.7	103	7
330144000003	97	Alton Central School (Elem)	Public	PK, KG-8	41 School St.	Alton	03809	Belknap County	Alton School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 875-7500	418	43	9.7	14.8%	401 (95.9%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.4%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.2%)	$23,872							30.2	17	114	17
330414000211	98	Laconia Middle School	Public	6-8	150 McGrath St.	Laconia	03246	Belknap County	Laconia School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 524-4632	397	37	10.7	51.4%	353 (88.9%)	6 (1.5%)	13 (3.3%)	5 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.0%)	$17,835							28.9	23.1	110	12
330375000481	99	Hillsboro-Deering Middle School	Public	6-8	6 Hillcat Dr.	Hillsborough	03244	Hillsborough County	Hillsboro-Deering Cooperative School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 464-1120	220	22	9.8	40.5%	208 (94.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.0%)	$17,006							28.8	23.4	109	10
330403000190	100	Conant Middle High School (M)	Public	6-8	1 Conant Way	Jaffrey	03452	Cheshire County	Jaffrey-Rindge Cooperative School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 532-8122	257			33.1%	225 (87.5%)	4 (1.6%)	16 (6.2%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.9%)	$16,774							28.6			(n/a)

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on NH SAS Mathematics, NH SAS Reading, NH SAS Science test scores released by the New Hampshire Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on September 9, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the New Hampshire Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the New Hampshire Department of Education.
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