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)
330576000368	21	Plainfield Elementary School	Public	K-8	92 Bonner Rd.	Meriden	03770	Sullivan County	Plainfield School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 469-3250	196	21	9.5	5.6%	178 (90.8%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.1%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.6%)	$25,485							81.1	73.4	23	2
330321000136	22	Gilmanton Elementary School	Public	K-8	1386 NH Rte. 140	Gilmanton IW	03837	Belknap County	Gilmanton School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 364-5681	359	31	11.5	15.6%	340 (94.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	13 (3.6%)	$17,297							78.8	71	29	7
330390000052	23	Hopkinton Middle School	Public	7-8	297 Park Ave.	Contoocook	03229	Merrimack County	Hopkinton School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 746-4167	168	16	10.3	4.2%	154 (91.7%)	1 (0.6%)	5 (3.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	6 (3.6%)	$17,820							76.2	88.6	10	13
330001700107	24	Cooperative Middle School	Public	6-8	100 Academic Way	Stratham	03885	Rockingham County	Exeter Region Cooperative School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 775-8700	923	95	9.7	10.6%	822 (89.1%)	13 (1.4%)	24 (2.6%)	29 (3.1%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.3%)	31 (3.4%)	$17,941							75.8	69	32	8
330156000010	25	Ashland Elementary School	Public	K-8	16 Education Dr.	Ashland	03217	Grafton County	Ashland School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 968-7622	147	20	7.2	42.2%	136 (92.5%)	2 (1.4%)	5 (3.4%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.0%)	$21,807							75.7	63.4	39	14
330299000120	26	Vilas Elementary School	Public	5-8	82 Mechanic St.	Alstead	03602	Cheshire County	Fall Mountain Regional School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 835-6351	94	11	8.3	35.1%	89 (94.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (5.3%)	$27,436							75.2	65.1	34	8
330543000348	27	Northwood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	511 First NH Tpke.	Northwood	03261	Rockingham County	Northwood School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 942-5488	402	31	12.9	14.7%	387 (96.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (2.0%)	$17,581							74.1	75.6	21	6
330426000531	28	Lin-Wood Public School (Middle)	Public	6-8	72 Linwood Dr.	Lincoln	03251	Grafton County	Lincoln-Woodstock Cooperative School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 745-2214	61	9	6.6	29.5%	56 (91.8%)	2 (3.3%)	1 (1.6%)	1 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.6%)								73.2	62.3	40	12
330147000007	29	Amherst Middle School	Public	5-8	14 Cross Rd.	Amherst	03031	Hillsborough County	Amherst School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 673-8944	644	56	11.6	6.1%	575 (89.3%)	7 (1.1%)	33 (5.1%)	15 (2.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.0%)	$20,246							72.9	64.8	35	6
330195000029	30	Bow Memorial School	Public	5-8	20 Bow Center Rd.	Bow	03304	Merrimack County	Bow School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 225-3212	530	41	12.9	5.3%	489 (92.3%)	2 (0.4%)	17 (3.2%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.2%)	$16,836							72.6	72.5	25	5

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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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