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)
330228000036	31	Chesterfield Central School	Public	K-8	535 Old Chesterfield Rd.	Chesterfield	03443	Cheshire County	Chesterfield School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 363-8301	263	26	10.1	16.0%	247 (93.9%)	1 (0.4%)	10 (3.8%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	$19,560							71.8	72.3	27	4
330159000011	32	Auburn Village School	Public	K-8	11 Eaton Hill Rd.	Auburn	03032	Rockingham County	Auburn School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 483-2769	654	47	13.9	6.4%	609 (93.1%)	1 (0.2%)	18 (2.8%)	8 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (2.6%)	$14,270							71.2	71.5	28	4
330299000122	33	Walpole Elementary School	Public	5-8	8 Bemis Ln.	Walpole	03608	Cheshire County	Fall Mountain Regional School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 756-4728	113	15	7.5	31.9%	105 (92.9%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (5.3%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	$25,613							67.8	64.4	37	4
330003500047	34	Gorham Middle School	Public	6-8	120 Main St.	Gorham	03581	Coos County	Gorham Randolph Shelburne Cooperative School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 466-2776	94	8	11.4	17.0%	84 (89.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (5.3%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.3%)	$18,614							67.6	49.5	63	29
330618000413	35	Belmont Middle School	Public	5-8	38 School St.	Belmont	03220	Belknap County	Shaker Regional School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 267-9220	345	36	9.6	31.3%	323 (93.6%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.7%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.2%)	$17,773							65.8	45.4	68	33
330423000219	36	Lebanon Middle School	Public	5-8	3 Moulton Avenue	Lebanon	03766	Grafton County	Lebanon School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 448-3056	471	41	11.4	25.3%	373 (79.2%)	21 (4.5%)	26 (5.5%)	40 (8.5%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.7%)	$21,836							65.3	74.9	22	14
330579000370	37	Plymouth Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	43 Old Ward Brg. Rd.	Plymouth	03264	Grafton County	Plymouth School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 536-1152	387	41	9.4	36.4%	341 (88.1%)	5 (1.3%)	16 (4.1%)	9 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.1%)								64.9	68.2	33	4
330348000468	38	Hampstead Middle School	Public	5-8	28 School St.	Hampstead	03841	Rockingham County	Hampstead School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 329-6743	377	35	10.7	6.6%	334 (88.6%)	2 (0.5%)	22 (5.8%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.2%)	$21,998							64.8	77.7	18	20
330003100606	39	Seacoast Charter School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	171 Watson Road	Dover	03820	Strafford County	Seacoast Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(603) 842-5764	299	21	14.2	11.4%	263 (88.0%)	2 (0.7%)	7 (2.3%)	17 (5.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.0%)								64.8	59.4	45	6
330165000014	40	Barrington Middle School	Public	5-8	51 Haley Dr.	Barrington	03825	Strafford County	Barrington School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 664-2127	382	34	11.2	11.3%	349 (91.4%)	2 (0.5%)	12 (3.1%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	16 (4.2%)	$16,629							64.6	57.4	49	9

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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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education