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)
330267000095	1	Frances C. Richmond School	Public	6-8	63 Lyme Rd.	Hanover	03755	Grafton County	Dresden School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 643-6040	360	40	9	3.1%	286 (79.4%)	6 (1.7%)	17 (4.7%)	24 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (7.5%)	$21,203							97.2	92	8	7
330004000678	2	Academy for Science and Design Charter (M)	Public, Charter	5-8	9 Townsend West	Nashua	03063	Hillsborough County	Academy for Science and Design Charter School	Yes	No	No	No	(603) 595-4705	341	25	13.6	2.3%	131 (38.4%)	6 (1.8%)	11 (3.2%)	169 (49.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	23 (6.7%)								95.7	96.9	2
330717000495	3	Windham Middle School	Public	7-8	112A Lowell Rd.	Windham	03087	Rockingham County	Windham School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 845-1556	438	32	13.6	2.1%	346 (79.0%)	2 (0.5%)	16 (3.7%)	31 (7.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (9.8%)	$15,858							94.1	92.6	7	4
330354000154	4	Lincoln Akerman School	Public	PK, KG-8	8 Exeter Rd.	Hampton Falls	03844	Rockingham County	Hampton Falls School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 926-2539	185	24	7.6	2.2%	166 (89.7%)	1 (0.5%)	8 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.9%)	$27,104							93.6	95.2	3	1
330450000236	5	Lyme Elementary School	Public	K-8	35 Union Street	Lyme	03768	Grafton County	Lyme School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 795-2125	193	23	8.3	9.3%	174 (90.2%)	2 (1.0%)	4 (2.1%)	4 (2.1%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.1%)	$25,001							93.2	86.1	15	10
330552000355	6	Oyster River Middle School	Public	5-8	1 Coe Dr.	Durham	03824	Strafford County	Oyster River Coop School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 868-2155	643	61	10.5	7.2%	546 (84.9%)	8 (1.2%)	10 (1.6%)	47 (7.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (5.0%)	$19,012							91.3	92.7	6
330603000399	7	Rye Junior High School	Public	5-8	501 Washington Rd.	Rye	03870	Rockingham County	Rye School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 964-5591	199	21	9.4	3.5%	182 (91.5%)	3 (1.5%)	6 (3.0%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.0%)								89.5	75.8	20	13
330174000681	8	Ross A. Lurgio Middle School	Public	7-8	47A Nashua Rd.	Bedford	03110	Hillsborough County	Bedford School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 310-9100	700	57	12.3	5.0%	548 (78.3%)	8 (1.1%)	18 (2.6%)	63 (9.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (8.9%)	$14,238							87.2	94.4	4	4
330546000349	9	Nottingham Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	245 Stage Rd.	Nottingham	03290	Rockingham County	Nottingham School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 679-5632	505	32	15.7	8.1%	469 (92.9%)	3 (0.6%)	15 (3.0%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.0%)	$15,747							87.2	93.3	5	4
330582000378	10	Portsmouth Middle School	Public	6-8	155 Parrott Ave.	Portsmouth	03801	Rockingham County	Portsmouth School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 436-5781	499	48	10.5	16.0%	379 (76.0%)	9 (1.8%)	26 (5.2%)	35 (7.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (10.0%)	$19,555							87.1	87.7	12	2

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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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