Best High Schools in New Hampshire

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 87)	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)
330329100707	71	Next Charter School	Public, Charter	9-12	5 Hood Road	Derry	03038	Rockingham County	Next Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(603) 437-6398	80	8	10	27.5%	69 (86.3%)	1 (1.3%)	6 (7.5%)	1 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.8%)								20	25.8	64	7
330438000229	72	Littleton High School	Public	9-12	159 Oak Hill Ave.	Littleton	03561	Grafton County	Littleton School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 444-5601	204	26	7.9	38.7%	175 (85.8%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (6.9%)	7 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.9%)	$28,557							19.7	13.4	75	3
330309000128	73	Franklin High School	Public	9-12	119 Central St.	Franklin	03235	Merrimack County	Franklin School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 934-5441	270	22	12.2	43.7%	249 (92.2%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.6%)	$21,001							18.8	5.8	84	11
330459000244	74	Manchester Central High School	Public	9-12	535 Beech Street	Manchester	03104	Hillsborough County	Manchester School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 624-6363	1,168	87	13.3	46.8%	451 (38.6%)	201 (17.2%)	345 (29.5%)	36 (3.1%)	3 (0.3%)	3 (0.3%)	129 (11.0%)	$12,752							18.6	10.5	81	7
330403000188	75	Conant Middle High School (H)	Public	9-12	3 Conant Way	Jaffrey	03452	Cheshire County	Jaffrey-Rindge Cooperative School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 532-8131	349	51	6.8	25.8%	309 (88.5%)	5 (1.4%)	10 (2.9%)	9 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.6%)	$18,775							18.1			(n/a)
330249000076	76	Kennett High School	Public	9-12	409 Eagles Way	North Conway	03860	Carroll County	Conway School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 356-4343	706	61	11.5	27.1%	652 (92.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.8%)	16 (2.3%)	5 (0.7%)	6 (0.8%)	21 (3.0%)	$18,311							17.5	49.5	36	40
330004800609	77	Great Bay Charter School (H)	Public, Charter	9-12	30 Linden St.	Exeter	03833	Rockingham County	Great Bay Charter School	Yes	No	No	No	(603) 519-9003	103	9	11.3	25.2%	90 (87.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (5.8%)								17	13.7	73	4
330186000027	78	Berlin Senior High School	Public	9-12	550 Willard St.	Berlin	03570	Coos County	Berlin School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 752-4122	368	33	11	39.4%	339 (92.1%)	3 (0.8%)	12 (3.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.3%)	$21,214							16.3	14.7	72	6
330730000465	79	Winnisquam Regional High School	Public	9-12	435 W. Main St.	Tilton	03276	Belknap County	Winnisquam Regional School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 286-4531	421	30	14	30.4%	383 (91.0%)	9 (2.1%)	8 (1.9%)	9 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.9%)	$19,188							16.2	30.9	58	21
330234000045	80	Stevens High School	Public	9-12	175 Broad St.	Claremont	03743	Sullivan County	Claremont School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 543-4220	525	42	12.5	27.8%	469 (89.3%)	5 (1.0%)	15 (2.9%)	9 (1.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.8%)	$21,932							16.1	21.9	68	12

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on NH SAS Science, SAT Mathematics, SAT Reading 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.

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