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)
330258000082	51	Deerfield Community School	Public	PK, KG-8	66 North Rd.	Deerfield	03037	Rockingham County	Deerfield School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 463-7422	528	46	11.5	10.2%	504 (95.5%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.5%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.3%)	$18,733							57.3	61.9	42	9
330231000037	52	Chichester Central School	Public	K-8	219 Main St.	Chichester	03258	Merrimack County	Chichester School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 798-5651	197	21	9.3	12.7%	189 (95.9%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (1.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.0%)	$20,689							56	50.5	60	8
330654000101	53	Sunapee Middle High School	Public	6-8	10 North Rd.	Sunapee	03782	Sullivan County	Sunapee School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 763-5615	85	9	9.7	16.5%	78 (91.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.2%)	3 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.5%)	$30,397							53.4	72.5	26	27
330318000044	54	Gilford Middle School	Public	5-8	72 Alvah Wilson Rd.	Gilford	03249	Belknap County	Gilford School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 527-2460	305	27	11.2	17.7%	274 (89.8%)	4 (1.3%)	11 (3.6%)	10 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.0%)	$20,625							53	55.9	53	1
330474000602	55	Merrimack Middle School	Public	7-8	31 Madeline Bennett Ln.	Merrimack	03054	Hillsborough County	Merrimack School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 424-6289	542	50	10.8	8.9%	484 (89.3%)	10 (1.8%)	19 (3.5%)	11 (2.0%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	14 (2.6%)	$19,261							52.3	50.4	61	6
330300000124	56	Henry Wilson Memorial School	Public	4-8	51 School St.	Farmington	03835	Strafford County	Farmington School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 755-2181	287	33	8.8	39.4%	261 (90.9%)	2 (0.7%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (7.0%)	$19,523							51.8	59	47	9
330213000033	57	Henry W. Moore School	Public	K-8	12 Deerfield Rd.	Candia	03034	Rockingham County	Candia School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 483-2251	273	25	10.9	13.9%	237 (86.8%)	3 (1.1%)	12 (4.4%)	3 (1.1%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (5.9%)	$19,931							51.7	64.5	36	21
330606000409	58	Woodbury School	Public	6-8	206 Main St.	Salem	03079	Rockingham County	Salem School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 893-7055	777	59	13.1	17.5%	593 (76.3%)	10 (1.3%)	103 (13.3%)	34 (4.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (4.6%)	$15,435							50.9	54	58
330333000512	59	Kingswood Regional Middle School	Public	7-8	404 S. Main St.	Wolfeboro	03894	Carroll County	Governor Wentworth Regional School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 569-3689	388	37	10.4	30.2%	369 (95.1%)	3 (0.8%)	5 (1.3%)	7 (1.8%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	$20,384							50.2	36	89	30
330288000540	60	Epping Middle School	Public	6-8	33 Prescott Rd.	Epping	03042	Rockingham County	Epping School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 679-2544	185	18	10.2	23.8%	172 (93.0%)	1 (0.5%)	4 (2.2%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.2%)	$19,216							47.1	47.3	67	7

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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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