Best School Districts in New Hampshire

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Rank (of 158)	District	Grades	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	City	County	Rank score (2025)	Rank (2024)	Rank change from 2024
2^nd	Academy for Science and Design Charter School	5-12	0	1	1	Nashua	Hillsborough County	0.987	2
	Allenstown School District	K-8	1	0	0	Pembroke	Merrimack County			(n/a)
131^st	Alton School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Alton	Belknap County	0.254	140	9
20^th	Amherst School District	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	Amherst	Hillsborough County	0.896	34	14
98^th	Andover School District	K-8	1	0	0	Penacook	Merrimack County	0.443	119	21
65^th	Arts Academy of New Hampshire Chartered Public High School	9-12	0	0	1	Salem	Rockingham County	0.64	41	24
113^th	Ashland School District	K-8	1	0	0	Meredith	Belknap County	0.379	75	38
29^th	Auburn School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Hooksett	Merrimack County	0.853	46	17
150^th	Barnstead School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Alton	Belknap County	0.089	149	1
85^th	Barrington School District	PK, KG-8	2	1	0	Barrington	Strafford County	0.496	77	8
128^th	Bartlett School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Conway	Carroll County	0.284	129	1
	Bath School District	K-6	1	0	0	North Haverhill	Grafton County			(n/a)
7^th	Bedford School District	PK, KG-13	3	2	1	Bedford	Hillsborough County	0.956	11	4
	Benjamin Franklin Academy Chartered Public School	6-12	0	1	1	Loudon	Merrimack County			(n/a)
148^th	Berlin School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	Berlin	Coos County	0.114	152	4
41^st	Bethlehem School District	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	Littleton	Grafton County	0.786	20	21
35^th	Bow School District	PK, KG-13	1	1	1	Bow	Merrimack County	0.832	31	4
10^th	Brentwood School District	PK, KG-5	1	0	0	Exeter	Rockingham County	0.933	17	7
	Brookline School District	PK, KG-6	1	1	0	Hollis	Hillsborough County			(n/a)
51^st	Campton School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Plymouth	Grafton County	0.733	68	17
61^st	Candia School District	K-8	1	0	0	Hooksett	Merrimack County	0.644	80	19
45^th	Chester School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Chester	Rockingham County	0.766	104	59
75^th	Chesterfield School District	K-8	1	0	0	Keene	Cheshire County	0.552	61	14
39^th	Chichester School District	K-8	1	0	0	Pembroke	Merrimack County	0.796	62	23
142^nd	Claremont School District	PK, KG-13	3	1	1	Claremont	Sullivan County	0.159	154	12
17^th	Coe-Brown Northwood Academy School District	9-12	0	0	1	Northwood	Rockingham County	0.907	23	6
115^th	Colebrook School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	Colebrook	Coos County	0.369	123	8
156^th	Compass Classical Academy Charter School	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	Northfield	Merrimack County	0.036	162	6
81^st	Concord School District	PK, KG-13	5	1	1	Concord	Merrimack County	0.522	106	25
96^th	Contoocook Valley School District	PK, KG-13	8	2	1	Peterborough	Hillsborough County	0.462	94	2
	Conway School District	K-13	2	1	1	Conway	Carroll County			(n/a)
109^th	Cornish School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Cornish	Sullivan County	0.396	56	53
	Croydon School District	K-4	1	0	0	Croydon	Sullivan County			(n/a)
	CSI Charter School	9-12	0	0	1	Penacook	Merrimack County			(n/a)
53^rd	Deerfield School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Pembroke	Merrimack County	0.714	58	5
110^th	Derry Cooperative School District	PK, KG-8	4	2	0	Derry	Rockingham County	0.384	125	15
86^th	Dover School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	Dover	Strafford County	0.492	84	2
3^rd	Dresden School District	6-12	0	1	1	Hanover	Grafton County	0.985	3
40^th	Dunbarton School District	K-6	1	0	0	Bow	Merrimack County	0.795	78	38
27^th	East Kingston School District	K-5	1	0	0	Exeter	Rockingham County	0.862	37	10
89^th	Epping School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	Epping	Rockingham County	0.478	111	22
106^th	Epsom School District	K-8	1	0	0	Pembroke	Merrimack County	0.416	132	26
	Errol School District	K-8	1	0	0	Gorham	Coos County			(n/a)
33^rd	Exeter Region Cooperative School District	6-12	0	1	1	Exeter	Rockingham County	0.84	35	2
19^th	Exeter School District	PK, KG-5	2	0	0	Exeter	Rockingham County	0.897	30	11
80^th	Fall Mountain Regional School District	PK, KG-12	6	3	1	Langdon	Sullivan County	0.523	83	3
103^rd	Farmington School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	Farmington	Strafford County	0.423	117	14
155^th	Franklin School District	PK, KG-13	1	1	1	Franklin	Merrimack County	0.039	158	3
145^th	Freedom School District	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	Tamworth	Carroll County	0.125		(n/a)
68^th	Fremont School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Fremont	Rockingham County	0.615	72	4
154^th	Gate City Charter School For the Arts	K-8	1	0	0	Merrimack	Hillsborough County	0.048	127	27
	Gathering Waters Charter School	K-12	1	0	1	Keene	Cheshire County			(n/a)
57^th	Gilford School District	K-13	1	1	1	Gilford	Belknap County	0.659	67	10
52^nd	Gilmanton School District	K-8	1	0	0	Gilmanton	Belknap County	0.717	50	2
72^nd	Goffstown School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	Goffstown	Hillsborough County	0.571	88	16
97^th	Gorham Randolph Shelburne Cooperative School District	K-12	1	1	1	Gorham	Coos County	0.453	100	3
93^rd	Governor Wentworth Regional School District	PK, KG-12	5	2	1	Wolfeboro Falls	Carroll County	0.466	82	11
	Granite Valley Preparatory Chartered Public School		0	0	0	Keene	Cheshire County			(n/a)
1^st	Grantham School District	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	Grantham	Sullivan County	0.996	5	4
140^th	Great Bay Charter School	3-12	0	1	1	Exeter	Rockingham County	0.187	153	13
32^nd	Greenland School District	K-8	1	0	0	Greenland	Rockingham County	0.841	15	17
59^th	Hampstead School District	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	Hampstead	Rockingham County	0.648	51	8
26^th	Hampton Falls School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Hampton	Rockingham County	0.866	18	8
23^rd	Hampton School District	PK, KG-8	2	1	0	Hampton	Rockingham County	0.879	24	1
8^th	Hanover School District	K-5	1	0	0	Hanover	Grafton County	0.955	1	7
	Harrisville School District	K-6	1	0	0	Keene	Cheshire County			(n/a)
138^th	Haverhill Cooperative School District	PK, KG-13	1	1	1	North Haverhill	Grafton County	0.199	134	4
	Heartwood Public Charter School	K-8	1	0	0	Jefferson	Coos County			(n/a)
114^th	Henniker School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Henniker	Merrimack County	0.377	137	23
	Hill School District	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	Hill	Merrimack County			(n/a)
116^th	Hillsboro-Deering Cooperative School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	Hillsborough	Hillsborough County	0.364	120	4
144^th	Hinsdale School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	Hinsdale	Cheshire County	0.134	148	4
18^th	Holderness School District	K-8	1	0	0	Plymouth	Grafton County	0.902	38	20
	Hollis School District	PK, KG-6	1	1	0	Hollis	Hillsborough County			(n/a)
22^nd	Hollis-Brookline Cooperative School District	7-12	0	1	1	Hollis	Hillsborough County	0.886	19	3
47^th	Hooksett School District	PK, KG-8	2	1	0	Hooksett	Merrimack County	0.756	32	15
30^th	Hopkinton School District	PK, KG-12	1	2	1	Contoocook	Merrimack County	0.851	26	4
76^th	Hudson School District	PK, KG-13	4	1	1	Hudson	Hillsborough County	0.546	92	16
64^th	Inter-Lakes Cooperative School District	PK, KG-13	2	1	1	Meredith	Belknap County	0.64	65	1
	Jackson School District	K-6	1	0	0	Conway	Carroll County			(n/a)
132^nd	Jaffrey-Rindge Cooperative School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	Jaffrey	Cheshire County	0.25	131	1
73^rd	John Stark Regional School District	9-12	0	0	1	Henniker	Merrimack County	0.57	111	38
62^nd	Kearsarge Regional School District	PK, KG-13	4	1	1	New London	Merrimack County	0.642	66	4
84^th	Keene School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	Keene	Cheshire County	0.503	109	25
36^th	Kensington School District	PK, KG-5	1	0	0	Exeter	Rockingham County	0.83	39	3
	Kreiva Academy Public Charter School	6-12	0	1	1	Manchester	Hillsborough County			(n/a)
126^th	Laconia School District	PK, KG-13	3	1	1	Laconia	Belknap County	0.297	130	4
14^th	Lafayette Regional School District	K-6	1	0	0	Littleton	Grafton County	0.924	4	10
	Landaff School District	PK, KG-4	1	0	0	Littleton	Grafton County			(n/a)
37^th	Lebanon School District	PK, KG-13	2	1	1	West Lebanon	Grafton County	0.811	43	6
158^th	Ledyard Charter School	9-12	0	0	1	Lebanon	Grafton County	0		(n/a)
107^th	Lempster School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Lempster	Sullivan County	0.412	97	10
99^th	Lincoln-Woodstock Cooperative School District	K-12	1	1	1	Lincoln	Grafton County	0.443	99
118^th	Lionheart Classical Academy Chartered Public School	K-7	1	0	0	Peterborough	Hillsborough County	0.344	95	23
90^th	Lisbon Regional School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	Littleton	Grafton County	0.477	108	18
95^th	Litchfield School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	Litchfield	Hillsborough County	0.463	70	25
127^th	Littleton School District	K-12	1	1	1	Littleton	Grafton County	0.295	124	3
56^th	Londonderry School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	Londonderry	Rockingham County	0.672	76	20
4^th	Lyme School District	K-8	1	0	0	Lyme	Grafton County	0.969	10	6
124^th	Madison School District	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	Tamworth	Carroll County	0.313	121	3
	Making Community Connections Charter School	9-12	0	0	1	Keene	Cheshire County			(n/a)
151^st	Manchester School District	PK, KG-12	12	4	4	Manchester	Hillsborough County	0.087	157	6
147^th	Marlborough School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Keene	Cheshire County	0.117	122	25
	Marlow School District	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	Keene	Cheshire County			(n/a)
105^th	Mascenic Regional School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	Greenville	Hillsborough County	0.419	102	3
71^st	Mascoma Valley Regional School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	Enfield	Grafton County	0.572	81	10
5^th	Mason School District	PK, KG-5	1	0	0	Mason	Hillsborough County	0.964	8	3
66^th	Merrimack School District	PK, KG-12	3	2	1	Merrimack	Hillsborough County	0.634	53	13
88^th	Merrimack Valley School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	Penacook	Merrimack County	0.479	113	25
69^th	MicroSociety Academy Charter School Foundation	K-8	1	0	0	Nashua	Hillsborough County	0.599	96	27
129^th	Middleton School District	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	Wolfeboro Falls	Carroll County	0.277	145	16
117^th	Milan School District	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	Gorham	Coos County	0.353	141	24
123^rd	Milford School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	Milford	Hillsborough County	0.317	98	25
60^th	Mill Falls Charter School	K-6	1	0	0	Manchester	Hillsborough County	0.647	89	29
135^th	Milton School District	PK, KG-13	1	1	1	Milton	Strafford County	0.221	136	1
136^th	Monadnock Regional School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	Swanzey	Cheshire County	0.208	144	8
79^th	Monroe School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Monroe	Grafton County	0.531	110	31
6^th	Mont Vernon School District	K-6	1	0	0	Amherst	Hillsborough County	0.96	9	3
63^rd	Moultonborough School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	Moultonborough	Carroll County	0.641	63
74^th	Mountain Village Charter School	1-8	1	0	0	Plymouth	Grafton County	0.563	90	16
108^th	Nashua School District	PK, KG-12	12	3	3	Nashua	Hillsborough County	0.405	114	6
	Nelson School District	K-5	1	0	0	Keene	Cheshire County			(n/a)
38^th	New Boston School District	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	Goffstown	Hillsborough County	0.804	22	16
	New Castle School District	K-6	1	0	0	Greenland	Rockingham County			(n/a)
49^th	Newfields School District	K-5	1	0	0	Exeter	Rockingham County	0.75	21	28
111^th	Newfound Area School District	PK, KG-13	4	1	1	Bristol	Grafton County	0.381	64	47
	Newington School District	K-6	1	0	0	Greenland	Rockingham County			(n/a)
44^th	Newmarket School District	PK, KG-13	1	1	1	Newmarket	Rockingham County	0.777	60	16
157^th	Newport School District	PK, KG-13	1	2	2	Newport	Sullivan County	0.029	163	6
	Next Charter School	9-12	0	0	1	Derry	Rockingham County			(n/a)
	NH Career Academy Chartered Public School		0	0	0	Manchester	Hillsborough County			(n/a)
	North Country Charter Academy	7-12	0	1	1	Littleton	Grafton County			(n/a)
12^th	North Hampton School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Hampton	Rockingham County	0.929	25	13
	North Star Academy Chartered Public School		0	0	0	Ossipee	Carroll County			(n/a)
146^th	Northeast Woodland Chartered Public School	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Conway	Carroll County	0.122	155	9
130^th	Northumberland School District	K-12	1	1	1	Groveton	Coos County	0.255	142	12
82^nd	Northwood School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Northwood	Rockingham County	0.515	59	23
34^th	Nottingham School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Nottingham	Rockingham County	0.834	33	1
11^th	Oyster River Coop School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	Durham	Strafford County	0.932	14	3
104^th	Pelham School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	Pelham	Hillsborough County	0.42	116	12
78^th	Pembroke School District	K-12	1	1	1	Pembroke	Merrimack County	0.537	101	23
42^nd	Pemi-baker Regional School District	9-13	0	0	1	Plymouth	Grafton County	0.779	49	7
	Piermont School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	North Haverhill	Grafton County			(n/a)
83^rd	Pinkerton Academy School District	9-13	0	0	1	Derry	Rockingham County	0.512	107	24
	Pittsburg School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	Colebrook	Coos County			(n/a)
139^th	Pittsfield School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	Pittsfield	Merrimack County	0.192	143	4
46^th	Plainfield School District	K-8	1	0	0	Meriden	Sullivan County	0.757	47	1
48^th	Plymouth School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Plymouth	Grafton County	0.753	54	6
121^st	Polaris Charter School	K-5	1	0	0	Manchester	Hillsborough County	0.33	115	6
9^th	Portsmouth School District	PK, KG-13	3	1	1	Portsmouth	Rockingham County	0.949	12	3
43^rd	Profile School District	7-12	0	1	1	Littleton	Grafton County	0.779	29	14
67^th	Prospect Mountain JMA School District	9-13	0	0	1	Alton	Belknap County	0.616	103	36
94^th	Raymond School District	PK, KG-13	1	1	1	Raymond	Rockingham County	0.464	85	9
	River View Chartered Public School	9-12	0	0	1	Claremont	Sullivan County			(n/a)
	Robert Frost Charter School	K-12	1	0	1	Conway	Carroll County			(n/a)
134^th	Rochester School District	PK, KG-12	7	1	2	Rochester	Strafford County	0.241	139	5
120^th	Rollinsford School District	K-6	1	0	0	Somersworth	Strafford County	0.335	71	49
	Rumney School District	K-8	1	0	0	Plymouth	Grafton County			(n/a)
13^th	Rye School District	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	Greenland	Rockingham County	0.926	7	6
70^th	Salem School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	Salem	Rockingham County	0.591	73	3
87^th	Sanborn Regional School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	Kingston	Rockingham County	0.485	118	31
119^th	Seabrook School District	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	Hampton	Rockingham County	0.336	133	14
102^nd	Seacoast Charter School	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Dover	Strafford County	0.432	79	23
	Seacoast Classical Academy Chartered Public School	K-8	1	0	0	Newton	Rockingham County			(n/a)
91^st	Shaker Regional School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	Belmont	Belknap County	0.473	57	34
143^rd	Somersworth School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	Somersworth	Strafford County	0.155	150	7
25^th	Souhegan Cooperative School District	9-12	0	0	1	Amherst	Hillsborough County	0.872	45	20
15^th	South Hampton School District	K-8	1	0	0	Hampton	Rockingham County	0.915	6	9
21^st	Spark Academy of Advanced Technologies	9-12	0	0	1	Manchester	Hillsborough County	0.895	52	31
	Stark School District	K-6	1	0	0	Groveton	Coos County			(n/a)
	Stewartstown School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Colebrook	Coos County			(n/a)
	Stoddard School District	K-5	1	0	0	Henniker	Merrimack County			(n/a)
100^th	Strafford School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Strafford	Strafford County	0.433	91	9
	Stratford School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Groveton	Coos County			(n/a)
24^th	Stratham School District	PK, KG-5	1	0	0	Exeter	Rockingham County	0.875	44	20
133^rd	Strong Foundations Charter School	K-8	1	0	0	Pembroke	Merrimack County	0.246	126	7
31^st	Sunapee School District	K-12	1	1	1	Sunapee	Sullivan County	0.851	42	11
	Surry Village Charter School	K-8	1	0	0	Surry	Cheshire County			(n/a)
	Synergy Academy Chartered Public School	9-12	0	0	1	Concord	Merrimack County			(n/a)
141^st	Tamworth School District	K-8	1	0	0	Tamworth	Carroll County	0.177	151	10
77^th	The Birches Academy of Academics & Art A Public Charter Sch	K-8	1	0	0	Salem	Rockingham County	0.541	48	29
101^st	The Founders Academy Charter School	5-12	0	1	1	Manchester	Hillsborough County	0.433	86	15
50^th	Thornton School District	K-8	1	0	0	Plymouth	Grafton County	0.747	36	14
92^nd	Timberlane Regional School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	Plaistow	Rockingham County	0.466	87	5
152^nd	Unity School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Claremont	Sullivan County	0.076	159	7
28^th	Virtual Learning Academy Charter School	K-12	1	0	1	Exeter	Rockingham County	0.856	16	12
149^th	Wakefield School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Sanbornville	Carroll County	0.1	160	11
	Warren School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	North Haverhill	Grafton County			(n/a)
	Washington School District	K-5	1	0	0	Hillsborough	Hillsborough County			(n/a)
	Waterville Valley School District	K-8	1	0	0	Plymouth	Grafton County			(n/a)
137^th	Weare School District	PK, KG-8	1	1	0	Henniker	Merrimack County	0.205	156	19
	Wellheart Chartered Public School		0	0	0	Merrimack	Hillsborough County			(n/a)
	Wentworth School District	K-8	1	0	0	Plymouth	Grafton County			(n/a)
54^th	Westmoreland School District	K-8	1	0	0	Keene	Cheshire County	0.698	105	51
122^nd	White Mountains Regional School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	Whitefield	Coos County	0.319	138	16
125^th	Wilton-Lyndeborough Cooperative School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	Lyndeborough	Hillsborough County	0.299	93	32
153^rd	Winchester School District	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	Winchester	Cheshire County	0.06	161	8
55^th	Windham Academy Public Charter School	K-8	1	0	0	Windham	Rockingham County	0.694	40	15
16^th	Windham School District	PK, KG-12	1	2	1	Windham	Rockingham County	0.912	13	3
58^th	Winnacunnet Cooperative School District	9-13	0	0	1	Hampton	Rockingham County	0.651	55	3
112^th	Winnisquam Regional School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	Tilton	Belknap County	0.379	128	16

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

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Hampshire Department of Education.