Summary:
Amherst, New Hampshire, has one public high school serving grades 9–12: Souhegan Coop High School, a 696-student school in the Souhegan Cooperative School District. Because it is the only high school in the area included in the data, families cannot make a direct school-to-school comparison within Amherst.
Souhegan Coop High School is a strong-performing school with a positive recent trend. Its statewide ranking improved from 19th in 2023–2024 to 11th in 2024–2025 and sixth in 2025–2026, placing it in the 93rd percentile and earning a five-star rating. The school’s 94.1% graduation rate is higher than the New Hampshire average of 87.0%, while its 0.5% dropout rate is well below the state rate of 2.3%. A 10.3-to-1 student-teacher ratio may also support individualized attention. The surrounding Souhegan Cooperative School District ranks 10th out of 166 districts statewide.
Academically, reading and science are the school’s biggest strengths. In 2025–2026, 81% of students were proficient in reading and 73% in science, compared with statewide rates of 55% and 38%. Science improved especially sharply, rising 15 percentage points from the prior year, while reading increased by two points. Mathematics proficiency rose from 41% to 46% and remains slightly above the state average of 44%, but it is the clearest area for continued improvement. SAT results also exceeded statewide rates in both mathematics and reading. Overall, the available data describe a high-achieving and improving school, with particularly strong outcomes in reading, science, graduation, and student persistence.
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