Summary:
Goffstown, New Hampshire, has four public schools serving approximately 2,595 students from prekindergarten through Grade 12 in the Goffstown School District. The schools include Glen Lake School for PK–K, Maple Avenue School for Grades 1–4, Mountain View Middle School for Grades 5–8, and Goffstown High School for Grades 9–12. The district ranks 54th among 166 New Hampshire districts, placing it around the 67th percentile statewide.
Goffstown High School is the strongest overall performer, ranking 16th of 89 New Hampshire high schools and earning a four-star rating. It has especially strong reading and science results, with 73% and 59% of students proficient, respectively, compared with 55% and 38% statewide. Its 87.6% graduation rate is slightly above the state average, while its 0.4% dropout rate is notably low. Mathematics is the main area to watch: 38% of students are proficient, below the state’s 44%, although Grade 11 SAT mathematics performance is stronger than the statewide comparison. Mountain View Middle School ranks 42nd of 138 and improved substantially in 2025–26, with proficiency above state averages in mathematics, reading, and science. Its reading result of 62% is particularly encouraging.
Maple Avenue School ranks 80th of 230 elementary schools and showed the district’s largest recent academic gain. Mathematics proficiency rose 14 points to 57%, well above the state average, making math the school’s clearest strength; reading was also above the state but trails the district slightly. Glen Lake School is a small PK–K campus with 194 students, but no comparable test scores or ranking are reported, so it should not be viewed as underperforming. Overall, Goffstown’s main strengths are literacy, high school science, low dropout rates, and improving rankings. Parents may want to look most closely at high school mathematics, Maple Avenue reading, and continued science growth at Mountain View.
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