Summary:
Meredith, New Hampshire, has one middle school serving grades 7–8: Inter-Lakes Middle School, a small public school with 137 students in the Inter-Lakes Cooperative School District. The school reported an 8.3-to-1 student-teacher ratio and a 29.93% free- or reduced-price lunch rate in 2024–2025. Since there is no other middle school in Meredith, families cannot make a local school-to-school comparison; the most useful comparisons are with the district and New Hampshire statewide results.
Inter-Lakes Middle School had a strong relative position through 2024–2025, ranking in the 66th percentile statewide and receiving three stars. In 2025–2026, however, its ranking fell to the 34th percentile and its rating declined to two stars. Test results also dropped across every reported subject: mathematics declined from 47% proficient to 41%, reading from 54% to 43%, and science from 46% to 27%. The district ranked in the 59th percentile statewide, and its latest results exceeded the school’s in mathematics, reading, and science, especially in reading and science.
Mathematics is the school’s strongest current area relative to the state. Overall proficiency was 41%, compared with 44% statewide, while eighth-grade mathematics was 41%, slightly above the statewide 40%. Reading and science require greater attention: overall reading proficiency was 43% versus 55% statewide, and science was 27% versus 38%. The largest grade-level concern is eighth-grade reading, where proficiency was 34%, compared with 53% in seventh grade and 51% statewide. Eighth-grade science was also low at 27%, compared with 37% statewide. For parents, the key takeaway is that the school is small and offers a low reported student-teacher ratio, but the latest academic results—particularly eighth-grade reading and science—warrant close attention, along with the reasons for the sharp year-over-year decline.
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