New Hampshire City Rankings

Updated Wednesday, October 20, 2021, based on the 2020-21 school year test scores.

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Rank (of 162)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2021)	Rank (2019)	Rank change from 2019
1^st	Hanover	1	1	1	1	0.984	9	8
2^nd	Lee	1	0	0	0	0.972	20	18
3^rd	Center Sandwich	1	0	0	0	0.967	40	37
4^th	Rye	1	1	0	2	0.962	1	3
5^th	Madbury	1	0	0	0	0.957	3	2
6^th	Hampton Falls	1	0	0	1	0.956	22	16
7^th	Enfield	1	0	0	0	0.953	53	46
8^th	Bedford	3	2	1	4	0.952	5	3
9^th	Franconia	1	0	0	0	0.948	10	1
10^th	Mont Vernon	1	0	0	0	0.934	43	33
11^th	Grantham	1	0	0	0	0.929	6	5
12^th	Brookline	1	1	0	0	0.919	4	8
13^th	Greenland	1	0	0	0	0.918	2	11
14^th	Durham	0	1	1	0	0.914	14
15^th	North Walpole	1	0	0	0	0.91	37	22
16^th	North Hampton	1	0	0	0	0.905	27	11
17^th	Hollis	1	2	1	1	0.892	18	1
18^th	Holderness	1	0	0	0	0.89	78	60
19^th	Portsmouth	3	1	1	1	0.882	7	12
20^th	New Durham	1	0	0	0	0.882	116	96
21^st	Brentwood	1	0	0	0	0.877	13	8
22^nd	New London	1	0	0	0	0.863	29	7
23^rd	Meriden	1	0	0	1	0.859	39	16
24^th	Exeter	2	2	3	1	0.859	52	28
25^th	Lyme	1	0	0	1	0.855	8	17
26^th	Nottingham	1	0	0	0	0.849	19	7
27^th	New Boston	1	0	0	1	0.839	54	27
28^th	Kensington	1	0	0	0	0.834	16	12
29^th	Amherst	1	1	1	2	0.819	34	5
30^th	Sunapee	1	1	1	1	0.817	30
31^st	Thornton	1	0	0	0	0.817	44	13
32^nd	Lebanon	1	1	2	1	0.811	26	6
33^rd	Canterbury	1	0	0	1	0.81	24	9
34^th	Bath	1	0	0	0	0.806	49	15
35^th	Walpole	1	1	0	0	0.8	47	12
36^th	Waterville Valley	1	0	0	1	0.791		(n/a)
37^th	Hooksett	2	1	0	1	0.79	85	48
38^th	Gilmanton Iw	1	0	0	0	0.785	28	10
39^th	New Hampton	1	0	0	2	0.782	32	7
40^th	Hampton	2	1	1	0	0.781	21	19
41^st	Dunbarton	1	0	0	0	0.777	15	26
42^nd	Goffstown	2	1	1	3	0.757	50	8
43^rd	Bow	1	1	1	1	0.744	42	1
44^th	Gilford	1	1	1	0	0.722	57	13
45^th	North Sutton	0	1	1	0	0.719	61	16
46^th	Bethlehem	1	1	1	4	0.713	31	15
47^th	Westmoreland	1	0	0	0	0.71	33	14
48^th	Newmarket	1	1	1	0	0.706	64	16
49^th	Atkinson	1	0	0	0	0.701	41	8
50^th	Stratham	1	1	0	2	0.701	35	15
51^st	Northwood	1	0	1	0	0.7	65	14
52^nd	Langdon	1	0	1	0	0.69		(n/a)
53^rd	Plymouth	2	0	1	3	0.686	88	35
54^th	Contoocook	0	2	1	1	0.686	25	29
55^th	Hampstead	1	1	0	1	0.68	45	10
56^th	Rindge	1	0	0	2	0.678	70	14
57^th	Moultonborough	1	1	1	0	0.673	84	27
58^th	Ashland	1	0	0	0	0.663	71	13
59^th	Auburn	1	0	0	1	0.642	48	11
60^th	Candia	1	0	0	1	0.639	60
61^st	Chesterfield	1	0	0	0	0.637	62	1
62^nd	Rumney	1	0	0	0	0.637	66	4
63^rd	Warner	1	0	0	0	0.63	100	37
64^th	Salem	7	1	2	3	0.616	77	13
65^th	Henniker	1	0	0	0	0.612	101	36
66^th	Danville	1	0	0	0	0.611	94	28
67^th	Wilton	1	1	1	2	0.603	110	43
68^th	Center Tuftonboro	1	0	0	0	0.602	36	32
69^th	Wolfeboro	1	2	1	1	0.599	122	53
70^th	Litchfield	1	1	1	1	0.585	58	12
71^st	Londonderry	4	1	1	4	0.583	68	3
72^nd	Surry	1	0	0	0	0.575	72
73^rd	Boscawen	1	0	0	0	0.569	92	19
74^th	Campton	1	0	0	0	0.567	125	51
75^th	Gorham	1	1	1	0	0.566	73	2
76^th	Chichester	1	0	0	0	0.564	59	17
77^th	Merrimack	4	2	1	6	0.558	75	2
78^th	Andover	1	0	0	1	0.557	89	11
79^th	West Lebanon	1	0	0	0	0.555	38	41
80^th	Pelham	1	1	1	5	0.551	97	17
81^st	Lincoln	1	1	1	0	0.547	114	33
82^nd	Milan	1	0	0	0	0.545	117	35
83^rd	Sanbornton	1	0	0	1	0.536	63	20
84^th	Dover	4	1	2	5	0.529	95	11
85^th	Peterborough	1	1	1	1	0.526	130	45
86^th	Barrington	2	1	0	0	0.521	76	10
87^th	Hudson	3	1	1	5	0.513	103	16
88^th	Allenstown	1	1	0	0	0.504	140	52
89^th	Milford	2	1	1	0	0.503	74	15
90^th	Deerfield	1	0	0	1	0.496	96	6
91^st	Newfields	1	0	0	1	0.493	83	8
92^nd	Strafford	1	0	0	0	0.482	81	11
93^rd	Bristol	2	1	1	0	0.477	104	11
94^th	Nashua	13	4	3	13	0.474	115	21
95^th	North Conway	1	0	1	0	0.47	139	44
96^th	Epsom	1	0	0	0	0.461	82	14
97^th	Bradford	2	0	0	0	0.46	67	30
98^th	Middleton	1	0	0	0	0.455	161	63
99^th	Littleton	1	2	2	0	0.442	111	12
100^th	Bartlett	1	0	0	0	0.441	55	45
101^st	Lisbon	1	1	1	0	0.438	107	6
102^nd	Canaan	1	1	1	1	0.437	136	34
103^rd	New Ipswich	1	1	1	0	0.425	108	5
104^th	Plaistow	1	1	1	1	0.404	102	2
105^th	Derry	5	2	2	6	0.396	105
106^th	Sandown	2	0	0	1	0.393	113	7
107^th	Chester	1	0	0	0	0.377	106	1
108^th	Newton	0	1	0	0	0.374	51	57
109^th	East Kingston	1	0	0	0	0.37	46	63
110^th	North Haverhill	0	1	0	0	0.367	112	2
111^th	Northfield	2	0	0	0	0.365	124	13
112^th	Marlborough	1	0	0	0	0.355	154	42
113^th	Pembroke	2	1	2	1	0.354	138	25
114^th	Whitefield	1	0	1	0	0.353	79	35
115^th	Kingston	1	1	1	0	0.348	123	8
116^th	FitzWilliam	1	0	0	0	0.346	118	2
117^th	Concord	5	2	2	8	0.335	80	37
118^th	Epping	1	1	1	1	0.335	87	31
119^th	Weare	1	1	1	1	0.334	119
120^th	Pittsfield	1	1	1	0	0.333	157	37
121^st	Madison	1	0	0	0	0.332	151	30
122^nd	Alton	1	0	1	0	0.323	143	21
123^rd	Rollinsford	1	0	0	0	0.322	127	4
124^th	Effingham	1	0	0	0	0.318	133	9
125^th	Tilton	0	1	1	1	0.317	126	1
126^th	Fremont	1	0	0	0	0.311	121	5
127^th	Keene	4	1	2	5	0.289	131	4
128^th	Belmont	1	1	1	0	0.287	109	19
129^th	Rochester	8	1	2	4	0.285	99	30
130^th	Jaffrey	1	1	1	1	0.282	98	32
131^st	Center Ossipee	1	0	0	0	0.28	129	2
132^nd	Raymond	1	1	1	0	0.276	134	2
133^rd	Alstead	1	1	1	0	0.263		(n/a)
134^th	Swanzey	2	1	1	0	0.245	144	10
135^th	Hillsborough	1	1	1	0	0.24		(n/a)
136^th	Loudon	1	0	0	0	0.237	91	45
137^th	Lancaster	1	1	1	1	0.235	150	13
138^th	Troy	1	0	0	0	0.223	132	6
139^th	Claremont	3	1	1	2	0.217	147	8
140^th	Manchester	17	7	6	23	0.203	152	12
141^st	Newport	2	1	1	2	0.201	137	4
142^nd	Sanbornville	1	0	0	0	0.185	120	22
143^rd	Center Conway	1	0	0	0	0.185	90	53
144^th	Antrim	1	1	0	0	0.185	146	2
145^th	Conway	3	1	0	1	0.184	156	11
146^th	Hinsdale	1	1	1	0	0.184	149	3
147^th	Webster	1	0	0	0	0.18	69	78
148^th	Groveton	1	1	1	0	0.164	153	5
149^th	Penacook	1	1	2	0	0.16	135	14
150^th	Charlestown	2	1	0	0	0.151	141	9
151^st	Tamworth	1	0	0	0	0.148	160	9
152^nd	Laconia	3	1	1	3	0.132	155	3
153^rd	Center Barnstead	1	0	0	0	0.128	145	8
154^th	Farmington	1	1	1	0	0.124	162	8
155^th	Milton	1	1	1	1	0.104	165	10
156^th	Seabrook	1	1	0	0	0.102	148	8
157^th	Woodsville	1	0	1	0	0.083	164	7
158^th	Franklin	2	1	1	0	0.061		(n/a)
159^th	Somersworth	2	1	1	3	0.06		(n/a)
160^th	Lempster	2	0	0	0	0.047	166	6
161^st	Berlin	1	1	1	2	0.042		(n/a)
162^nd	Winchester	1	0	0	0	0.041	163	1

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