New Hampshire City Rankings

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

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

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