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New Hampshire City Rankings

Updated Thursday, October 3, 2019, based on the 2018-19 school year test scores.

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Rank (of 166)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2019)	Rank (2018)	Rank change from 2018
1^st	Rye	1	1	0	2	0.984	23	22
2^nd	Greenland	1	0	0	0	0.974	15	13
3^rd	Madbury	1	0	0	0	0.966	9	6
4^th	Brookline	1	1	0	0	0.961	2	2
5^th	Bedford	3	2	1	4	0.958	3	2
6^th	Grantham	1	0	0	0	0.957	4	2
7^th	Portsmouth	4	1	1	1	0.946	17	10
8^th	Lyme	1	0	0	1	0.941	10	2
9^th	Hanover	1	1	1	1	0.94	1	8
10^th	Franconia	1	0	0	0	0.94	84	74
11^th	Windham	3	1	1	1	0.939	14	3
12^th	Monroe	1	0	0	0	0.938	78	66
13^th	Brentwood	1	0	0	0	0.931	28	15
14^th	Durham	1	1	1	0	0.917	7	7
15^th	Dunbarton	1	0	0	0	0.914	55	40
16^th	Kensington	1	0	0	0	0.91		(n/a)
17^th	Cornish	1	0	0	0	0.901		(n/a)
18^th	Hollis	1	2	1	1	0.891	20	2
19^th	Nottingham	1	0	0	0	0.886	31	12
20^th	Lee	1	0	0	0	0.876	5	15
21^st	Hampton	2	1	1	0	0.869	19	2
22^nd	Hampton Falls	1	0	0	1	0.865	11	11
23^rd	Mason	2	0	0	0	0.863		(n/a)
24^th	Canterbury	1	0	0	1	0.854	25	1
25^th	Contoocook	0	2	1	1	0.852	26	1
26^th	Lebanon	1	1	2	1	0.851	35	9
27^th	North Hampton	1	0	0	0	0.85	22	5
28^th	New London	2	0	0	0	0.845	8	20
29^th	Gilmanton Iw	1	0	0	0	0.845	49	20
30^th	Sunapee	1	1	1	1	0.836	6	24
31^st	Bethlehem	1	1	1	4	0.832	75	44
32^nd	New Hampton	1	0	0	2	0.824	16	16
33^rd	Westmoreland	1	0	0	0	0.816	52	19
34^th	Amherst	1	1	1	2	0.816	44	10
35^th	Stratham	1	1	0	2	0.811	29	6
36^th	Center Tuftonboro	1	0	0	0	0.798	39	3
37^th	North Walpole	1	0	0	0	0.794	41	4
38^th	West Lebanon	1	0	0	0	0.79	90	52
39^th	Meriden	1	0	0	1	0.778	33	6
40^th	Center Sandwich	1	0	0	0	0.773		(n/a)
41^st	Atkinson	1	0	0	0	0.76	13	28
42^nd	Bow	1	1	1	1	0.757	37	5
43^rd	Mont Vernon	1	0	0	0	0.755	65	22
44^th	Thornton	1	0	0	0	0.752	27	17
45^th	Hampstead	1	1	0	1	0.749	32	13
46^th	East Kingston	1	0	0	0	0.747	18	28
47^th	Walpole	1	1	0	0	0.742	12	35
48^th	Auburn	1	0	0	1	0.74	56	8
49^th	Bath	1	0	0	0	0.738	67	18
50^th	Goffstown	2	1	1	3	0.727	36	14
51^st	Newton	1	1	0	0	0.725	115	64
52^nd	Enfield	1	0	0	0	0.717	87	35
53^rd	Exeter	2	2	3	1	0.715	47	6
54^th	New Boston	1	0	0	1	0.712	21	33
55^th	Bartlett	1	0	0	0	0.709	40	15
56^th	South Hampton	1	0	0	0	0.708		(n/a)
57^th	Gilford	1	1	1	0	0.705	46	11
58^th	Litchfield	1	1	1	1	0.703	57	1
59^th	Chichester	1	0	0	0	0.696	42	17
60^th	Candia	1	0	0	1	0.669	45	15
61^st	North Sutton	0	1	1	0	0.667	51	10
62^nd	Chesterfield	1	0	0	0	0.665	38	24
63^rd	Sanbornton	1	0	0	1	0.644	24	39
64^th	Newmarket	1	1	1	0	0.64	50	14
65^th	Northwood	1	0	1	0	0.64	80	15
66^th	Rumney	1	0	0	0	0.628	149	83
67^th	Bradford	2	0	0	0	0.627	53	14
68^th	Webster	1	0	0	0	0.609	30	38
69^th	Londonderry	4	1	1	4	0.609	70	1
70^th	Rindge	1	0	0	2	0.605	98	28
71^st	Ashland	1	0	0	0	0.601	106	35
72^nd	Surry	1	0	0	0	0.601		(n/a)
73^rd	Gorham	1	1	1	0	0.596	129	56
74^th	Milford	2	1	1	0	0.595	62	12
75^th	Merrimack	4	2	1	6	0.592	81	6
76^th	Barrington	2	1	0	0	0.589	73	3
77^th	Salem	7	1	2	3	0.587	64	13
78^th	Holderness	1	0	0	0	0.586	101	23
79^th	Whitefield	1	0	1	0	0.585	83	4
80^th	Concord	5	2	2	8	0.584	71	9
81^st	Strafford	1	0	0	0	0.58	86	5
82^nd	Epsom	1	0	0	0	0.574	89	7
83^rd	Newfields	1	0	0	1	0.567	66	17
84^th	Moultonborough	1	1	1	0	0.559	100	16
85^th	Hooksett	2	1	0	1	0.552	76	9
86^th	Salisbury	1	0	0	0	0.541	61	25
87^th	Epping	1	1	1	1	0.536	102	15
88^th	Plymouth	2	0	1	3	0.52	107	19
89^th	Andover	1	0	0	1	0.517	54	35
90^th	Center Conway	1	0	0	0	0.506	132	42
91^st	Loudon	1	0	0	0	0.494	120	29
92^nd	Boscawen	1	0	0	0	0.489	59	33
93^rd	Stoddard	1	0	0	0	0.481	94	1
94^th	Dover	4	1	2	5	0.472	114	20
95^th	Danville	1	0	0	0	0.472	58	37
96^th	Deerfield	1	0	0	1	0.468	77	19
97^th	Pelham	1	1	1	5	0.459	118	21
98^th	Jaffrey	1	1	1	1	0.456	95	3
99^th	Rochester	8	1	2	4	0.455	143	44
100^th	Warner	1	0	0	0	0.451	48	52
101^st	Henniker	1	0	0	0	0.448	72	29
102^nd	Plaistow	1	1	1	1	0.442	103	1
103^rd	Hudson	3	1	1	5	0.439	82	21
104^th	Bristol	2	1	1	0	0.426	91	13
105^th	Derry	6	2	2	6	0.426	119	14
106^th	Chester	1	0	0	0	0.425	69	37
107^th	Lisbon	1	1	1	0	0.423	121	14
108^th	New Ipswich	1	1	1	0	0.421	105	3
109^th	Wilton	1	1	1	2	0.417	116	7
110^th	Belmont	1	1	1	0	0.416	108	2
111^th	Littleton	1	2	2	0	0.413	128	17
112^th	North Haverhill	0	1	0	0	0.412	152	40
113^th	Sandown	2	0	0	1	0.408	97	16
114^th	Lincoln	1	1	1	0	0.404	113	1
115^th	Nashua	15	4	3	13	0.403	111	4
116^th	New Durham	1	0	0	0	0.399	123	7
117^th	Milan	1	0	0	0	0.395	43	74
118^th	FitzWilliam	1	0	0	0	0.382	144	26
119^th	Weare	1	1	1	1	0.379	85	34
120^th	Sanbornville	1	0	0	0	0.358	142	22
121^st	Fremont	1	0	0	0	0.356	126	5
122^nd	Kingston	1	0	1	0	0.353	117	5
123^rd	Wolfeboro	1	2	1	1	0.353	130	7
124^th	Northfield	2	0	0	0	0.343	92	32
125^th	Campton	1	0	0	0	0.337	63	62
126^th	Tilton	0	1	1	1	0.335	74	52
127^th	Rollinsford	1	0	0	0	0.335	150	23
128^th	West Stewartstown	1	0	0	0	0.33	125	3
129^th	Center Ossipee	1	0	0	0	0.326	147	18
130^th	Peterborough	1	1	1	1	0.325	79	51
131^st	Keene	5	1	2	5	0.319	104	27
132^nd	Troy	1	0	0	0	0.3	60	72
133^rd	Effingham	1	0	0	0	0.296	159	26
134^th	Raymond	1	1	1	0	0.292	99	35
135^th	Penacook	1	1	2	0	0.284	145	10
136^th	Canaan	1	1	1	1	0.282	109	27
137^th	Newport	2	1	1	2	0.263	135	2
138^th	Pembroke	3	1	1	1	0.259	137	1
139^th	North Conway	1	0	1	0	0.254	110	29
140^th	Allenstown	1	1	1	0	0.251	112	28
141^st	Charlestown	2	1	0	0	0.247	139	2
142^nd	Hillsboro	1	1	1	0	0.227	157	15
143^rd	Alton	1	0	1	0	0.222	131	12
144^th	Swanzey	2	1	1	0	0.217	138	6
145^th	Center Barnstead	1	0	0	0	0.212	124	21
146^th	Claremont	4	1	1	2	0.199	155	9
147^th	Antrim	1	1	0	0	0.198	163	16
148^th	Seabrook	1	1	0	0	0.191	146	2
149^th	Hinsdale	1	1	1	0	0.189	140	9
150^th	Lancaster	1	0	0	1	0.187	153	3
151^st	Madison	1	0	0	0	0.185	136	15
152^nd	Manchester	17	7	7	23	0.174	158	6
153^rd	Groveton	1	1	1	0	0.167	122	31
154^th	Marlborough	1	0	0	0	0.161	127	27
155^th	Laconia	3	1	1	3	0.152	154	1
156^th	Conway	2	1	0	1	0.139	133	23
157^th	Pittsfield	1	1	1	0	0.132	148	9
158^th	Bennington	1	0	0	0	0.116	165	7
159^th	Greenfield	1	0	0	1	0.112		(n/a)
160^th	Tamworth	1	0	0	0	0.104	156	4
161^st	Farmington	1	1	1	0	0.086	162	1
162^nd	Middleton	1	0	0	0	0.086		(n/a)
163^rd	Winchester	1	0	0	0	0.062	167	4
164^th	Woodsville	1	0	1	0	0.056	160	4
165^th	Milton	1	1	1	1	0.034	166	1
166^th	Lempster	2	0	0	0	0.013	68	98

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