New Hampshire City Rankings

Rank (of 169)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2026)	Rank (2025)	Rank change from 2025
1^st	Grantham	1	0	0	0	0.996	1
2^nd	Mason	2	0	0	0	0.987	4	2
3^rd	Mont Vernon	1	0	0	0	0.983	5	2
4^th	Madbury	1	0	0	0	0.978	15	11
5^th	Lyme	1	0	0	1	0.977	3	2
6^th	Hanover	1	1	1	1	0.972	2	4
7^th	Bedford	3	2	1	6	0.964	6	1
8^th	Warner	1	0	0	0	0.939	42	34
9^th	Portsmouth	4	1	1	1	0.937	7	2
10^th	Lee	1	0	0	0	0.935	12	2
11^th	Enfield	1	0	0	0	0.93	8	3
12^th	Rye	1	1	0	3	0.923	13	1
13^th	East Kingston	1	0	0	0	0.922	22	9
14^th	Franconia	1	0	0	0	0.917	14
15^th	Hollis	1	2	1	1	0.91	18	3
16^th	Amherst	1	1	1	2	0.909	20	4
17^th	Brentwood	1	0	0	1	0.909	10	7
18^th	Sunapee	1	1	1	1	0.903	26	8
19^th	Durham	1	1	1	0	0.898	9	10
20^th	North Hampton	1	0	0	1	0.87	11	9
21^st	South Hampton	1	0	0	1	0.867	16	5
22^nd	Contoocook	0	2	1	1	0.867	25	3
23^rd	Hancock	1	0	0	0	0.857		(n/a)
24^th	Holderness	1	0	0	1	0.854	17	7
25^th	New London	2	0	0	0	0.852	51	26
26^th	West Lebanon	1	0	0	0	0.848	19	7
27^th	Greenland	1	0	0	0	0.841	27
28^th	Hampton Falls	1	0	0	2	0.835	21	7
28^th	New Boston	1	0	0	2	0.835	35	7
30^th	Windham	2	2	1	2	0.834	32	2
31^st	Bethlehem	1	1	1	4	0.833	38	7
32^nd	Auburn	1	0	0	1	0.825	24	8
33^rd	Hampton	2	1	1	1	0.822	34	1
34^th	North Walpole	1	0	0	0	0.822	23	11
35^th	Stratham	1	1	0	2	0.82	28	7
36^th	Alexandria	2	0	0	0	0.817		(n/a)
37^th	Westmoreland	1	0	0	0	0.814	52	15
38^th	Nottingham	1	0	0	0	0.812	29	9
39^th	Bow	2	1	1	2	0.808	30	9
40^th	Kensington	1	0	0	0	0.804	31	9
41^st	Center Sandwich	1	0	0	0	0.791	33	8
42^nd	Hooksett	2	1	0	2	0.774	44	2
43^rd	Newfields	1	0	0	0	0.774	45	2
44^th	Canterbury	1	0	0	2	0.761		(n/a)
45^th	Campton	1	0	0	0	0.753	47	2
46^th	Dunbarton	1	0	0	0	0.752	37	9
47^th	Gilford	1	1	1	0	0.751	57	10
48^th	Litchfield	1	1	1	1	0.746	94	46
49^th	Newmarket	1	1	1	0	0.741	40	9
50^th	Londonderry	4	1	1	6	0.739	56	6
51^st	Gilmanton Iw	1	0	0	0	0.738	49	2
52^nd	Atkinson	1	0	0	0	0.73	70	18
53^rd	Goffstown	2	1	1	4	0.723	69	16
54^th	Sanbornton	1	0	0	2	0.717	39	15
55^th	Chester	1	0	0	2	0.712	41	14
56^th	Exeter	4	0	3	6	0.71	61	5
57^th	Deerfield	1	0	0	1	0.708	50	7
58^th	Brookline	1	1	0	0	0.7	58
59^th	North Sutton	0	1	1	0	0.688	68	9
60^th	New Durham	1	0	0	0	0.687	84	24
61^st	Suncook	1	0	0	0	0.661	66	5
62^nd	Northwood	1	0	1	0	0.656	60	2
63^rd	Chesterfield	1	0	0	0	0.642	78	15
64^th	New Hampton	1	0	0	3	0.639	64
65^th	Thornton	1	0	0	0	0.636	46	19
66^th	Nelson	1	0	0	0	0.635		(n/a)
67^th	Meriden	1	0	0	1	0.633	43	24
68^th	Bennington	1	0	0	0	0.63		(n/a)
69^th	Candia	1	0	0	1	0.627	62	7
70^th	Hampstead	1	1	0	1	0.619	59	11
71^st	Chichester	1	0	0	0	0.589	36	35
72^nd	Lebanon	1	1	2	3	0.587	71	1
73^rd	Newton	2	0	1	1	0.583	53	20
74^th	Barrington	2	1	0	0	0.578	85	11
75^th	Danville	1	0	0	0	0.574	65	10
76^th	Moultonborough	1	1	1	0	0.555	63	13
77^th	Plymouth	2	0	1	3	0.554	55	22
78^th	Dover	4	1	1	6	0.551	89	11
79^th	Hillsborough	1	1	1	2	0.548	118	39
80^th	Wolfeboro	1	2	1	1	0.548	75	5
81^st	Salem	7	1	2	5	0.536	72	9
82^nd	Meredith	1	1	1	0	0.529	73	9
83^rd	Bristol	1	1	1	0	0.528	115	32
84^th	Hudson	4	1	1	5	0.526	79	5
85^th	Bradford	2	0	0	0	0.526	74	11
86^th	Lisbon	1	1	1	0	0.525	88	2
87^th	Gorham	1	1	1	1	0.515	96	9
88^th	Webster	1	0	0	0	0.509	111	23
89^th	Merrimack	5	2	1	6	0.505	92	3
90^th	Walpole	1	1	0	0	0.5	54	36
91^st	Kingston	1	1	1	0	0.494	109	18
92^nd	Henniker	1	0	0	0	0.493	114	22
93^rd	Pelham	1	1	1	5	0.49	103	10
94^th	Concord	6	2	4	12	0.488	76	18
95^th	Rollinsford	1	0	0	0	0.478	122	27
96^th	Raymond	1	1	1	0	0.477	93	3
97^th	Tilton	1	1	1	1	0.475	136	39
98^th	Peterborough	2	1	1	1	0.467	101	3
99^th	Antrim	1	1	0	1	0.458	112	13
100^th	Keene	5	1	4	9	0.457	83	17
101^st	Middleton	1	0	0	0	0.452	134	33
102^nd	Milan	1	0	0	0	0.443	120	18
103^rd	Belmont	1	1	1	0	0.441	90	13
104^th	Epsom	1	0	0	0	0.438	105	1
105^th	Alstead	2	1	1	0	0.435	80	25
106^th	Canaan	1	1	1	1	0.432	97	9
107^th	Epping	1	1	1	1	0.431	87	20
108^th	North Conway	0	0	1	0	0.416	126	18
109^th	Lempster	2	0	0	0	0.412	106	3
110^th	Milford	3	1	1	0	0.411	125	15
111^th	Nashua	14	4	4	17	0.404	86	25
112^th	Monroe	1	0	0	0	0.4	81	31
113^th	Lincoln	1	1	1	0	0.397	99	14
114^th	Littleton	1	2	2	0	0.389	131	17
115^th	Groveton	2	1	1	0	0.385	137	22
116^th	Wilton	1	1	1	3	0.385	128	12
117^th	Penacook	1	1	1	0	0.384	133	16
118^th	Lancaster	1	1	1	3	0.372	91	27
119^th	Allenstown	1	0	0	1	0.368		(n/a)
120^th	Strafford	1	0	0	0	0.362	100	20
121^st	Sandown	2	0	0	1	0.357	82	39
122^nd	Andover	1	0	0	1	0.354	98	24
123^rd	Plaistow	1	1	1	1	0.353	119	4
124^th	Jaffrey	1	1	1	1	0.347	141	17
125^th	Conway	3	1	1	0	0.343	145	20
126^th	Pembroke	1	1	1	1	0.34	116	10
127^th	Rindge	1	0	0	2	0.339	124	3
128^th	Madison	1	0	0	0	0.335	127	1
129^th	Fremont	1	0	0	0	0.331	67	62
130^th	Center Tuftonboro	1	0	0	0	0.33	77	53
131^st	Center Ossipee	1	0	0	0	0.322	144	13
132^nd	Whitefield	1	0	1	0	0.315	143	11
133^rd	Ashland	1	0	0	0	0.313	110	23
134^th	Weare	1	1	1	1	0.31	123	11
135^th	Derry	4	2	2	8	0.304	107	28
136^th	New Ipswich	1	1	1	0	0.302	104	32
137^th	Alton	1	0	1	0	0.298	113	24
138^th	Loudon	1	1	1	0	0.294	130	8
139^th	Colebrook	1	0	1	0	0.293	117	22
140^th	Troy	1	0	0	0	0.287	148	8
141^st	Danbury	1	0	0	0	0.283	152	11
142^nd	Bartlett	1	0	0	0	0.271	132	10
143^rd	Milton	1	1	1	1	0.265	142	1
144^th	Cornish	1	0	0	0	0.264	108	36
145^th	Northfield	2	0	1	1	0.256	159	14
146^th	Laconia	3	1	1	3	0.251	129	17
147^th	Manchester	15	6	8	28	0.239	146	1
148^th	Effingham	1	0	0	0	0.226	138	10
149^th	Farmington	1	1	1	0	0.214	102	47
150^th	Rochester	6	1	2	5	0.204	139	11
151^st	Rumney	1	0	0	0	0.203		(n/a)
152^nd	FitzWilliam	1	0	0	0	0.196	153	1
153^rd	Seabrook	1	1	0	0	0.192	121	32
154^th	Charlestown	1	1	0	0	0.191	135	19
155^th	Woodsville	1	0	1	0	0.18	95	60
156^th	Swanzey	2	1	1	0	0.177	140	16
157^th	Sanbornville	1	0	0	0	0.154	158	1
158^th	Pittsfield	1	1	1	0	0.151	147	11
159^th	Claremont	3	1	2	3	0.145	150	9
160^th	Somersworth	2	1	1	2	0.119	151	9
161^st	Tamworth	1	0	0	0	0.116	149	12
162^nd	Marlborough	1	0	0	0	0.1	156	6
163^rd	Berlin	1	1	1	3	0.097	157	6
164^th	Hinsdale	1	1	1	0	0.079	154	10
165^th	North Haverhill	0	1	0	0	0.067	161	4
166^th	Winchester	1	0	0	0	0.06	162	4
167^th	Franklin	1	1	1	0	0.034	163	4
168^th	Newport	2	2	2	3	0.028	164	4
169^th	Center Barnstead	1	0	0	0	0.025	160	9

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