New Hampshire City Rankings

Updated Wednesday, October 25, 2017, based on the 2016-17 school year test scores.

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Rank (of 171)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2017)	Rank (2016)	Rank change from 2016
1^st	Grantham	1	0	0	0	0	0.983	2	1
2^nd	Hanover	1	1	1	0	1	0.979	4	2
3^rd	Lee	1	0	0	0	0	0.978	3
4^th	Hampton Falls	1	0	0	0	1	0.974	7	3
5^th	Rye	1	1	0	0	3	0.959	18	13
6^th	Bedford	3	2	1	0	6	0.943	9	3
7^th	Sunapee	1	1	1	0	1	0.939	12	5
8^th	Madbury	1	0	0	0	0	0.939	13	5
9^th	Bartlett	1	0	0	0	0	0.934	29	20
10^th	Newfields	1	0	0	0	2	0.93	47	37
11^th	Durham	0	1	1	0	0	0.927	8	3
12^th	Canterbury	1	0	0	0	1	0.917	5	7
13^th	Windham	3	1	1	0	2	0.914	24	11
14^th	Brentwood	1	0	0	0	1	0.913	49	35
15^th	Portsmouth	4	1	1	0	1	0.912	22	7
16^th	Dunbarton	1	0	0	0	0	0.908	36	20
17^th	East Kingston	1	0	0	0	0	0.904	39	22
18^th	Mason	1	0	0	0	0	0.882	1	17
19^th	Gilmanton Iw	1	0	0	0	0	0.875	38	19
20^th	North Hampton	1	0	0	0	0	0.87	17	3
21^st	Brookline	1	1	0	0	0	0.869	21
22^nd	Webster	1	0	0	0	0	0.865	41	19
23^rd	Walpole	1	1	0	0	0	0.863	16	7
24^th	Nottingham	1	0	0	0	0	0.86	52	28
25^th	Hampton	2	1	1	0	1	0.855	34	9
26^th	Center Sandwich	1	0	0	0	0	0.852	113	87
27^th	New Hampton	1	0	0	0	1	0.847	20	7
28^th	North Walpole	1	0	0	0	0	0.843	45	17
29^th	Hollis	1	2	1	0	1	0.84	6	23
30^th	Amherst	1	1	1	0	3	0.839	19	11
31^st	New London	2	0	0	0	0	0.838	11	20
32^nd	Bow	1	1	1	0	1	0.835	26	6
33^rd	Lyme	1	0	0	0	1	0.833	40	7
34^th	New Boston	1	0	0	0	1	0.825	10	24
35^th	Stratham	1	1	0	0	2	0.823	42	7
36^th	Contoocook	0	2	1	0	1	0.819	32	4
37^th	Atkinson	1	0	0	0	0	0.817	28	9
38^th	Chichester	1	0	0	0	0	0.817	35	3
39^th	Gilford	1	1	1	0	0	0.805	91	52
40^th	Meriden	1	0	0	0	0	0.798	37	3
41^st	Center Tuftonboro	1	0	0	0	0	0.79	54	13
42^nd	Sandown	1	1	0	0	1	0.786	44	2
43^rd	Warren	1	0	0	0	0	0.783	178	135
44^th	Mont Vernon	1	0	0	0	0	0.755	51	7
45^th	Litchfield	1	1	1	0	2	0.739	48	3
46^th	Auburn	1	0	0	0	1	0.734	53	7
47^th	Salisbury	1	0	0	0	0	0.729	71	24
48^th	Hampstead	1	1	0	0	2	0.726	15	33
49^th	Westmoreland	1	0	0	0	0	0.723	65	16
50^th	Andover	1	0	0	0	1	0.714	143	93
51^st	Sanbornton	1	0	0	0	2	0.712	61	10
52^nd	Milan	1	0	0	0	0	0.707	59	7
53^rd	Enfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.703	150	97
54^th	Thornton	1	0	0	0	0	0.696	84	30
55^th	Bradford	2	0	0	0	1	0.692	57	2
56^th	Holderness	1	0	0	0	0	0.686	33	23
57^th	Danville	1	0	0	0	0	0.686	25	32
58^th	Moultonborough	1	1	1	0	0	0.678	77	19
59^th	Hooksett	2	1	0	0	2	0.672	81	22
60^th	Salem	7	1	1	0	3	0.668	67	7
61^st	Stoddard	1	0	0	0	0	0.664	110	49
62^nd	Goffstown	2	1	1	0	2	0.65	43	19
63^rd	Newmarket	1	1	1	0	0	0.646	74	11
64^th	Chesterfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.642	66	2
65^th	Boscawen	1	0	0	0	0	0.638	97	32
66^th	Northwood	1	0	1	0	0	0.634	93	27
67^th	Warner	1	0	0	0	0	0.633	23	44
68^th	Candia	1	0	0	0	1	0.632	69	1
69^th	West Lebanon	1	0	0	0	0	0.629	87	18
70^th	Campton	1	0	0	0	0	0.621	111	41
71^st	Merrimack	4	2	1	0	5	0.614	68	3
72^nd	Exeter	4	1	3	0	3	0.614	62	10
73^rd	Whitefield	2	0	1	0	0	0.611	100	27
74^th	North Sutton	0	1	1	0	0	0.611	64	10
75^th	Plaistow	1	1	1	0	1	0.604	73	2
76^th	Temple	1	0	0	0	0	0.598	46	30
77^th	Belmont	1	1	1	0	0	0.58	56	21
78^th	Meredith	1	1	1	0	1	0.58	58	20
79^th	Milford	2	1	1	0	1	0.578	55	24
80^th	Fremont	1	0	0	0	0	0.575	121	41
81^st	Peterborough	1	1	1	0	1	0.567	99	18
82^nd	Colebrook	1	0	1	0	1	0.558	142	60
83^rd	Lancaster	1	0	0	0	1	0.556	104	21
84^th	Keene	5	1	1	0	6	0.555	90	6
85^th	Madison	1	0	0	0	0	0.555	116	31
86^th	Strafford	1	0	0	0	0	0.554	80	6
87^th	Lebanon	1	1	2	0	1	0.543	50	37
88^th	Londonderry	4	1	1	0	4	0.54	72	16
89^th	Troy	1	0	0	0	0	0.537	70	19
90^th	Wilton	1	1	1	0	2	0.534	94	4
91^st	North Conway	2	0	1	0	0	0.521	88	3
92^nd	Gorham	1	1	1	0	0	0.516	103	11
93^rd	Loudon	1	0	0	0	0	0.511	129	36
94^th	Marlborough	1	0	0	0	0	0.508	117	23
95^th	Jaffrey	1	1	1	0	1	0.508	96	1
96^th	Bristol	2	1	1	0	0	0.492	118	22
97^th	Henniker	1	0	0	0	0	0.487	76	21
98^th	Dover	3	1	2	0	4	0.476	109	11
99^th	Hudson	3	1	1	0	3	0.467	85	14
100^th	Chester	1	0	0	0	0	0.459	108	8
101^st	Barrington	2	1	0	0	0	0.445	119	18
102^nd	Plymouth	2	0	1	0	2	0.445	63	39
103^rd	Weare	1	1	1	0	1	0.439	98	5
104^th	Epsom	1	0	0	0	1	0.435	92	12
105^th	Nashua	14	4	3	0	16	0.43	120	15
106^th	Pelham	1	1	1	0	2	0.428	95	11
107^th	Center Conway	1	0	0	0	1	0.428	122	15
108^th	Lincoln	1	1	1	0	0	0.421	82	26
109^th	Deerfield	1	0	0	0	1	0.42	83	26
110^th	Raymond	1	1	1	0	1	0.415	132	22
111^th	New Durham	1	0	0	0	0	0.415	160	49
112^th	South Hampton	1	0	0	0	0	0.415	78	34
113^th	Rumney	1	0	0	0	0	0.407	79	34
114^th	Rindge	1	0	0	0	2	0.402	60	54
115^th	Wolfeboro	1	2	1	0	1	0.374	134	19
116^th	Somersworth	2	1	1	0	1	0.367	141	25
117^th	Penacook	1	1	3	0	0	0.356	135	18
118^th	Conway	1	1	0	0	1	0.351	151	33
119^th	Derry	6	2	2	1	5	0.344	125	6
120^th	Alstead	1	1	0	0	0	0.339	86	34
121^st	North Haverhill	0	1	0	0	0	0.331	123	2
122^nd	Francestown	1	0	0	0	0	0.328	176	54
123^rd	Groveton	1	1	1	0	0	0.326	147	24
124^th	Alton	1	0	1	0	0	0.326	89	35
125^th	Northfield	2	0	0	0	1	0.319	156	31
126^th	Charlestown	2	1	0	0	0	0.315	138	12
127^th	Canaan	1	1	1	0	1	0.311	130	3
128^th	New Ipswich	1	1	1	0	0	0.31	146	18
129^th	Pembroke	3	1	1	0	0	0.309	144	15
130^th	Effingham	1	0	0	0	0	0.301	127	3
131^st	Swanzey	2	1	1	0	0	0.289	126	5
132^nd	Sanbornville	1	0	0	0	0	0.287	157	25
133^rd	FitzWilliam	1	0	0	0	0	0.279	133
134^th	Danbury	1	0	0	0	0	0.271	124	10
135^th	Woodsville	1	0	1	0	0	0.27	170	35
136^th	Cornish	1	0	0	0	0	0.26	166	30
137^th	Bath	1	0	0	0	0	0.258	167	30
138^th	Center Barnstead	1	0	0	0	0	0.253	148	10
139^th	Seabrook	1	1	0	0	0	0.253	139
140^th	Ashland	1	0	0	0	0	0.247	107	33
141^st	Tilton	0	1	1	0	1	0.246	137	4
142^nd	Tamworth	1	0	0	0	0	0.223	140	2
143^rd	Hillsboro	1	1	1	0	0	0.22	155	12
144^th	Franklin	2	1	1	0	1	0.21	161	17
145^th	Hinsdale	1	1	1	0	0	0.207	162	17
146^th	Antrim	1	1	0	0	0	0.198	145	1
147^th	Newport	2	2	1	0	2	0.196	152	5
148^th	Claremont	3	1	1	0	1	0.193	163	15
149^th	Manchester	17	6	5	1	21	0.188	159	10
150^th	Center Ossipee	1	0	0	0	0	0.183	165	15
151^st	Laconia	3	1	1	0	3	0.181	164	13
152^nd	Gilsum	1	0	0	0	0	0.179		(n/a)
153^rd	Berlin	2	1	1	0	3	0.163	173	20
154^th	Rollinsford	1	0	0	0	0	0.157	169	15
155^th	Greenfield	1	0	0	0	1	0.148	114	41
156^th	Surry	1	0	0	0	0	0.139	177	21
157^th	Hancock	1	0	0	0	0	0.122	14	143
158^th	Farmington	1	1	1	0	0	0.119	158
159^th	West Stewartstown	1	0	0	0	0	0.103		(n/a)
160^th	Winchester	1	0	0	0	0	0.102	171	11
161^st	Hill	1	0	0	0	0	0.07	174	13
162^nd	Piermont	1	0	0	0	0	0.042	75	87
163^rd	Bennington	1	0	0	0	0	0.039	175	12
164^th	Milton	1	1	1	0	1	0.028	172	8
165^th	Freedom	1	0	0	0	0	0.026	178	13
166^th	Harrisville	1	0	0	0	0	0.017	178	12
167^th	Washington	1	0	0	0	0	0.013	154	13
168^th	Wentworth	1	0	0	0	0	0.011		(n/a)
169^th	New Castle	1	0	0	0	0	0.009	178	9
170^th	Marlow	1	0	0	0	0	0.004	178	8
171^st	Newington	1	0	0	0	1	0	178	7

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