New Hampshire City Rankings

Updated Friday, November 9, 2018, based on the 2017-18 school year test scores.

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Rank (of 167)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2018)	Rank (2017)	Rank change from 2017
1^st	Hanover	1	1	1	0	1	0.982	2	1
2^nd	Brookline	2	0	0	0	0	0.974	19	17
3^rd	Bedford	3	2	1	0	6	0.972	6	3
4^th	Grantham	1	0	0	0	0	0.97	1	3
5^th	Lee	1	0	0	0	0	0.965	3	2
6^th	Sunapee	1	1	1	0	1	0.943	7	1
7^th	Durham	0	1	1	0	0	0.942	10	3
8^th	New London	2	0	0	0	0	0.939	29	21
9^th	Madbury	1	0	0	0	0	0.935	8	1
10^th	Lyme	1	0	0	0	1	0.934	31	21
11^th	Hampton Falls	1	0	0	0	1	0.934	4	7
12^th	Walpole	1	1	0	0	0	0.931	22	10
13^th	Atkinson	1	0	0	0	0	0.926	36	23
14^th	Windham	3	1	1	0	2	0.912	13	1
15^th	Greenland	1	0	0	0	0	0.911		(n/a)
16^th	New Hampton	1	0	0	0	1	0.905	26	10
17^th	Portsmouth	4	1	1	0	1	0.901	14	3
18^th	East Kingston	1	0	0	0	0	0.9	17	1
19^th	Hampton	2	1	1	0	1	0.892	25	6
20^th	Hollis	2	1	1	0	1	0.889	28	8
21^st	New Boston	1	0	0	0	1	0.887	33	12
22^nd	North Hampton	1	0	0	0	0	0.887	20	2
23^rd	Rye	1	1	0	0	3	0.882	5	18
24^th	Sanbornton	1	0	0	0	2	0.879	50	26
25^th	Canterbury	1	0	0	0	1	0.874	12	13
26^th	Contoocook	1	1	1	0	1	0.871	34	8
27^th	Thornton	1	0	0	0	0	0.868	53	26
28^th	Brentwood	1	0	0	0	1	0.866	15	13
29^th	Stratham	1	1	0	0	2	0.862	35	6
30^th	Webster	1	0	0	0	0	0.848	21	9
31^st	Nottingham	1	0	0	0	0	0.836	23	8
32^nd	Hampstead	1	1	0	0	2	0.836	47	15
33^rd	Meriden	1	0	0	0	0	0.819	39	6
34^th	Nelson	1	0	0	0	0	0.805		(n/a)
35^th	Lebanon	1	1	2	0	1	0.802	89	54
36^th	Goffstown	2	1	1	0	2	0.797	61	25
37^th	Bow	1	1	1	0	1	0.795	32	5
38^th	Chesterfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.793	63	25
39^th	Center Tuftonboro	1	0	0	0	0	0.792	40	1
40^th	Bartlett	1	0	0	0	0	0.791	9	31
41^st	North Walpole	1	0	0	0	0	0.775	27	14
42^nd	Chichester	1	0	0	0	0	0.766	37	5
43^rd	Milan	1	0	0	0	0	0.749	51	8
44^th	Amherst	1	1	1	0	3	0.747	30	14
45^th	Candia	1	0	0	0	1	0.746	66	21
46^th	Gilford	1	1	1	0	0	0.745	38	8
47^th	Exeter	3	2	3	0	3	0.741	73	26
48^th	Warner	1	0	0	0	0	0.736	65	17
49^th	Gilmanton Iw	1	0	0	0	0	0.736	18	31
50^th	Newmarket	1	1	1	0	0	0.734	62	12
51^st	North Sutton	0	1	1	0	0	0.732	71	20
52^nd	Westmoreland	1	0	0	0	0	0.728	48	4
53^rd	Bradford	2	0	0	0	1	0.725	54	1
54^th	Andover	1	0	0	0	1	0.706	49	5
55^th	Dunbarton	1	0	0	0	0	0.706	16	39
56^th	Auburn	1	0	0	0	1	0.692	45	11
57^th	Litchfield	1	1	1	0	2	0.684	44	13
58^th	Danville	1	0	0	0	0	0.684	55	3
59^th	Boscawen	1	0	0	0	0	0.675	64	5
60^th	Troy	1	0	0	0	0	0.671	90	30
61^st	Salisbury	1	0	0	0	0	0.658	46	15
62^nd	Milford	2	1	1	0	1	0.643	78	16
63^rd	Campton	1	0	0	0	0	0.643	69	6
64^th	Salem	7	1	2	0	3	0.642	70	6
65^th	Mont Vernon	1	0	0	0	0	0.632	43	22
66^th	Newfields	1	0	0	0	2	0.628	11	55
67^th	Bath	1	0	0	0	0	0.623	137	70
68^th	Lempster	2	0	0	0	0	0.622		(n/a)
69^th	Chester	1	0	0	0	0	0.62	99	30
70^th	Londonderry	4	1	1	0	4	0.614	88	18
71^st	Concord	5	1	1	0	12	0.606		(n/a)
72^nd	Henniker	1	0	0	0	0	0.605	96	24
73^rd	Barrington	2	1	0	0	0	0.594	101	28
74^th	Tilton	0	1	1	0	1	0.592	142	68
75^th	Bethlehem	1	1	1	0	4	0.579		(n/a)
76^th	Hooksett	2	1	0	0	2	0.564	59	17
77^th	Deerfield	1	0	0	0	1	0.559	108	31
78^th	Monroe	1	0	0	0	0	0.557		(n/a)
79^th	Peterborough	1	1	1	0	1	0.549	80	1
80^th	Northwood	1	0	1	0	0	0.548	68	12
81^st	Merrimack	4	2	1	0	5	0.547	76	5
82^nd	Hudson	3	1	1	0	3	0.543	98	16
83^rd	Whitefield	2	0	1	0	0	0.541	74	9
84^th	Franconia	1	0	0	0	0	0.541		(n/a)
85^th	Weare	1	1	1	0	1	0.54	102	17
86^th	Strafford	1	0	0	0	0	0.54	86
87^th	Enfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.537	52	35
88^th	Jefferson	1	0	0	0	0	0.528		(n/a)
89^th	Epsom	1	0	0	0	1	0.526	103	14
90^th	West Lebanon	1	0	0	0	0	0.524	67	23
91^st	Bristol	2	1	1	0	0	0.514	81	10
92^nd	Northfield	2	0	0	0	1	0.511	124	32
93^rd	Meredith	1	1	1	0	1	0.507	82	11
94^th	Stoddard	1	0	0	0	0	0.506	60	34
95^th	Jaffrey	1	1	1	0	1	0.506	94	1
96^th	Alstead	1	1	0	0	0	0.503	119	23
97^th	Sandown	2	0	0	0	1	0.502	41	56
98^th	Rindge	1	0	0	0	2	0.498	113	15
99^th	Raymond	1	1	1	0	1	0.495	110	11
100^th	Moultonborough	1	1	1	0	0	0.487	57	43
101^st	Holderness	1	0	0	0	0	0.483	56	45
102^nd	Epping	1	1	1	0	0	0.475		(n/a)
103^rd	Plaistow	1	1	1	0	1	0.474	75	28
104^th	Keene	6	1	2	0	6	0.458	84	20
105^th	New Ipswich	1	1	1	0	0	0.454	126	21
106^th	Ashland	1	0	0	0	0	0.443	141	35
107^th	Plymouth	2	0	1	0	2	0.442	100	7
108^th	Belmont	1	1	1	0	0	0.439	58	50
109^th	Canaan	1	1	1	0	1	0.432	127	18
110^th	North Conway	2	0	1	0	0	0.43	92	18
111^th	Nashua	15	4	3	0	16	0.417	104	7
112^th	Allenstown	1	1	1	0	1	0.41		(n/a)
113^th	Lincoln	1	1	1	0	0	0.402	107	6
114^th	Dover	4	1	2	0	4	0.4	97	17
115^th	Newton	1	1	0	0	0	0.395		(n/a)
116^th	Wilton	1	1	1	0	2	0.388	91	25
117^th	Kingston	1	0	1	0	0	0.385	136	19
118^th	Pelham	1	1	1	0	2	0.383	105	13
119^th	Derry	6	2	2	0	5	0.381	116	3
120^th	Loudon	1	0	0	0	0	0.372	93	27
121^st	Lisbon	1	1	1	0	0	0.363		(n/a)
122^nd	Groveton	1	1	1	0	0	0.358	123	1
123^rd	New Durham	1	0	0	0	0	0.355	109	14
124^th	Center Barnstead	1	0	0	0	0	0.352	139	15
125^th	West Stewartstown	1	0	0	0	0	0.344	160	35
126^th	Fremont	1	0	0	0	0	0.336	79	47
127^th	Marlborough	1	0	0	0	0	0.334	95	32
128^th	Littleton	1	2	2	0	0	0.332	135	7
129^th	Gorham	1	1	1	0	0	0.324	72	57
130^th	Wolfeboro	2	1	1	0	1	0.317	114	16
131^st	Alton	1	0	1	0	0	0.287	120	11
132^nd	Center Conway	1	0	0	0	1	0.286	106	26
133^rd	Conway	1	1	0	0	1	0.278	118	15
134^th	Somersworth	2	1	1	0	1	0.276	115	19
135^th	Newport	2	2	1	0	2	0.273	147	12
136^th	Madison	1	0	0	0	0	0.273	85	51
137^th	Pembroke	3	1	1	0	0	0.272	128	9
138^th	Swanzey	2	1	1	0	0	0.267	130	8
139^th	Charlestown	2	1	0	0	0	0.258	125	14
140^th	Hinsdale	1	1	1	0	0	0.256	145	5
141^st	Hill	1	0	0	0	0	0.251	162	21
142^nd	Sanbornville	1	0	0	0	0	0.249	131	11
143^rd	Rochester	8	1	2	0	2	0.234		(n/a)
144^th	FitzWilliam	1	0	0	0	0	0.234	132	12
145^th	Penacook	1	1	2	1	0	0.232	117	28
146^th	Seabrook	1	1	0	0	0	0.218	140	6
147^th	Center Ossipee	1	0	0	0	0	0.212	149	2
148^th	Pittsfield	1	1	1	0	0	0.212		(n/a)
149^th	Rumney	1	0	0	0	0	0.212	112	37
150^th	Rollinsford	1	0	0	0	0	0.208	155	5
151^st	Colebrook	1	0	1	0	1	0.202	83	68
152^nd	North Haverhill	1	0	0	0	0	0.201	121	31
153^rd	Lancaster	1	0	0	0	1	0.199	87	66
154^th	Laconia	3	1	1	0	3	0.192	150	4
155^th	Claremont	4	1	1	0	1	0.174	148	7
156^th	Tamworth	1	0	0	0	0	0.172	143	13
157^th	Hillsboro	1	1	1	0	0	0.158	144	13
158^th	Manchester	17	6	5	1	21	0.157	151	7
159^th	Effingham	1	0	0	0	0	0.147	129	30
160^th	Woodsville	1	0	1	0	0	0.136	133	27
161^st	Berlin	2	1	1	0	3	0.121	154	7
162^nd	Farmington	2	0	1	0	0	0.121	159	3
163^rd	Antrim	1	1	0	0	0	0.107	146	17
164^th	Franklin	4	0	1	0	1	0.102	153	11
165^th	Bennington	1	0	0	0	0	0.095	164	1
166^th	Milton	1	1	1	0	1	0.045	165	1
167^th	Winchester	1	0	0	0	0	0.039	161	6

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