New Hampshire City Rankings

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

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Rank (of 172)	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	1
2^nd	Hanover	1	1	1	0	1	0.98	3	1
3^rd	Lee	1	0	0	0	0	0.978	2	1
4^th	Hampton Falls	1	0	0	0	1	0.975	6	2
5^th	Rye	1	1	0	0	3	0.959	17	12
6^th	Bedford	3	2	1	0	6	0.944	8	2
7^th	Sunapee	1	1	1	0	1	0.941	12	5
8^th	Madbury	1	0	0	0	0	0.939	11	3
9^th	Bartlett	1	0	0	0	0	0.934	28	19
10^th	Durham	0	1	1	0	0	0.931	7	3
11^th	Newfields	1	0	0	0	2	0.93	46	35
12^th	Canterbury	1	0	0	0	1	0.917	4	8
13^th	Windham	3	1	1	0	2	0.916	24	11
14^th	Portsmouth	4	1	1	0	1	0.915	21	7
15^th	Brentwood	1	0	0	0	1	0.913	48	33
16^th	Dunbarton	1	0	0	0	0	0.908	34	18
17^th	East Kingston	1	0	0	0	0	0.904	38	21
18^th	Gilmanton Iw	1	0	0	0	0	0.876	37	19
19^th	Brookline	2	0	0	0	0	0.873	20	1
20^th	North Hampton	1	0	0	0	0	0.873	16	4
21^st	Webster	1	0	0	0	0	0.869	40	19
22^nd	Walpole	1	1	0	0	0	0.864	15	7
23^rd	Nottingham	1	0	0	0	0	0.862	51	28
24^th	Center Sandwich	1	0	0	0	0	0.856	112	88
25^th	Hampton	2	1	1	0	1	0.854	33	8
26^th	New Hampton	1	0	0	0	1	0.852	19	7
27^th	North Walpole	1	0	0	0	0	0.847	44	17
28^th	Hollis	2	1	1	0	1	0.845	5	23
29^th	New London	2	0	0	0	0	0.843	10	19
30^th	Amherst	1	1	1	0	3	0.842	18	12
31^st	Lyme	1	0	0	0	1	0.836	39	8
32^nd	Bow	1	1	1	0	1	0.835	25	7
33^rd	New Boston	1	0	0	0	1	0.83	9	24
34^th	Contoocook	1	1	1	0	1	0.825	31	3
35^th	Stratham	1	1	0	0	2	0.824	41	6
36^th	Atkinson	1	0	0	0	0	0.821	27	9
37^th	Chichester	1	0	0	0	0	0.819	35	2
38^th	Gilford	1	1	1	0	0	0.805	90	52
39^th	Meriden	1	0	0	0	0	0.8	36	3
40^th	Center Tuftonboro	1	0	0	0	0	0.795	53	13
41^st	Sandown	2	0	0	0	1	0.79	43	2
42^nd	Warren	1	0	0	0	0	0.785	175	133
43^rd	Mont Vernon	1	0	0	0	0	0.76	50	7
44^th	Litchfield	1	1	1	0	2	0.745	47	3
45^th	Auburn	1	0	0	0	1	0.737	52	7
46^th	Salisbury	1	0	0	0	0	0.734	67	21
47^th	Hampstead	1	1	0	0	2	0.729	14	33
48^th	Westmoreland	1	0	0	0	0	0.726	63	15
49^th	Andover	1	0	0	0	1	0.718	142	93
50^th	Sanbornton	1	0	0	0	2	0.716	60	10
51^st	Milan	1	0	0	0	0	0.712	58	7
52^nd	Enfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.707	149	97
53^rd	Thornton	1	0	0	0	0	0.699	82	29
54^th	Bradford	2	0	0	0	1	0.697	55	1
55^th	Danville	1	0	0	0	0	0.69	23	32
56^th	Holderness	1	0	0	0	0	0.689	32	24
57^th	Moultonborough	1	1	1	0	0	0.682	75	18
58^th	Belmont	1	1	1	0	0	0.677	56	2
59^th	Hooksett	2	1	0	0	2	0.676	79	20
60^th	Stoddard	1	0	0	0	0	0.668	110	50
61^st	Goffstown	2	1	1	0	2	0.654	42	19
62^nd	Newmarket	1	1	1	0	0	0.649	70	8
63^rd	Chesterfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.645	64	1
64^th	Boscawen	1	0	0	0	0	0.642	96	32
65^th	Warner	1	0	0	0	0	0.638	22	43
66^th	Candia	1	0	0	0	1	0.636	65	1
67^th	West Lebanon	1	0	0	0	0	0.633	87	20
68^th	Northwood	1	0	1	0	0	0.633	93	25
69^th	Campton	1	0	0	0	0	0.624	109	40
70^th	Salem	7	1	2	0	3	0.623	72	2
71^st	North Sutton	0	1	1	0	0	0.619	62	9
72^nd	Gorham	1	1	1	0	0	0.617	104	32
73^rd	Exeter	3	2	3	0	3	0.615	61	12
74^th	Whitefield	2	0	1	0	0	0.614	98	24
75^th	Plaistow	1	1	1	0	1	0.612	69	6
76^th	Merrimack	4	2	1	0	5	0.609	71	5
77^th	Temple	1	0	0	0	0	0.603	45	32
78^th	Milford	2	1	1	0	1	0.588	54	24
79^th	Fremont	1	0	0	0	0	0.578	117	38
80^th	Peterborough	1	1	1	0	1	0.573	100	20
81^st	Bristol	2	1	1	0	0	0.571	116	35
82^nd	Meredith	1	1	1	0	1	0.564	57	25
83^rd	Colebrook	1	0	1	0	1	0.561	139	56
84^th	Keene	6	1	2	0	6	0.561	89	5
85^th	Madison	1	0	0	0	0	0.559	114	29
86^th	Strafford	1	0	0	0	0	0.558	78	8
87^th	Lancaster	1	0	0	0	1	0.556	103	16
88^th	Londonderry	4	1	1	0	4	0.546	68	20
89^th	Lebanon	1	1	2	0	1	0.545	49	40
90^th	Troy	1	0	0	0	0	0.541	66	24
91^st	Wilton	1	1	1	0	2	0.54	94	3
92^nd	North Conway	2	0	1	0	0	0.527	86	6
93^rd	Loudon	1	0	0	0	0	0.515	127	34
94^th	Jaffrey	1	1	1	0	1	0.512	92	2
95^th	Marlborough	1	0	0	0	0	0.511	115	20
96^th	Henniker	1	0	0	0	0	0.487	74	22
97^th	Dover	4	1	2	0	4	0.482	99	2
98^th	Hudson	3	1	1	0	3	0.469	83	15
99^th	Chester	1	0	0	0	0	0.46	106	7
100^th	Plymouth	2	0	1	0	2	0.451	84	16
101^st	Barrington	2	1	0	0	0	0.449	119	18
102^nd	Weare	1	1	1	0	1	0.444	97	5
103^rd	Epsom	1	0	0	0	1	0.435	91	12
104^th	Nashua	15	4	3	0	16	0.433	118	14
105^th	Pelham	1	1	1	0	2	0.433	95	10
106^th	Center Conway	1	0	0	0	1	0.432	120	14
107^th	Lincoln	1	1	1	0	0	0.425	80	27
108^th	Deerfield	1	0	0	0	1	0.421	81	27
109^th	New Durham	1	0	0	0	0	0.419	159	50
110^th	Raymond	1	1	1	0	1	0.418	130	20
111^th	South Hampton	1	0	0	0	0	0.415	76	35
112^th	Rumney	1	0	0	0	0	0.407	77	35
113^th	Rindge	1	0	0	0	2	0.406	59	54
114^th	Wolfeboro	2	1	1	0	1	0.378	133	19
115^th	Somersworth	2	1	1	0	1	0.37	140	25
116^th	Derry	6	2	2	0	5	0.369	134	18
117^th	Penacook	1	1	2	1	0	0.362	135	18
118^th	Conway	1	1	0	0	1	0.352	151	33
119^th	Alstead	1	1	0	0	0	0.339	85	34
120^th	Alton	1	0	1	0	0	0.334	88	32
121^st	North Haverhill	1	0	0	0	0	0.332	122	1
122^nd	Francestown	1	0	0	0	0	0.332	176	54
123^rd	Groveton	1	1	1	0	0	0.328	146	23
124^th	Northfield	2	0	0	0	1	0.323	155	31
125^th	Charlestown	2	1	0	0	0	0.317	137	12
126^th	New Ipswich	1	1	1	0	0	0.316	145	19
127^th	Canaan	1	1	1	0	1	0.316	128	1
128^th	Pembroke	3	1	1	0	0	0.309	143	15
129^th	Effingham	1	0	0	0	0	0.306	124	5
130^th	Swanzey	2	1	1	0	0	0.293	123	7
131^st	Sanbornville	1	0	0	0	0	0.288	156	25
132^nd	FitzWilliam	1	0	0	0	0	0.284	131	1
133^rd	Woodsville	1	0	1	0	0	0.28	169	36
134^th	Danbury	1	0	0	0	0	0.275	121	13
135^th	Littleton	1	2	2	0	0	0.269	152	17
136^th	Kingston	1	0	1	0	0	0.268	126	10
137^th	Bath	1	0	0	0	0	0.262	167	30
138^th	Cornish	1	0	0	0	0	0.261	165	27
139^th	Center Barnstead	1	0	0	0	0	0.255	148	9
140^th	Seabrook	1	1	0	0	0	0.254	138	2
141^st	Ashland	1	0	0	0	0	0.248	108	33
142^nd	Tilton	0	1	1	0	1	0.247	136	6
143^rd	Tamworth	1	0	0	0	0	0.224	141	2
144^th	Hillsboro	1	1	1	0	0	0.223	154	10
145^th	Hinsdale	1	1	1	0	0	0.208	160	15
146^th	Antrim	1	1	0	0	0	0.199	144	2
147^th	Newport	2	2	1	0	2	0.198	150	3
148^th	Claremont	4	1	1	0	1	0.197	161	13
149^th	Center Ossipee	1	0	0	0	0	0.188	163	14
150^th	Laconia	3	1	1	0	3	0.185	162	12
151^st	Manchester	17	6	5	1	21	0.185	158	7
152^nd	Gilsum	1	0	0	0	0	0.183		(n/a)
153^rd	Franklin	4	0	1	0	1	0.173	164	11
154^th	Berlin	2	1	1	0	3	0.171	170	16
155^th	Rollinsford	1	0	0	0	0	0.162	168	13
156^th	Greenfield	1	0	0	0	1	0.153	113	43
157^th	Surry	1	0	0	0	0	0.141	177	20
158^th	Hancock	1	0	0	0	0	0.127	13	145
159^th	Farmington	2	0	1	0	0	0.122	157	2
160^th	West Stewartstown	1	0	0	0	0	0.104		(n/a)
161^st	Winchester	1	0	0	0	0	0.104	171	10
162^nd	Hill	1	0	0	0	0	0.07	173	11
163^rd	Piermont	1	0	0	0	0	0.042	73	90
164^th	Bennington	1	0	0	0	0	0.039	174	10
165^th	Milton	1	1	1	0	1	0.027	172	7
166^th	Freedom	1	0	0	0	0	0.026	178	12
167^th	Harrisville	1	0	0	0	0	0.017	178	11
168^th	Washington	1	0	0	0	0	0.013	153	15
169^th	Wentworth	1	0	0	0	0	0.011		(n/a)
170^th	New Castle	1	0	0	0	0	0.009	178	8
171^st	Marlow	1	0	0	0	0	0.004	178	7
172^nd	Newington	1	0	0	0	1	0	178	6

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