Summary:
Stevens High School is the only high school in the Claremont School District, serving grades 9–12 in the Claremont area of New Hampshire. The school has about 477 students and a student-teacher ratio of 12.6 to 1. Its profile is mixed: recent rankings have improved, but graduation, dropout, and mathematics results remain important concerns for families evaluating the school.
Academically, Stevens has clear strengths in science and reading compared with the district. In 2025–26, 42% of students reached proficiency in science, compared with 21% districtwide and 38% statewide. Reading proficiency was 50%, well above the district’s 31% and somewhat below the state’s 55%. Mathematics is the school’s largest weakness: only 16% of students were proficient, compared with 24% in the district and 44% statewide. The school’s 11th-grade SAT results show the same pattern, with 50% proficient in reading but only 16% in mathematics. Science performance has been steady, while mathematics has improved only slightly from 15% to 16% over the past year.
Families should also pay close attention to completion outcomes. The 2024–25 graduation rate was 81%, six points below New Hampshire’s 87% rate, while the dropout rate was 9.9%, substantially higher than the state’s 2.3%. These figures suggest that keeping students engaged through graduation is a major priority. At the same time, the school’s ranking improved from the 8th percentile in 2023–24 to the 36th percentile in 2025–26, rising from 80th to 57th in the rankings shown. Overall, Stevens offers a relatively small-school setting with particularly encouraging science results and stronger reading than district performance, but parents should ask about mathematics support, attendance and dropout prevention, credit recovery, and services for students who may be at risk of not graduating.
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