Summary:
The Concord School District has one high school, Concord High School, serving students in grades 9–12 in Concord, New Hampshire. The school enrolls about 1,394 students, has a reported 13:1 student-teacher ratio, and serves a community where approximately 31% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Because it is the district’s only high school, there are no school-to-school comparisons; the most useful comparisons are with district and New Hampshire averages.
Concord High School has several encouraging indicators. Its latest reading proficiency rate was 58%, three points above both the district and state rates. Science proficiency reached 42%, exceeding the district by one point and the state by four points after improving six points from the previous year. The school’s 1.0% dropout rate was also well below the statewide rate of 2.3%. Its broader ranking improved from the 31st percentile two years ago to the 51st percentile most recently, and its reported rating rose from two stars to three. These results suggest positive momentum, particularly in science and reading.
The most significant concerns are mathematics and graduation. Only 19% of students met the latest NH SAS mathematics proficiency standard, compared with 41% in the district and 44% statewide. The school’s 11th-grade SAT math proficiency was also 19%, versus 30% statewide. The 2024–2025 graduation rate was 73.2%, substantially below New Hampshire’s 87.0%, even though the dropout rate was low. Families may want to ask about credit recovery, attendance, course completion, graduation supports, and math intervention. Overall, the school appears to be improving in its statewide standing, but academic progress is uneven, with mathematics and on-time graduation remaining the most important areas to investigate.
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