Making Community Connections Charter School

Making Community Connections Charter School has one school, Making Community Connections Charter School - Monadnock, a small charter high school serving grades 9–12 in Keene, New Hampshire. The school is located at 310 Marlboro St. and enrolls about 80 students, with a 14.2-to-1 student-teacher ratio. It serves a community with a mix of urban and rural characteristics in the Monadnock region and reports that 32.5% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

For parents considering the school, academic results are mixed. Science is a relative strength: 40% of students demonstrated proficiency on the all-grades state science assessment, slightly above New Hampshire’s 38% rate, while 11th-grade science performance matched the state at 40%. Reading results were weaker. About 40% of students were proficient in all-grades reading, compared with 55% statewide, and 11th-grade SAT reading proficiency was 40%, versus 62% across New Hampshire. The small enrollment may cause scores to change noticeably from year to year, so parents may want to ask about current results, class offerings, tutoring, and student support.

The most important concern is student completion. The reported 2024–2025 graduation rate was 13.3%, compared with 87.0% statewide, while the dropout rate was 40.0%, compared with 2.3% statewide. Because the school is small, parents should ask how many students these percentages represent and how transfers, alternative programs, credit recovery, and returning students are counted. The associated Making Community Connections Charter School district received a low reported ranking—17th percentile and one star in the available data. Its small size and relatively favorable student-teacher ratio may support individualized attention, but families should closely evaluate attendance, graduation planning, counseling, and pathways to college or careers.