Summary:
The Salem, New Hampshire area listed here has one public charter high school, Arts Academy of New Hampshire Chartered Public High School, serving grades 9–12 in a small, arts-focused setting.
With 106 students and a 9.6-to-1 student-teacher ratio, the school may offer a more personal learning environment than a large high school. Its strongest outcomes are student completion and persistence: the 2024–2025 graduation rate was 96.4%, compared with 87.0% statewide, and the reported dropout rate was 0.0%, compared with 2.3% statewide. These results suggest that most students remain enrolled and graduate on time. The school also has relatively strong science and reading results. In 2025–2026, 43% of students were proficient in science and 57% in reading, compared with 38% and 55% statewide, respectively.
Parents should be aware that academic performance is uneven, with mathematics being the clearest concern. Only 13% of students were proficient in mathematics in 2025–2026, compared with 44% statewide; the school’s 11th-grade SAT mathematics result was also 13%, versus 30% statewide. Reading proficiency dropped from 83% in 2024–2025 to 57% in 2025–2026, although the latest result remained slightly above the state average, while science stayed fairly stable. The school’s ranking also declined from 17th of 87 schools to 47th of 89 over three years. Because enrollment is small, annual test percentages can shift significantly when only a few students’ results change. Overall, the school appears strongest in graduation support, student retention, and science, while families should ask about mathematics instruction, intervention services, and the reasons behind the recent reading decline.
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