Summary:
The Hollis-Brookline Middle School is the only middle school in the Hollis-Brookline Cooperative School District, serving approximately 369 students in grades 7–8 in Hollis, New Hampshire. The school offers a relatively small student-teacher ratio of 10.6 to 1 and is located in a district known for strong academic performance.
For parents, the most important takeaway is that Hollis-Brookline Middle School is one of New Hampshire’s strongest-performing middle schools. In 2025–2026, it ranked 8th out of 138 schools statewide, placed in the 94th percentile, and received a five-star rating. Students exceeded statewide proficiency rates in every tested subject: 67% were proficient in mathematics compared with 44% statewide, 75% in reading compared with 55%, and 66% in science compared with 38%. The school also performed at or above district levels in mathematics and science. Reading was the one area where it trailed the district average, 75% compared with 79%, although the school remained well above the state result.
The school’s recent progress is especially notable. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, proficiency increased by 10 percentage points in mathematics, 8 points in reading, and 25 points in science. Science was the biggest success, rising from 41% to 66% proficient. Seventh- and eighth-grade results were also relatively balanced: seventh grade was slightly stronger in mathematics, while eighth grade was slightly stronger in reading, and both grades substantially outperformed state averages. Overall, the available data show a high-achieving school with broad recent improvement, strong performance across subjects, and no major academic gap between its two grade levels.
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