Hooksett School District

Hooksett School District in Hooksett, New Hampshire, includes three schools serving about 1,277 students from pre-K through eighth grade, with no high school listed. Enrollment is evenly divided among Fred C. Underhill School for pre-K–2, Hooksett Memorial School for grades 3–5, and David R. Cawley Middle School for grades 6–8. Reported economic-disadvantage rates are relatively low and similar across the schools, while student-teacher ratios range from 10.7 to 14.8 students per teacher.

David R. Cawley Middle School is the district’s clear academic standout. It ranks 15th of 138 New Hampshire middle schools, is in the 89th percentile, and has a four-star rating. In 2025–2026, 71% of students were proficient in both mathematics and reading, and 48% were proficient in science. These results exceeded district and state comparisons, and the school improved substantially from the prior year, especially in mathematics. By comparison, Hooksett Memorial School reported proficiency rates of 65% in mathematics, 56% in reading, and 36% in science. Memorial remains stronger than the state in mathematics, but its ranking and percentile have declined over the past three years.

For families, the most notable strengths are Cawley’s strong performance, positive recent academic momentum, and low student-teacher ratio. Science is the clearest improvement opportunity across the tested schools, while Memorial may benefit from additional attention to reading, particularly in grades 3 and 4. Memorial’s grade 5 reading performance rises to 67%, suggesting encouraging progress before students enter middle school. Fred C. Underhill School has balanced enrollment and a moderate 13.4-to-1 student-teacher ratio, but the available data do not include test scores or rankings, so its academic outcomes cannot be compared directly.