Hudson School District

Hudson School District includes six schools serving about 2,825 students from kindergarten through grade 12 in a suburban New Hampshire community. The district includes four elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school, and ranks 86th of 166 New Hampshire districts, placing it near the state midpoint. The elementary structure is unusual: Library Street School serves kindergarten, Dr. H. O. Smith Elementary School serves first grade, and Nottingham West Elementary School and Hills Garrison Elementary School serve grades 2–5.

Among schools with current achievement data, Nottingham West is the strongest overall, ranking in the 59th percentile statewide and exceeding the district average in math, reading, and science. It reports 53% math, 57% reading, and 42% science proficiency. Hills Garrison ranks in the 55th percentile and is the district’s strongest reading school, with 60% proficiency. Its fifth-grade reading result, 66%, is especially strong. Both elementary schools show a concern in mathematics, however: scores fall from grade 3 to grade 5, reaching 36% at Nottingham West and 38% at Hills Garrison. The kindergarten and first-grade schools do not have current test-score data in this comparison, so their academic performance cannot be judged from these results.

Secondary outcomes are more mixed. Hudson Memorial School ranks in the 45th percentile and trails district averages in all three subjects; its 7th-grade reading result is a bright spot at 64%. Alvirne High School ranks in the 52nd percentile, with solid reading and science results but a major math weakness: only 23% of students are proficient, compared with 42% districtwide. Its 77.5% graduation rate is also below the state’s 87%. Overall, the clearest priorities are strengthening math from grade 5 through high school, investigating Hudson Memorial’s recent decline—especially in science—and supporting students toward on-time graduation.