Summary:
The Monadnock Regional High School is the only high school in the Monadnock Regional School District, serving grades 9–12 in Swanzey and the surrounding Monadnock region of New Hampshire. The school enrolls 448 students and has a 12.7-to-1 student-teacher ratio, making it a relatively small high school with comparatively favorable staffing levels.
Academic results are mixed. Reading is the school’s strongest subject, with 47% of students proficient in 2025–2026—7 percentage points above the district, though 8 points below the state. Science proficiency was 26%, also ahead of the district by 6 points but below the statewide rate. Mathematics is the clearest weakness: just 17% of students were proficient, compared with 33% districtwide and 44% statewide. Math performance remained unchanged from the prior year, while reading declined 10 points from 57% to 47%; science stayed at 26%. These results suggest that math improvement should be a top priority, while the school should work to preserve and strengthen its relative reading and science advantages.
For parents, the school’s 85.7% graduation rate is reasonably close to New Hampshire’s 87.0% rate, but its 8.1% dropout rate is substantially higher than the state’s 2.3%. Families may want to ask about attendance supports, tutoring, credit recovery, and programs that help students stay on track to graduate. The school ranked 75th of 89 New Hampshire schools in 2025–2026 and received a one-star rating, although it performed better than its very low 2023–2024 ranking. Overall, this is a small school with near-state graduation results and local strengths in reading and science, but significant challenges in mathematics, student persistence, and statewide academic performance.
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