Newmarket School District

Newmarket School District is a small New Hampshire district with three schools serving approximately 973 students from prekindergarten through grade 12 in the Newmarket area. Students attend Newmarket Elementary School for PK–5, while grades 6–12 are served at the Junior-Senior High campus through separate middle and high school programs.

The district performs above the state average overall, ranking in the 69th percentile statewide. The middle school, Newmarket Junior-Senior High (Elem), stands out as the district’s strongest recent success story. It ranks in the 81st percentile and has improved dramatically over the past two years. It also has the highest current proficiency levels among the three schools, with 58% of students proficient in math, 67% in reading, and 53% in science. The high school, Newmarket Junior-Senior High School, also ranks highly and reports a 94.7% graduation rate and a 0% dropout rate. Its reading and science results are strong, although mathematics is a relative weakness.

Newmarket Elementary School serves nearly half of all district students and performs above state averages in math, reading, and science, but its recent trend warrants attention. Its ranking fell from the 82nd to the 63rd percentile over two years, driven largely by a sharp science decline from 54% to 39%. Fifth-grade math is also the weakest elementary math result. Across the district, reading is the strongest subject, while science is the weakest overall. Families may also value the district’s small scale and favorable student-teacher ratios, which range from 9.8 to 11.7 students per teacher.