Summary:
Newport School District is a small district in Newport, New Hampshire, serving about 709 students across four schools from prekindergarten through 12th grade: Richards Elementary School, Newport Middle School, Newport Middle High School, and the seven-student Newport SOAR High School. The district provides a close, small-school setting, with one school at each elementary and middle level and two high-school programs.
Among the traditional schools, Richards Elementary School has the strongest overall tested academic results, leading the middle school slightly in math, reading, and science. However, proficiency remains low compared with New Hampshire averages: elementary math is 14%, middle-school math is 11%, and reading ranges from 29% to 31% across the three larger schools. Newport Middle School shows the most encouraging recent trend, improving modestly in all three tested subjects. The district’s biggest academic need is mathematics, particularly in fourth grade, while reading is somewhat stronger but still well below state levels. All ranked schools place near the bottom statewide, indicating that improvement is a districtwide priority rather than an issue limited to one campus.
Newport Middle High School stands out for its 86.5% graduation rate and reported 0% dropout rate, nearly matching the state graduation rate and exceeding the district rate. Those outcomes are notably stronger than its standardized-test results, so families may want to ask about graduation supports, credit recovery, and college or career readiness. Student-teacher ratios are relatively low, especially at the middle school, but small classes have not yet produced strong test performance. The very small Newport SOAR High School should be evaluated separately because its seven-student enrollment makes graduation and dropout percentages difficult to compare directly with the main high school.
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