Summary:
Newport School District has two high schools serving grades 9–12 in the Newport, New Hampshire area: Newport Middle High School (High) and Newport SOAR High School. Together, they enroll 298 students, but enrollment is concentrated at Newport Middle High School, which serves 291 students compared with seven at Newport SOAR. The district is ranked 163rd out of 166 New Hampshire districts, reflecting significant academic challenges overall.
Newport Middle High School (High) provides the most complete and useful set of results for parents. Its 86.5% graduation rate is close to the state rate of 87.0% and higher than the district rate of 82.8%. Its reported dropout rate is 0.0%, compared with 2.3% statewide. However, academic proficiency is much weaker: 31% of students were proficient in reading and 17% in science, compared with 55% and 38% statewide. Eleventh-grade SAT reading proficiency was 31%, versus 62% statewide. The school’s student-teacher ratio is 10.7 to 1, and its statewide ranking has remained near the bottom over the past three years.
Newport SOAR High School has a lower student-teacher ratio of 8.7 to 1, which may support more individualized attention, but its enrollment of only seven students makes percentages difficult to interpret. Its reported graduation and dropout rates are both 0.0%, though the graduation figure may reflect a very small measured cohort or the program’s structure. Overall, the clearest strength in the area is student persistence through graduation at Newport Middle High School. The main concern is improving reading and science achievement—especially science—while maintaining the low dropout rate.
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