Summary:
Profile School District has one middle school, Profile Junior High School, serving grades 7–8 in Bethlehem, New Hampshire. The school enrolls 83 students, has a low student–teacher ratio of 8.9 to 1, and is the district’s entire middle-school option, so there are no other district schools for direct comparison. Its small size may support individualized attention, although yearly test results can change noticeably when the performance of only a few students shifts.
Profile Junior High School performs well compared with both Profile School District and New Hampshire overall. In 2025–2026, 61% of students were proficient in math, 75% in reading, and 59% in science. These results were 6, 4, and 8 percentage points above district rates and 17, 20, and 21 points above statewide rates, respectively. Reading is the school’s strongest subject, especially in seventh grade, where 85% of students were proficient. Science is another major strength, with the school posting the largest advantage over the state. Mathematics is the lowest-performing subject, but it remains well above the statewide result.
The school has also made broad recent progress. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, proficiency rose by 10 percentage points in math, 3 points in reading, and 12 points in science. Seventh-grade results exceeded eighth-grade results in both math and reading, with the largest difference in reading: 85% versus 69%. The school ranked 12th out of 138 schools in 2025–2026, placing it around the top 9% of the comparison group, and earned a five-star rating. Parents may wish to monitor mathematics and the seventh-to-eighth-grade reading decline, while recognizing that the overall picture is of a small, high-performing school with positive momentum.
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