Summary:
The Shaker Regional School District has one middle school, Belmont Middle School, serving students in grades 5–8 in Belmont, New Hampshire. The school enrolls about 350 students and reports an 11:1 student-teacher ratio. About 29.71% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Since it is the district’s only middle school, its results provide the clearest picture of middle-school education in the area.
Belmont Middle School shows its strongest overall performance in reading. In 2025–2026, 61% of students were proficient in reading, compared with 55% statewide and 59% across the district. Mathematics proficiency was 44%, matching the state average and exceeding the district average of 40%. Science was the weakest subject at 37%, slightly above the district’s 35% but one point below the state average. Performance differs substantially by grade: eighth grade was strongest, with 57% proficiency in mathematics, 71% in reading, and 44% in science. Fifth grade needs the most attention in mathematics and science, with proficiency rates of 30% and 31%, respectively, although fifth-grade reading was a strong 63%.
The school’s recent results are generally stable, with reading increasing one percentage point and science improving three points from the prior year, while mathematics declined one point. Its ranking also improved from 57th of 132 schools in 2024–2025 to 45th of 138 in 2025–2026, placing it around the top third of the comparison group. For parents, the main strengths are reading—especially by eighth grade—and the school’s improvement in science. The clearest priorities are strengthening fifth-grade mathematics and science and reducing the wide grade-level variation in mathematics while maintaining strong reading outcomes.
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