Summary:
Somersworth High School is the only high school in the Somersworth School District, serving about 399 students in grades 9–12 in Somersworth, New Hampshire. The school has a relatively small enrollment and a reported student-teacher ratio of 11.4 to 1, but there are no other high schools in the district for direct comparison.
Reading is the school’s strongest academic area. In 2025–2026, 44% of students were proficient in reading on the NH SAS, four percentage points above the district average of 40%, although still below the 55% statewide rate. Math is the greatest academic challenge: 19% of students were proficient, compared with 44% statewide. Math performance improved slightly from 17% the previous year, but the gap remains substantial. Science proficiency fell from 30% to 23% year over year and was below both the district and state results. On the 11th-grade SAT, proficiency was 19% in math and 44% in reading, compared with 30% and 62% statewide, respectively.
Families should also consider the school’s broader outcomes. The graduation rate was 79.2%, below New Hampshire’s 87.0%, while the dropout rate was 3.6%, above the state rate of 2.3%. The school’s ranking declined from the 23rd percentile in 2023–2024 to the 13th percentile in 2025–2026, and it received one star in the most recent two years. Overall, the school’s key strengths are its small size, staffing ratio, and comparatively stronger reading performance. The most important areas for improvement are mathematics, science recovery, graduation completion, dropout prevention, and preparation for postsecondary education.
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