Summary:
The Coe-Brown Northwood Academy is the only high school in the Coe-Brown Northwood Academy School District, serving approximately 654 students in grades 9–12 in Northwood, New Hampshire. Because there is only one high school, the school’s results represent the district’s high school performance. Families will find a small, highly rated school with an 11.4-to-1 student-teacher ratio, a 4-star district rating, and a district ranking of 27th out of 166 New Hampshire districts.
The school’s strongest advantages are graduation, student persistence, reading, and science. Its 98.8% graduation rate is well above the statewide rate of 87%, while its 0.5% dropout rate is substantially below the state’s 2.3%. In 2025–2026, 79% of students reached proficiency in reading compared with 55% statewide, and 68% reached proficiency in science compared with 38% statewide. Eleventh-grade SAT results were also strong: reading proficiency was 79%, compared with 62% statewide, and math proficiency was 41%, compared with 30% statewide. The school’s relatively low free or reduced-price lunch participation rate, 4.43%, provides useful context when comparing its outcomes with statewide results.
Mathematics is the main area parents may want to monitor. On the latest NH SAS assessment, 41% of students were proficient in math, slightly below the 44% statewide rate, and the school’s math result declined two points from the previous year. By contrast, reading remained essentially stable and science improved from 65% to 68%. The school ranked 12th out of 89 high schools in 2025–2026, remaining among New Hampshire’s top-performing schools despite ranking changes over time. Overall, Coe-Brown Northwood Academy offers excellent graduation outcomes and especially strong reading and science performance, with mathematics representing the clearest opportunity for continued improvement.
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