Best Middle Schools in New Hampshire

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 132)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
31	Ellis School	Public	PK, KG-8	432 Main St.	Fremont	03044	Rockingham County	Fremont School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 895-2511	353	39	9	16.7%	320 (90.7%)	1 (0.3%)	20 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.4%)	$17,902							70.7	61.7	41	10		330315000132
32	Westmoreland School	Public	K-8	40 Glebe Rd.	Westmoreland	03467	Cheshire County	Westmoreland School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 399-4421	125	14	9	20.0%	116 (92.8%)	3 (2.4%)	4 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.6%)	$18,223							70.6	45.8	65	33		330702000450
33	Newmarket Junior-Senior High (Elem)	Public	6-8	213 S. Main St.	Newmarket	03857	Rockingham County	Newmarket School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 659-3271	225	22	10.4	17.3%	184 (81.8%)	5 (2.2%)	10 (4.4%)	6 (2.7%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (8.4%)								70.3	42.7	73	40		330528000542
34	Plymouth Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	43 Old Ward Brg. Rd.	Plymouth	03264	Grafton County	Plymouth School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 536-1152	365	42	8.7	33.2%	325 (89.0%)	4 (1.1%)	14 (3.8%)	10 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.3%)								70.2	64.9	37	3		330579000370
35	Campton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	1110 NH Rte. 175	Campton	03223	Grafton County	Campton School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 726-3931	265	30	8.8	30.2%	242 (91.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.5%)	5 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.3%)	$20,857							69.8	57.8	50	15		330210000032
36	Gilford Middle School	Public	5-8	72 Alvah Wilson Rd.	Gilford	03249	Belknap County	Gilford School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 527-2460	277	29	9.5	15.9%	251 (90.6%)	3 (1.1%)	7 (2.5%)	6 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.6%)	$20,625							69.7	53	54	18		330318000044
37	Chesterfield Central School	Public	K-8	535 Old Chesterfield Rd.	Chesterfield	03443	Cheshire County	Chesterfield School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 363-8301	253	23	10.9	13.8%	238 (94.1%)	1 (0.4%)	9 (3.6%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)	$19,560							69.5	71.8	31	6		330228000036
38	Hampstead Middle School	Public	5-8	28 School St.	Hampstead	03841	Rockingham County	Hampstead School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 329-6743	352	35	10	12.2%	319 (90.6%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.1%)	2 (0.6%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.8%)	$21,998							67.4	64.8	38			330348000468
39	Thornton Central School	Public	K-8	1886 NH Rte. 175	Thornton	03285	Grafton County	Thornton School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 726-8904	172	24	7.1	22.7%	157 (91.3%)	2 (1.2%)	6 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.9%)	$19,780							67.1	85.2	17	22		330666000433
40	Mountain Village Charter School	Public, Charter	1-8	13 NH Route 25	Plymouth	03264	Grafton County	Mountain Village Charter School	Yes	No	No	No	(603) 536-3900	117	7	16.7	13.7%	113 (96.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.6%)								65.5	59.5	47	7		330329700715

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on NH SAS Mathematics, NH SAS Reading, NH SAS Science test scores released by the New Hampshire Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on September 6, 2025, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the New Hampshire Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the New Hampshire Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Hampshire Department of Education.