Best High Schools in New Hampshire

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 86)	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
71	Winnisquam Regional High School	Public	9-12	435 W. Main St.	Tilton	03276	Belknap County	Winnisquam Regional School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 286-4531	357	22	16.2	30.5%	318 (89.1%)	5 (1.4%)	5 (1.4%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (7.0%)	$19,188							21.5	16.2	79	8		330730000465
72	Great Bay Charter School (H)	Public, Charter	9-12	30 Linden St.	Exeter	03833	Rockingham County	Great Bay Charter School	Yes	No	No	No	(603) 519-9003	94	8	11.8	22.3%	82 (87.2%)	1 (1.1%)	3 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (8.5%)								20.5	17	77	5		330004800609
73	Somersworth High School	Public	9-12	11 Memorial Dr.	Somersworth	03878	Strafford County	Somersworth School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 692-2431	399	35	11.4	28.6%	298 (74.7%)	11 (2.8%)	19 (4.8%)	39 (9.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (7.8%)	$20,583							19.6	25.9	67	6		330624000418
74	Spaulding High School	Public	9-12	130 Wakefield St.	Rochester	03867	Strafford County	Rochester School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 332-0757	1,298	98	13.2	27.3%	1,125 (86.7%)	17 (1.3%)	52 (4.0%)	26 (2.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	77 (5.9%)	$16,308							19.5	25.8	68	6		330594000394
75	White Mountains Regional High School	Public	9-12	127 Regional Rd.	Whitefield	03598	Coos County	White Mountains Regional School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 837-2528	319	40	7.8	40.1%	301 (94.4%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (3.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.9%)	$24,464							19.5	28.3	62	13		330705000454
76	Lin-Wood Public School (High)	Public	9-12	72 Linwood Dr.	Lincoln	03251	Grafton County	Lincoln-Woodstock Cooperative School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 745-2214	82	11	7.3	25.6%	74 (90.2%)	1 (1.2%)	1 (1.2%)	3 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.7%)								17.7	32.3	57	19		330426000532
77	Laconia High School	Public	9-12	345 Union Ave.	Laconia	03246	Belknap County	Laconia School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 524-3350	562	56	10	34.7%	484 (86.1%)	19 (3.4%)	25 (4.4%)	8 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (4.6%)	$21,949							13.4	21.2	70	7		330414000210
78	Manchester West High School	Public	9-12	9 Notre Dame Ave.	Manchester	03102	Hillsborough County	Manchester School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 624-6384	764	55	13.9	49.1%	327 (42.8%)	93 (12.2%)	215 (28.1%)	31 (4.1%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	96 (12.6%)	$17,782							11.2	4.7	87	9		330459000261
79	Berlin Senior High School	Public	9-12	550 Willard St.	Berlin	03570	Coos County	Berlin School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 752-4122	303	37	8.1	34.3%	274 (90.4%)	3 (1.0%)	12 (4.0%)	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.3%)	$21,214							11.2	16.3	78	1		330186000027
80	Groveton High School	Public	9-12	65 State St.	Groveton	03582	Coos County	Northumberland School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 636-1619	121	14	8.6	26.4%	115 (95.0%)	2 (1.7%)	2 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.7%)	$18,949							10.4	13.7	81	1		330540000347

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on NH SAS Science, SAT Mathematics, SAT Reading 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.