Berlin Senior High School

Berlin Senior High School is a public high school serving 341 students in grades 9-12 in Berlin, New Hampshire. The school is part of the Berlin School District, which is ranked 148 out of 158 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Berlin Senior High School consistently ranks in the bottom quartile of New Hampshire high schools, with academic performance, as measured by proficiency rates on state assessments and SAT, significantly below the state averages across all subjects and grade levels. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 16% of students were proficient or better in mathematics, compared to the state average of 42%, and only 44% were proficient or better in reading, compared to the state average of 55%. The school's four-year graduation rate has fluctuated between 78.8% and 89.5% in recent years, and its dropout rate has ranged from 2.5% to 16.4%.

Interestingly, the two nearby high schools, Groveton High School and Gorham High School, also perform below the state average on academic measures, but generally outperform Berlin Senior High School. Gorham High School, in particular, has a higher ranking and better academic performance than Berlin Senior High School, despite being in the same general geographic region. The relatively stronger performance of Berlin Senior High School's Special Education students suggests that the school may have effective strategies in place for supporting this subgroup, which could potentially be replicated to improve the overall academic performance of the school.