Summary
Kennett High School is a public school serving grades 9–12 in North Conway, New Hampshire, with about 642 students in the mountain community and part of the Conway School District. Overall, Kennett is a middle-performing school statewide, ranking 52nd of 89 schools and in the 42nd percentile for 2025–26. This represents a substantial recovery from 2023–24, when the school ranked in the 13th percentile, although it remains below the stronger results it achieved in some earlier years.
Kennett’s academic results vary considerably by subject. Reading is the clearest strength: 56% of students were proficient, essentially matching New Hampshire’s 55% rate and exceeding the district’s 48%. Mathematics is the largest concern, with 28% proficiency compared with 44% statewide, while science reached 29%, below the state’s 38% but up considerably from 16% two years earlier. The school’s completion outcomes are more encouraging: its 2024–25 graduation rate was 90.5%, above the state’s 87%, and its 1.9% dropout rate was below the statewide 2.3%. Kennett also stands out for its special education subgroup, which ranked second of 33 schools statewide. Families may also want to note a sizable difference in subgroup rankings: female students ranked in the 61st percentile, while male students ranked in the 27th percentile.
The school’s relatively low 11.6-to-1 student-teacher ratio may support a more personal instructional environment, although ratios do not measure class size or teaching quality. Nearby Robert Frost Charter School reported a 100% graduation rate, no dropouts, and a 3-to-1 student-teacher ratio, compared with Kennett’s 90.5%, 1.9%, and 11.6-to-1. However, Robert Frost enrolls only 12 students, so its percentages can change dramatically with the outcome of just one student, and it is not directly comparable to a comprehensive high school. For parents, the central takeaway is that Kennett combines strong persistence and reading performance with important opportunities to improve mathematics, science, and consistency across student groups.
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