Making Community Connections Charter School - Monadnock

Making Community Connections Charter School – Monadnock is a small public charter high school in Keene, NH, serving about 80 students in grades 9–12. Its small size may allow for a more personal setting, and the school is located in a community with several nearby public and charter high school options. However, its 2025–26 ranking—66th of 89 New Hampshire high schools, in the 26th percentile—places it below most local comparison schools. Its student-teacher ratio is 14.2 to 1, and about 32.5% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

The most important concern is student completion. The latest reported graduation rate was 13.3%, compared with 87.0% statewide, while the dropout rate was 40.0%, compared with 2.3% statewide. These figures have remained unusually weak across several years. Because the school has only 80 students and likely small graduating classes, percentages can change significantly with only a few students; families should ask about cohort size, transfers, credit progress, attendance, and re-engagement services. Even with that caution, the pattern deserves close attention. By comparison, nearby Keene High School reported an 89.3% graduation rate and a 2.5% dropout rate, while Gathering Waters Charter School reported a 95.2% graduation rate.

Academically, the school’s profile is mixed rather than uniformly weak. Reading is a clear challenge: 40% of students were proficient, 15 points below the state average and lower than the listed nearby schools, including Conval Regional High School and Fall Mountain Regional High School. Science is a relative strength, with 40% proficiency—slightly above the state rate and higher than nearly all nearby traditional high schools. Mathematics results were not provided, making that area difficult to evaluate. Families considering the school may want to ask how it supports reading, graduation planning, and dropout prevention while building on its stronger science instruction.