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Sanborn Regional High School

Q: Is Sanborn Regional High School a good school?

Sanborn Regional High School ranks 55 th of 86 New Hampshire high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 9-12

55^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 86 New Hampshire High Schools

Better than 36% of New Hampshire high schools

Summary

Sanborn Regional High School is a public high school located in Kingston, New Hampshire, serving grades 9-12 with a student population of 521. The school is part of the Sanborn Regional School District, which is ranked 87 out of 158 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Sanborn Regional High School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of New Hampshire high schools, typically between 55-66 out of 85-87 schools, and has a low 1-2 star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating it is performing below average compared to other high schools in the state. The school's performance is particularly poor for its male and special education student populations, ranking in the bottom 30-40% of New Hampshire high schools for these subgroups. Additionally, the school's proficiency rates in mathematics, reading, and science are typically 10-20 percentage points lower than the state and district averages.

While Sanborn Regional High School's four-year graduation rate is around the state average of 89.1%, its dropout rate is higher, ranging from 2.5% to 3.4% in recent years. The school also has relatively low rates of free and reduced-price lunch recipients, ranging from 3-6.5% in recent years, compared to nearby schools like Salem High School and Winnacunnet High School. These factors suggest that Sanborn Regional High School faces challenges in academic achievement, equity, and student outcomes compared to other high schools in New Hampshire.

448

Students ?

12.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$19,057

Per pupil spending ?

10.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

17 Danville Rd.
Kingston, NH 03848-3405

(603) 642-3341

District: Sanborn Regional School District

Feeder schools for Sanborn Regional High School:

Elementary:	Daniel J. Bakie School
	Memorial School
Middle:	Sanborn Regional Middle School

Racial breakdown:

White:

89.3%

Hispanic:

6.0%

Two or more races:

2.9%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Rebounding — 18th percentile in 2019 → 36th in 2025

Strengths

✓91% graduate in 4 years — above the New Hampshire average (87%)

✓Ranking is rebounding — up to 36th (2025) from a 18th-percentile low (2019)

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New Hampshire average (40% vs 46% meeting standards)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Mathematics scores 22 pts below the New Hampshire average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school40%

District avg44%

New Hampshire avg46%

55^th of 86

New Hampshire public high schools ?

Bottom 36%▼ down 28 pts since 2015

From top 36% (2015) to bottom 36% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

87^th of 158Sanborn Regional School District among New Hampshire districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Hampshire percentile	Rating
2025	36.6	55 of 86	36.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	26.2	66 of 87	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.6	66 of 85	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	31.0	59 of 85	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	44.8	45 of 84	46.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	26.0	58 of 71	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	24.0	66 of 81	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	37.7	60 of 82	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	28.6	65 of 84	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	60.5	28 of 77	63.6%	★★★☆☆
2014	49.5	45 of 85	47.1%	★★★☆☆
2013	38.6	60 of 83	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	46.0	50 of 83	39.8%	★★☆☆☆
2011	70.9	20 of 81	75.3%	★★★★☆
2010	72.0	17 of 81	79.0%	★★★★☆
2009	28.7	65 of 79	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Hampshire percentile	Rating
2025	44.2	44 of 80	45.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	35.0	55 of 81	32.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	33.3	55 of 78	29.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	28.0	59 of 79	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	24.2	47 of 59	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.1	50 of 63	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.2	44 of 60	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Hampshire percentile	Rating
2025	30.1	57 of 78	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.2	72 of 82	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.8	68 of 78	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	33.9	51 of 78	34.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	67.1	15 of 60	75.0%	★★★★☆
2019	29.6	44 of 61	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.1	52 of 61	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Hampshire percentile	Rating
2025	16.8	31 of 35	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	11.1	31 of 32	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	31.8	21 of 29	27.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	22.2	28 of 32	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	81.0	5 of 31	83.9%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Hampshire percentile	Rating
2025	31.9	60 of 86	30.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	25.1	67 of 87	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.8	63 of 83	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	35.8	55 of 85	35.3%	★★☆☆☆
2021	45.9	33 of 67	50.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	23.1	53 of 66	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	19.9	55 of 64	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Female (2025)45th percentile+9 vs school

White (2025)30th percentile-6 vs school

Male (2025)27th percentile-9 vs school

Special Education (2025)11th percentile-25 vs school

By subject vs New Hampshire (2024-2025) ?

Reading66%+11 vs state

Science29%-9 vs state

Mathematics20%-22 vs state

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by a parent
Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Beautiful building but everything else is not even close to beautiful
Horrible administration
HORRIBLE education system
This school either needs to be shut down or have some serious reconstructing of ALL aspects Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				SAT Mathematics (2025)	SAT Reading (2025)	NH SAS Mathematics (2025)	NH SAS Reading (2025)	NH SAS Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	SAT Reading 11th Grade	NH SAS Mathematics All Grades	NH SAS Reading All Grades	NH SAS Science 11th Grade	NH SAS Science All Grades	Total
Sanborn Regional High School	Public	9-12	17 Danville Rd.	Kingston	03848	Rockingham County	Sanborn Regional School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 642-3341	448	35	12.8	10.7%	400 (89.3%)	4 (0.9%)	27 (6.0%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (2.9%)	36.6	55^th of 86 public high schools	36.0%		26.2	66^th of 87 public high schools	24.1%	11	20.0	66.0	20.0	66.0	29.0	29.0	$19,057
Timberlane Regional High School	Public	9-12	36 Greenough Rd.	Plaistow	03865	Rockingham County	Timberlane Regional School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 382-6541	944	83	11.3	10.7%	835 (88.5%)	10 (1.1%)	50 (5.3%)	9 (1.0%)	5 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (3.7%)	34.1	56^th of 86 public high schools	34.9%		39.2	47^th of 87 public high schools	46.0%	9	24.0	60.0	24.0	60.0	29.0	29.0	$20,322
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	72^nd of 86 public high schools	16.3%		17	77^th of 87 public high schools	11.5%	5		52.0		52.0	25.0	25.0
Exeter High School	Public	9-12	1 Blue Hawk Dr	Exeter	03833	Rockingham County	Exeter Region Cooperative School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 775-8400	1,348	111	12.1	7.2%	1,209 (89.7%)	23 (1.7%)	40 (3.0%)	42 (3.1%)	10 (0.7%)	3 (0.2%)	21 (1.6%)	85.3	10^th of 86 public high schools	88.4%		79.1	15^th of 87 public high schools	82.8%	5	50.0	80.0	50.0	80.0	51.0	51.0	$19,185
Epping High School	Public	9-12	21 Academy St.	Epping	03042	Rockingham County	Epping School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 679-5472	213	23	9.2	16.0%	195 (91.5%)	2 (0.9%)	8 (3.8%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.8%)	50.9	35^th of 86 public high schools	59.3%		25	69^th of 87 public high schools	20.7%	34	38.0	68.0	38.0	68.0	25.0	25.0	$21,864
Virtual Learning Academy (H)	Public, Virtual, Charter	9-12	19 Hampton Rd	Exeter	03833	Rockingham County	Virtual Learning Academy Charter School	Yes	No	Yes	No	(603) 778-2500	386	66	5.8	11.9%	333 (86.3%)	5 (1.3%)	21 (5.4%)	8 (2.1%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	17 (4.4%)	81.7	13^th of 86 public high schools	84.9%		91	6^th of 87 public high schools	93.1%	7	38.0	78.0	38.0	78.0	60.0	60.0
Raymond High School	Public	9-12	45 Harriman Hill Rd.	Raymond	03077	Rockingham County	Raymond School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 895-6616	326	29	11.2	21.5%	297 (91.1%)	5 (1.5%)	14 (4.3%)	4 (1.2%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.2%)	33.9	57^th of 86 public high schools	33.7%		42.2	43^rd of 87 public high schools	50.6%	14	21.0	60.0	21.0	60.0	32.0	32.0	$22,589
Salem High School	Public	9-12	44 Geremonty Dr.	Salem	03079	Rockingham County	Salem School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 893-7069	1,116	99	11.2	14.9%	868 (77.8%)	15 (1.3%)	125 (11.2%)	47 (4.2%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	57 (5.1%)	50.3	38^th of 86 public high schools	55.8%		50.9	37^th of 87 public high schools	57.5%	1	27.0	63.0	27.0	63.0	43.0	43.0	$19,135
Winnacunnet High School	Public	9-12	1 Alumni Dr.	Hampton	03842	Rockingham County	Winnacunnet Cooperative School District	No	No	No	Yes	(603) 926-3395	993	98	10.1	15.8%	927 (93.4%)	11 (1.1%)	38 (3.8%)	10 (1.0%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.5%)	54.9	30^th of 86 public high schools	65.1%		62.9	27^th of 87 public high schools	69.0%	3	33.0	64.0	33.0	64.0	41.0	41.0	$22,412
Pinkerton Academy	Public	9-12	5 Pinkerton St.	Derry	03038	Rockingham County	Pinkerton Academy School District	No	No	No	No	(603) 437-5200	2,990	216	13.8	11.3%	2,594 (86.8%)	39 (1.3%)	156 (5.2%)	74 (2.5%)	9 (0.3%)	1 (0.0%)	117 (3.9%)	46.2	42^nd of 86 public high schools	51.2%		38	50^th of 87 public high schools	42.5%	8	30.0	66.0	30.0	66.0	31.0	31.0

Frequently Asked Questions about Sanborn Regional High School

Is Sanborn Regional High School a good school?

Sanborn Regional High School ranks 55^th of 86 New Hampshire high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What schools feed into Sanborn Regional High School?

Sanborn Regional High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Daniel J. Bakie School
Elementary : Memorial School
Middle : Sanborn Regional Middle School

What district is Sanborn Regional High School in?

Sanborn Regional School District

How many students attend Sanborn Regional High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 448 students attended Sanborn Regional High School.

What is the racial makeup of Sanborn Regional High School?

Students at Sanborn Regional High School are 89% White, 6% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races.

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