Summary:
ZIP code 03244 has one middle school, Hillsboro-Deering Middle School, serving students in grades 6–8 in the Hillsborough area. The school enrolls 229 students and has a student-teacher ratio of 11.8 to 1. Because it is the only middle school in the ZIP code, there are no local school-to-school comparisons; the most useful comparisons are with the Hillsboro-Deering Cooperative School District and New Hampshire statewide results.
The school’s strongest academic area is reading. In 2025–2026, 58% of students were proficient in reading, compared with 55% statewide and 56% in the district. Reading performance exceeded the state in every grade, led by seventh grade at 64%. Mathematics was more mixed: 41% of students were proficient overall, slightly below the statewide 44%, but seventh- and eighth-grade results were above state averages. Sixth-grade mathematics was the clearest concern, with 32% proficiency compared with 43% statewide. Science proficiency was 38%, matching the state but below the district’s 43% all-grade result.
Recent trends are encouraging. Reading proficiency rose 13 percentage points from the prior year, mathematics increased 2 points, and the school’s statewide ranking improved from 99th of 130 schools in 2023–2024 to 61st of 138 in 2025–2026. Its percentile rose from the 24th to the 56th, while its rating increased from one star to three. For parents, the main positives are improving overall performance, strong reading results, and above-state mathematics performance in grades 7 and 8. Areas to watch include sixth-grade math, the transition into middle-school coursework, and science, which declined slightly year over year.
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