Summary:
ZIP code 03254 has one high school, Moultonborough Academy, serving grades 9–12 in a small community with 137 students and a very low 6.7:1 student-teacher ratio. The school is part of the Moultonborough School District, which ranks 76th of 166 New Hampshire districts, or in the 54th percentile. Since there is no other high school in the ZIP code, families are evaluating this school on its own performance rather than choosing among local high schools.
Moultonborough Academy has several important strengths. Its 2024–2025 graduation rate was 100%, compared with 87% statewide, and its dropout rate was 0%, compared with 2.3% statewide. The small enrollment and low student-teacher ratio may support personal attention, advising, and intervention. Reading is the school’s strongest recent academic subject: 60% of students were proficient, compared with 57% in the district and 55% statewide. The school also reported a 22.63% free/reduced-price lunch participation rate.
The main concern for parents is uneven and recently declining academic performance. In 2025–2026, only 17% of students were proficient in mathematics, compared with 49% in the district and 44% statewide. Science proficiency was 31%, below the district’s 39% and the state’s 38%. Reading, mathematics, and science proficiency all fell from the previous year, with science dropping most sharply from 64% to 31%. The school’s ranking also declined from 12th of 86 schools in 2024–2025 to 56th of 89 in 2025–2026. Because the school is small, individual class sizes and year-to-year cohort differences may affect results substantially, but the recent mathematics and science figures warrant close attention. Parents may want to ask about math intervention, science instruction, assessment trends, and how the school is using its strong staffing ratio to improve achievement while maintaining its excellent graduation outcomes.
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