Summary:
ZIP code 03260 contains two public schools serving grades 6–12: Kearsarge Regional Middle School for grades 6–8 and Kearsarge Regional High School for grades 9–12, both operated by the Kearsarge Regional School District. Together, they enroll 895 students, with relatively low student-teacher ratios of about 10 students per teacher. There are no elementary schools listed in this ZIP code.
Kearsarge Regional High School is the stronger recent standout. It ranked 22nd out of 89 New Hampshire high schools and rose to the 75th percentile, a substantial improvement from the prior year. Its 90% graduation rate is above the state average, while reading and science proficiency are also notably stronger than statewide results. Science was especially encouraging, increasing from 31% to 51% in one year. Mathematics remains the main concern: proficiency was 36%, below both the district and state averages. The 3.3% dropout rate is also higher than the state rate and may be worth monitoring.
Kearsarge Regional Middle School provides a solid foundation, ranking in the 62nd percentile statewide. It performed above the state in reading and mathematics, with math improving to 48%, but science proficiency was only 31% and declined from the previous year. Reading was strongest in sixth and seventh grades, then fell to 53% in eighth grade. Compared with the high school, the middle school is relatively stronger in mathematics, while the high school is much stronger in science and reading. Parents may want to pay particular attention to middle-school science, eighth-grade reading, and the transition into high-school mathematics.
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