Summary:
ZIP code 03260 has one public high school serving grades 9–12: Kearsarge Regional High School in North Sutton, part of the Kearsarge Regional School District. The school enrolls about 485 students and offers a relatively favorable 10.4-to-1 student-teacher ratio. For the 2025–2026 school year, it ranked 22nd among 89 New Hampshire high schools, placing it in the state’s 75th percentile and earning four stars.
Academic results are generally strong, especially in reading and science. In 2025–2026, 67% of students were proficient in reading, compared with 55% statewide, while 51% were proficient in science, compared with 38% statewide. Science showed the biggest improvement, rising 20 percentage points from the prior year. Reading remained a major strength despite a small decline from 70% to 67%. The school also exceeded state averages on 11th-grade SAT results, with 67% proficiency in reading and 36% in mathematics. Mathematics is the main area needing attention: all-grades math proficiency was 36%, below the district’s 52% and the state’s 44%, although the school’s SAT math result was above the statewide rate.
Parents may also find the school’s graduation results encouraging. The 2024–2025 graduation rate was 90%, three percentage points higher than the New Hampshire average. However, the dropout rate was 3.3%, compared with 2.3% statewide, suggesting that some students may need additional support staying on track. Overall, the school has improved substantially in statewide rankings, performs well in reading and science, and provides favorable staffing conditions. Its most important priorities are strengthening mathematics and understanding the reasons behind the higher dropout rate while maintaining its recent academic gains.
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