Summary:
ZIP code 03602 has one high school, Fall Mountain Regional High School in Alstead, serving grades 9–12 with 479 students as part of the Fall Mountain Regional School District.
The school’s strongest current academic area is reading. In 2025–2026, 51% of students were proficient in NH SAS reading, slightly above the district’s 49%, though below the statewide 55%. Science performance was similar to comparison results, with 36% proficiency compared with 37% for the district and 38% statewide. Mathematics is the clearest concern: only 21% of students were proficient, compared with 35% in the district and 44% statewide. SAT results show the same subject difference, with 51% meeting the reading benchmark and 21% meeting the mathematics benchmark. Families may want to ask about math interventions, tutoring, course support, and how students are identified for additional help.
Other measures suggest that student completion and recent performance trends deserve attention. The 2024–2025 graduation rate was 83.1%, below the 87.0% state rate, while the dropout rate was 3.5%, above the state’s 2.3%. School rankings also weakened recently, moving from 40th of 86 schools in 2024–2025 to 60th of 89 in 2025–2026, when the school received two stars. Reading and science had been stronger in 2024–2025, but all three NH SAS subject results declined the following year, including an 11-point drop in science. The 13.6:1 student-teacher ratio may provide a useful foundation for small-group instruction, graduation planning, and targeted support. With no other high school in the ZIP code for comparison, the most important questions for families are how the school is responding to mathematics performance, recent academic declines, attendance and dropout risks, and students’ individual graduation needs.
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