Summary:
ZIP code 03851, serving the Milton, New Hampshire area, has one middle school—Nute Junior High School—for students in grades 6–8, with 105 enrolled students and a relatively small-school setting.
Nute Junior High School reports a student-teacher ratio of 11.1 to 1 and serves a community in which approximately 49% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Reading is the school’s strongest subject overall, with 37% of students proficient, followed by science at 33% and mathematics at 18%. Seventh-grade reading is the strongest reported grade-level result, at 42% proficient. Eighth-grade science proficiency is 33%, while mathematics proficiency is 22% in seventh grade and 24% in eighth grade. The school’s results are close to those of the Milton School District: Nute is two percentage points below the district in mathematics, three points below in reading, and equal in science.
For parents, mathematics is the clearest area needing improvement. Nute trails New Hampshire statewide results by 26 percentage points in mathematics, 18 points in reading, and 5 points in science. Although science is the school’s strongest subject compared with the state, its proficiency rate declined from 41% to 33% year over year; reading fell from 43% to 37%, and mathematics from 23% to 18%. The school’s ranking also dropped to the 14th percentile in 2025–2026, although rankings can vary with changes in the number of schools and methodology. Its small enrollment may allow more personalized support, but it can also make annual percentages fluctuate when student cohorts change. Parents may wish to ask about math intervention, sixth-grade transition support, and plans to address the recent declines across all subjects.
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