Summary:
ZIP code 03865 has one middle school, Timberlane Regional Middle School, serving grades 6–8 in Plaistow, New Hampshire. The school enrolls 723 students and is part of the Timberlane Regional School District. It has a 10.1:1 student–teacher ratio and serves a community where the school’s academic results are generally near statewide levels in math and reading, with a larger weakness in science.
For parents, the school’s strongest results are in seventh grade. Seventh-grade students achieved 50% proficiency in math and 61% in reading, exceeding New Hampshire’s rates of 44% and 57%. Eighth-grade math was also a relative strength, with 44% of students proficient compared with 40% statewide. Overall, 42% of students were proficient in math and 53% in reading, placing the school close to district and state results. Performance varies noticeably by grade: sixth-grade math was weaker at 33%, 10 points below the state, while eighth-grade reading was 47%, four points below the statewide result.
Science is the clearest area for improvement. Only 28% of students were proficient overall and in eighth grade, compared with 38% statewide and 32% in the district. Science proficiency also fell from 31% to 28% year over year, while math rose modestly and reading remained nearly stable. The school’s ranking has stayed fairly steady near the middle of statewide comparisons, with a 2-star rating in each of the last three reported years. Families may want to ask about support for sixth-grade math, eighth-grade reading, and science instruction, while also noting the school’s strong seventh-grade results and above-state eighth-grade math performance.
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