New Hampshire school data rankings
Compare regular public school districts by one measure at a time, then inspect the underlying profile. Of 181 regular districts, 165 report 2024–25 enrollment and 162 match the FY 2023 finance file. Charter, service, specialized, and other agencies remain in the directory but are excluded from these unlike comparisons.
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Largest school districts in New Hampshire
Ordered by 2024–25 reported membership. This is a scale comparison, not a quality ranking.
Source: NCES CCD LEA Membership, 2024–25.
Highest spending per pupil in New Hampshire
Ordered by FY 2023 current expenditure per pupil among districts with at least 200 students. District responsibilities and local costs differ.
| Rank | Name | Location | Per pupil |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sunapee School District 400 students | Sunapee | $34,037 |
| 2 | Moultonborough School District 492 students | Moultonborough | $32,840 |
| 3 | Inter-Lakes Cooperative School District 915 students | Meredith | $31,036 |
| 4 | North Hampton School District 269 students | Hampton | $30,829 |
| 5 | Rye School District 388 students | Greenland | $29,613 |
| 6 | Lincoln-Woodstock Cooperative School District 243 students | LINCOLN | $29,004 |
| 7 | Hanover School District 463 students | HANOVER | $28,363 |
| 8 | Hampstead School District 830 students | Hampstead | $28,194 |
| 9 | Alton School District 410 students | Alton | $27,336 |
| 10 | Profile School District 218 students | LITTLETON | $27,333 |
| 11 | Hinsdale School District 520 students | Hinsdale | $27,254 |
| 12 | Contoocook Valley School District 1,947 students | PETERBOROUGH | $27,086 |
| 13 | Exeter School District 807 students | EXETER | $26,906 |
| 14 | Littleton School District 569 students | Littleton | $26,757 |
| 15 | White Mountains Regional School District 895 students | Whitefield | $26,287 |
| 16 | Dresden School District 1,044 students | HANOVER | $26,057 |
| 17 | Campton School District 265 students | Plymouth | $26,046 |
| 18 | Candia School District 278 students | HOOKSETT | $26,042 |
| 19 | Seabrook School District 581 students | Hampton | $25,916 |
| 20 | Lebanon School District 1,638 students | West Lebanon | $25,858 |
| 21 | Winnacunnet Cooperative School District 1,000 students | Hampton | $25,799 |
| 22 | Allenstown School District 350 students | PEMBROKE | $25,746 |
| 23 | Souhegan Cooperative School District 702 students | AMHERST | $25,723 |
| 24 | Stratham School District 499 students | EXETER | $25,603 |
| 25 | Lisbon Regional School District 266 students | LITTLETON | $25,600 |
Source: NCES School District Finance Survey (F-33), FY 2023. Resource measure only.
New Hampshire high schools with broad reported program access
Counts AP student enrollment, gifted programming, and computer-science classes reported in CRDC. This does not measure course quality, participation rates, or current availability.
| Rank | Name | Location | Positive fields |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Merrimack High School 09–12 · 13 AP courses | Merrimack School District | 3 of 3 |
| 2 | Windham High School 09–12 · 21 AP courses | Windham School District | 2 of 3 |
| 3 | Pinkerton Academy 09–13 · 20 AP courses | Pinkerton Academy School District | 2 of 3 |
| 4 | Nashua High School North 09–12 · 19 AP courses | Nashua School District | 2 of 3 |
| 5 | Salem High School 09–12 · 16 AP courses | Salem School District | 2 of 3 |
| 6 | Manchester Central High School 09–12 · 15 AP courses | Manchester School District | 2 of 3 |
| 7 | Goffstown High School 09–12 · 15 AP courses | Goffstown School District | 2 of 3 |
| 8 | Hollis-Brookline High School 09–12 · 15 AP courses | Hollis-Brookline Cooperative School District | 2 of 3 |
| 9 | Virtual Learning Academy (H) 09–12 · 15 AP courses | Virtual Learning Academy Charter School | 2 of 3 |
| 10 | Dover Senior High School 09–12 · 14 AP courses | Dover School District | 2 of 3 |
| 11 | Londonderry Senior High School 09–12 · 14 AP courses | Londonderry School District | 2 of 3 |
| 12 | Souhegan Coop High School 09–12 · 14 AP courses | Souhegan Cooperative School District | 2 of 3 |
| 13 | Manchester Memorial High School 09–12 · 13 AP courses | Manchester School District | 2 of 3 |
| 14 | Exeter High School 09–12 · 12 AP courses | Exeter Region Cooperative School District | 2 of 3 |
| 15 | Winnacunnet High School 09–13 · 11 AP courses | Winnacunnet Cooperative School District | 2 of 3 |
| 16 | Kingswood Regional High School 09–13 · 11 AP courses | Governor Wentworth Regional School District | 2 of 3 |
| 17 | John Stark Regional High School 09–12 · 11 AP courses | John Stark Regional School District | 2 of 3 |
| 18 | Portsmouth High School 09–13 · 10 AP courses | Portsmouth School District | 2 of 3 |
| 19 | Kearsarge Regional High School 09–13 · 10 AP courses | Kearsarge Regional School District | 2 of 3 |
| 20 | Hopkinton High School 09–12 · 10 AP courses | Hopkinton School District | 2 of 3 |
| 21 | Bedford High School 09–13 · 9 AP courses | Bedford School District | 2 of 3 |
| 22 | Oyster River High School 09–13 · 9 AP courses | Oyster River Coop School District | 2 of 3 |
| 23 | Milford High School 09–12 · 9 AP courses | Milford School District | 2 of 3 |
| 24 | Kennett High School 09–13 · 9 AP courses | Conway School District | 2 of 3 |
| 25 | Newfound Regional High School 09–13 · 9 AP courses | Newfound Area School District | 2 of 3 |
Source: CRDC 2021–22. At least two program fields must be known for inclusion.