Best High Schools in New Hampshire

The top 50 high schools (grades 9-12) in New Hampshire, ranked by enrollment from NCES data with EDFacts proficiency rates where available. Average proficiency across this list is 67%.

#	School	City	Enrollment	Proficiency
1	Pinkerton Academy	Derry, NH	3,060	65%
2	Nashua High School South	Nashua, NH	1,743	53%
3	Nashua High School North	Nashua, NH	1,594	59%
4	Dover Senior High School	Dover, NH	1,505	69%
5	Concord High School	Concord, NH	1,467	66%
6	Exeter High School	Exeter, NH	1,447	77%
7	Manchester Memorial High School	Manchester, NH	1,405	50%
8	Bedford High School	Bedford, NH	1,391	68%
9	Londonderry Senior High School	Londonderry, NH	1,386	61%
10	Spaulding High School	Rochester, NH	1,301	50%
11	Salem High School	Salem, NH	1,134	70%
12	Merrimack High School	Merrimack, NH	1,113	76%
13	Windham High School	Windham, NH	1,055	74%
14	Alvirne High School	Hudson, NH	1,038	68%
15	Goffstown High School	Goffstown, NH	1,033	62%
16	Portsmouth High School	Portsmouth, NH	1,032	73%
17	Oyster River High School	Durham, NH	844	75%
18	Pembroke Academy	Pembroke, NH	783	62%
19	Hollis-Brookline High School	Hollis, NH	757	77%
20	Milford High School	Milford, NH	750	72%
21	Souhegan Coop High School	Amherst, NH	698	75%
22	Coe-Brown Northwood Academy	Northwood, NH	686	66%
23	Conval Regional High School	Peterborough, NH	683	67%
24	Hanover High School	Hanover, NH	654	74%
25	Plymouth Regional High School	Plymouth, NH	646	63%
26	John Stark Regional High School	Weare, NH	610	64%
27	Bow High School	Bow, NH	604	66%
28	Lebanon High School	Lebanon, NH	598	71%
29	Pelham High School	Pelham, NH	575	73%
30	Sanborn Regional High School	Kingston, NH	527	67%
31	Kearsarge Regional High School	North Sutton, NH	508	74%
32	Gilford High School	Gilford, NH	499	73%
33	Monadnock Regional High School	E. Swanzey, NH	454	64%
34	Virtual Learning Academy (H)	Exeter, NH	442	77%
35	Winnisquam Regional High School	Tilton, NH	421	63%
36	Campbell High School	Litchfield, NH	412	66%
37	Prospect Mountain High School	Alton, NH	387	64%
38	Conant High School	Jaffrey, NH	349	62%
39	Raymond High School	Raymond, NH	346	69%
40	Mascoma Valley Regional High School	Canaan, NH	338	64%
41	Hopkinton High School	Contoocook, NH	305	70%
42	Newmarket Jr.-Sr. High School	Newmarket, NH	270	72%
43	Epping High School	Epping, NH	241	73%
44	Woodsville High School	Woodsville, NH	216	66%
45	Academy for Science and Design Charter (H)	Nashua, NH	202	62%
46	Wilton-Lyndeboro Senior High School	Wilton, NH	145	70%
47	Moultonborough Academy	Moultonborough, NH	142	68%
48	Gorham High School	Gorham, NH	135	63%
49	Arts Academy of New Hampshire Chartered Public High School	Salem, NH	128	65%
50	Colebrook Academy and Elementary School (H)	Colebrook, NH	118	71%

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best high school in New Hampshire?

The largest high school in New Hampshire is Pinkerton Academy in Derry with 3,060 students and a 65% proficiency rate. Rankings are based on NCES Common Core of Data enrollment and EDFacts proficiency results.

How many high schools are in New Hampshire?

This page shows the top 50 high schools (grades 9-12) in New Hampshire by enrollment. Browse the full state directory to see all schools.

What does the proficiency rate measure?

Proficiency rate is the percentage of students meeting grade-level standards on combined math and reading assessments, as reported by EDFacts. Data is district-level and applied to each school in the district.

Where does this data come from?

Enrollment and school characteristics come from the NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results. Both are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.

The this entity category groups every U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment entity sharing this attribute. The list above is the data; the paragraphs below explain what the grouping means against the broader NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts distribution and how to read the relative rankings within the category.

For readers using this category as a starting point, the per-entity detail pages linked from the table above carry the underlying NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts data in full. The category-level view is the filter; the per-entity pages are the actual answer.

Sources: NCES Common Core of Data, EDFacts

Last updated: June 2026

Schools are ranked by enrollment within the state. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results, district-level figures applied to each school in the district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.