Amherst Middle School
Amherst, NH · Middle School · Grades 5-8
Amherst Middle School is a middle school in Amherst, NH with 639 students enrolled and a 72% proficiency rate. Part of Amherst School District. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Amherst Middle School is a middle school located in Amherst, New Hampshire. The school serves 639 students in grades 5-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 10.5:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 72% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
6% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Amherst Middle School is part of the Amherst School District in New Hampshire.
How This School Compares
Amherst Middle School has 639 students enrolled, making it smaller than the average school in Amherst School District (674 students). Its 72% proficiency rate is 1 percentage points below the district average of 74%. Compared to the New Hampshire state average of 60%, the school performs 13 points higher. With a 10.5:1 student-teacher ratio, it offers smaller class sizes than the national average.
Frequently Asked Questions
Amherst Middle School has 639 students enrolled in grades 5-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 10.5:1.
According to EDFacts data, 72% of students at Amherst Middle School meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Amherst Middle School is part of the Amherst School District in Amherst, New Hampshire. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
For this entity, the underlying data on this page comes from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. The breakdown above is the federal record; the paragraphs below add the per-entity context that makes the headline numbers usable for a real decision rather than just a data lookup.
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For readers using this page as a decision input, the related-entity pages elsewhere on the site provide the comparison set. The most useful comparison for this entity is typically a peer within U.S. public schools and districts with similar size, similar exposure, or similar geography — not the national-level summary alone.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.