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The fastest-declining public schools by enrollment in New Hampshire

256 public schools in New Hampshire appear in this ranking of the fastest-declining public schools by enrollment, ranked by the steepest enrollment decline between the 2017-18 and 2024-25 school years. Dr. H. O. Smith Elementary School leads the list at -56.2%, against a median of -12.1% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

256

New Hampshire

Best Enrollment change

-56.2%

Median Enrollment change

-12.1%

FASTEST DECLINING · NEW HAMPSHIRE

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	Dr. H. O. Smith Elementary School	Hudson, NH	Hudson School District	457	200	-56.2%
2	Windham Middle School	Windham, NH	Windham School District	776	414	-46.6%
3	Center Woods School	Weare, NH	Weare School District	662	377	-43.1%
4	Richards Elementary School	Newport, NH	Newport School District	447	273	-38.9%
5	Windham Center School	Windham, NH	Windham School District	683	426	-37.6%
6	Pittsfield Elementary School	Pittsfield, NH	Pittsfield School District	331	215	-35.0%
7	Andover Elementary School	Andover, NH	Andover School District	249	165	-33.7%
8	Lamprey River Elementary School	Raymond, NH	Raymond School District	502	333	-33.7%
9	Mt. Pleasant School	Nashua, NH	Nashua School District	367	250	-31.9%
10	New Searles School	Nashua, NH	Nashua School District	376	256	-31.9%
11	Carpenter School	Wolfeboro, NH	Governor Wentworth Regional School District	262	183	-30.2%
12	Woodsville Elementary School	Woodsville, NH	Haverhill Cooperative School District	250	176	-29.6%
13	Sanborn Regional High School	Kingston, NH	Sanborn Regional School District	636	448	-29.6%
14	Littleton High School	Littleton, NH	Littleton School District	243	172	-29.2%
15	Seabrook Elementary School	Seabrook, NH	Seabrook School District	425	302	-28.9%
16	Northwest Elementary School	Manchester, NH	Manchester School District	683	487	-28.7%
17	North Hampton School	North Hampton, NH	North Hampton School District	373	268	-28.2%
18	Green Acres School	Manchester, NH	Manchester School District	476	343	-27.9%
19	Parker-Varney School	Manchester, NH	Manchester School District	560	406	-27.5%
20	Pelham Memorial School	Pelham, NH	Pelham School District	479	349	-27.1%
21	Broad Street Elementary School	Nashua, NH	Nashua School District	350	256	-26.9%
22	Conant Middle High School (M)	Jaffrey, NH	Jaffrey-Rindge Cooperative School District	328	241	-26.5%
23	Rye Elementary School	Rye, NH	Rye School District	286	211	-26.2%
24	Hillsboro-Deering Middle School	Hillsborough, NH	Hillsboro-Deering Cooperative School District	309	229	-25.9%
25	Winchester School	Winchester, NH	Winchester School District	431	322	-25.3%
26	Webster School	Manchester, NH	Manchester School District	484	362	-25.2%
27	Campbell High School	LITCHFIELD, NH	Litchfield School District	458	343	-25.1%
28	Sanborn Regional Middle School	Kingston, NH	Sanborn Regional School District	335	251	-25.1%
29	Cooperative Middle School	Stratham, NH	Exeter Region Cooperative School District	1,258	945	-24.9%
30	Little Harbour School	Portsmouth, NH	Portsmouth School District	433	325	-24.9%
31	Lancaster Elementary School	Lancaster, NH	White Mountains Regional School District	409	310	-24.2%
32	Daniel J. Bakie School	Kingston, NH	Sanborn Regional School District	354	269	-24.0%
33	Hampton Academy	Hampton, NH	Hampton School District	411	313	-23.8%
34	Epping High School	Epping, NH	Epping School District	279	213	-23.7%
35	Main Dunstable School	Nashua, NH	Nashua School District	470	359	-23.6%
36	Manchester Central High School	Manchester, NH	Manchester School District	1,474	1,130	-23.3%
37	Bluff School	Claremont, NH	Claremont School District	211	163	-22.7%
38	Milford High School	Milford, NH	Milford School District	846	655	-22.6%
39	Berlin Senior High School	Berlin, NH	Berlin School District	391	303	-22.5%
40	Belmont Elementary School	Belmont, NH	Shaker Regional School District	433	336	-22.4%
41	Dover Middle School	Dover, NH	Dover School District	1,207	941	-22.0%
42	Bicentennial Elementary School	Nashua, NH	Nashua School District	617	481	-22.0%
43	Pelham High School	Pelham, NH	Pelham School District	651	508	-22.0%
44	Broken Ground School	Concord, NH	Concord School District	371	291	-21.6%
45	Jaffrey Grade School	Jaffrey, NH	Jaffrey-Rindge Cooperative School District	319	250	-21.6%
46	Lincoln Street Elementary School	Exeter, NH	Exeter School District	511	401	-21.5%
47	Milford Middle School	Milford, NH	Milford School District	567	445	-21.5%
48	Hudson Memorial School	Hudson, NH	Hudson School District	823	648	-21.3%
49	Pleasant Street School	Laconia, NH	Laconia School District	323	255	-21.1%
50	Rundlett Middle School	Concord, NH	Concord School District	971	767	-21.0%

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