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The highest-performing public middle schools in reading in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

Across Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, 27 public middle schools are ranked here, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Academy for Science and Design Charter (M) leads the list at 81.0%, against a median of 54.0% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

Top % Proficient (Reading)

81.0%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

54.0%

BEST IN READING · HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Academy for Science and Design Charter (M)	Nashua, NH	Academy for Science and Design Charter School	Middle	408	81.0%
2	Ross A. Lurgio Middle School	Bedford, NH	Bedford School District	Middle	646	78.0%
3	Hollis Upper Elementary School	Hollis, NH	Hollis School District	Middle	277	77.0%
4	McKelvie Intermediate School	Bedford, NH	Bedford School District	Middle	619	76.0%
5	Amherst Middle School	Amherst, NH	Amherst School District	Middle	635	68.0%
6	Hollis-Brookline Middle School	Hollis, NH	Hollis-Brookline Cooperative School District	Middle	369	67.0%
7	James Mastricola Upper Elementary School	Merrimack, NH	Merrimack School District	Middle	533	64.0%
8	Captain Samuel Douglass Academy	Brookline, NH	Brookline School District	Middle	242	60.0%
9	Hudson Memorial School	Hudson, NH	Hudson School District	Middle	648	57.0%
10	South Meadow School	Peterborough, NH	Contoocook Valley School District	Middle	332	55.0%
11	Mountain View Middle School	Goffstown, NH	Goffstown School District	Middle	880	55.0%
12	Litchfield Middle School	Litchfield, NH	Litchfield School District	Middle	344	54.0%
13	Merrimack Middle School	Merrimack, NH	Merrimack School District	Middle	480	54.0%
14	Wilton-Lyndeboro Middle School	Wilton, NH	Wilton-Lyndeborough Cooperative School District	Middle	130	54.0%
15	Boynton Middle School	New Ipswich, NH	Mascenic Regional School District	Middle	260	50.0%
16	Great Brook School	Antrim, NH	Contoocook Valley School District	Middle	224	49.0%
17	Pelham Memorial School	Pelham, NH	Pelham School District	Middle	349	47.0%
18	Hillsboro-Deering Middle School	Hillsborough, NH	Hillsboro-Deering Cooperative School District	Middle	229	45.0%
19	Milford Middle School	Milford, NH	Milford School District	Middle	445	44.0%
20	Fairgrounds Middle School	Nashua, NH	Nashua School District	Middle	585	42.0%
21	The Founders Academy Charter School (E)	Manchester, NH	The Founders Academy Charter School	Middle	279	40.0%
22	Pennichuck Middle School	Nashua, NH	Nashua School District	Middle	768	39.0%
23	Weare Middle School	Weare, NH	Weare School District	Middle	454	38.0%
24	Southside Middle School	Manchester, NH	Manchester School District	Middle	768	30.0%
25	Hillside Middle School	Manchester, NH	Manchester School District	Middle	1,071	26.0%
26	Middle School At Parkside	Manchester, NH	Manchester School District	Middle	775	23.0%
27	Henry J. McLaughlin Jr. Middle School	Manchester, NH	Manchester School District	Middle	889	23.0%

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