Amherst Middle School

As a substantial 6-8 campus in Amherst, New Hampshire, Amherst Middle School works with 635 students from grades 5 through 8, part of Amherst School District. By comparison, New Hampshire's public schools average about 379 students each, so Amherst Middle School sits 68% larger than that benchmark.

Amherst Middle School is one of 2 schools operated by Amherst School District, a district that enrolls 1,311 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Amherst Middle School lists that nearly all students (90%) are White. The remainder comes out to 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 8% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Hillsborough County's rate of about 26%.

With demographic context factored in, Amherst Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.3%; this one delivers 63.5%.

In the surrounding community, Hillsborough County reports that median household income runs about $103,545, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hillsborough County runs 127 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,974 students), of which Amherst Middle School is one.

Souhegan Coop High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Amherst Middle School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Amherst Middle School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 56.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 637 students in 2018 compared to 635 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

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