Enrollment
106
High
STATE 496
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARTS ACADEMY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE CHARTERED PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL·NCES 330329600711
Arts Academy of New Hampshire Chartered Public High School
19 Keewaydin Drive, Salem, NH 03079 · (603) 912-4944 · Rockingham County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL106 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of New Hampshire public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Hampshire public high schools
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
11 FTE teachers
STATE 11.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
11 students
STATE 26%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 24 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 31 | 29% |
| Grade 11 | 22 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 29 | 27% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 33% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientEnglish Language Arts
83.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
11.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Hampshire schools, those numbers are about 55 and 43.
Source: NHSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
46.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.9%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% typical for New Hampshire schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Hampshire's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Arts Academy of New Hampshire Chartered Public High School
Arts Academy of New Hampshire Chartered Public High School's state test result (46.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arts Academy of New Hampshire Chartered Public High School this school | 106 | 10.4% | 46.0% |
| Wilton-Lyndeboro Senior High School Wilton | 147 | 15.6% | 35.0% |
| Epping High School Epping | 213 | 16.0% | 43.7% |
| Hopkinton High School Contoocook | 284 | 7.0% | 57.0% |
| Mascenic Regional High School New Ipswich | 252 | 15.9% | 38.0% |
| Sunapee Sr. High School Sunapee | 131 | 14.5% | 59.0% |
Matched among New Hampshire high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Arts Academy of New Hampshire Chartered Public High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Rockingham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #26 of 78 | #7 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.0% | #70 of 74 | #14 of 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #4 of 78 | #1 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 106 | #80 of 103 | #14 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.4% | #68 of 80 | #11 of 14 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
106
-7 (-6%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 11.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 106 | 11 | 9.6:1 | 10% (11) |
| 2023-24 | 121 | 11 | 11.0:1 | 12% (15) |
| 2022-23 | 128 | 11 | 11.6:1 | 13% (17) |
| 2020-21 | 113 | 10 | 11.3:1 | 19% (22) |
| 2017-18 | 132 | 11 | 12.0:1 | 10% (13) |
| 2015-16 | 104 | 6 | 17.3:1 | 6% (6) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Arts Academy of New Hampshire Chartered Public High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (132 to 106); teachers unchanged (11 to 11).
About Arts Academy of New Hampshire Chartered Public High School
Arts Academy of New Hampshire Chartered Public High School is a very small high school found in Salem, New Hampshire. The school covers grades 9 through 12 and reported 106 students in 2024-25. On average, high schools in New Hampshire enroll around 496, and this school is 79% below that mark.
Arts Academy of New Hampshire Chartered Public High School is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.
Arts Academy of New Hampshire Chartered Public High School is 92% White by enrollment. Next come 5% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. That is in line with Rockingham County, where about 91% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 16%.
There are about 9.6 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Arts Academy of New Hampshire Chartered Public High School, which has 11. High schools in New Hampshire average 11.2:1, 1.5 more students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Arts Academy of New Hampshire Chartered Public High School is about 10%.
Arts Academy of New Hampshire Chartered Public High School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 53% of New Hampshire public high schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Arts Academy of New Hampshire Chartered Public High School is 10.9 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 46.0% actual, 56.9% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New Hampshire.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Rockingham County show that median household income comes to about $118,331, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. Rockingham County counts 99 public schools with about 41,753 students.
Arts Academy of New Hampshire Chartered Public High School is about 0.8 miles from Mary A. Fisk Elementary School, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Arts Academy of New Hampshire Chartered Public High School is behind the 49.1% nearby average, ranking 6th of 8.
In the federal locale system, Arts Academy of New Hampshire Chartered Public High School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Federal records list Arts Academy of New Hampshire Chartered Public High School as a charter school.
Enrollment fell by 6% across 4 years, from 113 in 2020-21 to 106 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 11.3:1 to 9.6:1.
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Rockingham County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
319,082
Census ACS
Median income
$118,331
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
99
41,753 students
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- Woodbury School1.6 mi · 762
- Salem High School1.7 mi · 1,116
- Salem Preschool2.4 mi · 113
Frequently asked questions
About Arts Academy of New Hampshire Chartered Public High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Arts Academy of New Hampshire Chartered Public High School?
Arts Academy of New Hampshire Chartered Public High School enrolls approximately 106 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Arts Academy of New Hampshire Chartered Public High School serve?
Arts Academy of New Hampshire Chartered Public High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Arts Academy of New Hampshire Chartered Public High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Arts Academy of New Hampshire Chartered Public High School is approximately 9.6:1 (11 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Arts Academy of New Hampshire Chartered Public High School?
At Arts Academy of New Hampshire Chartered Public High School, the student body is approximately 92% White, 5% Hispanic, 4% Two or more.
Is Arts Academy of New Hampshire Chartered Public High School public or private?
Arts Academy of New Hampshire Chartered Public High School is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Arts Academy of New Hampshire Chartered Public High School.
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