Berlin Middle School

Berlin Middle School, a cozy middle-grades school in Berlin, New Hampshire, operated by Berlin School District, instructs 254 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 379 students per school, that is 33% leaner than typical.

Berlin School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 969 students. Berlin Middle School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Berlin Middle School logs that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.1:1 average. Roughly 50% of students at Berlin Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Berlin Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 23.1%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Coos County) records that median household earnings sit near $57,677, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Coos County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,254 students), Berlin Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Berlin Senior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Berlin Middle School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 36.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Berlin Middle School has edged down 11%, going from 286 students in 2018 to 254 in 2025.

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