Coe-Brown Northwood Academy

Coe-Brown Northwood Academy is one of the reasonably sized four-year high schools in Northwood, New Hampshire, run under Coe-Brown Northwood Academy School District, with 654 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 32% above the state mean of about 496.

Coe-Brown Northwood Academy School District is the operating authority for Coe-Brown Northwood Academy, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On demographics, Coe-Brown Northwood Academy lists that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest consists of 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial.

On the resource side, Coe-Brown Northwood Academy shows 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 4% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Rockingham County (around 13%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Coe-Brown Northwood Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.7%; this one delivers 62.0%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Rockingham County indicate the typical household earns roughly $118,331 per year, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. In all, Rockingham County runs 99 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,753 students), of which Coe-Brown Northwood Academy is one.

Northwood Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Coe-Brown Northwood Academy at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 43.4%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 9%: 715 students in 2018 compared to 654 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.