Concord High School

Concord High School, a large four-year high school in Concord, New Hampshire, operated by Concord School District, teaches 1,394 students, covering grades 9 through 13. Compared to the state average of about 496 students per school, that is 181% larger than typical.

Concord High School is one of 7 schools operated by Concord School District, a district that teaches 3,835 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Concord High School logs that the largest single group is White, at 79% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 8% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Merrimack County as a whole is about 91% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Concord High School reports 107 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.2:1, putting Concord High School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 31% of students at Concord High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Concord High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.7%, the actual is 42.0%, a residual of -1.7 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Merrimack County shows the typical household earns roughly $97,004 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Concord High School is one of 61 public schools in Merrimack County (combined enrollment of about 17,429 students).

The closest other public school is Christa McAuliffe School, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Concord High School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 50.0%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 15%: 1,648 students in 2018 compared to 1,394 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

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