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Does Conval Regional High School have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
645
High
DISTRICT 176 · STATE 496
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CONTOOCOOK VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330248000067
Conval Regional High School
184 Hancock Rd., Peterborough, NH 03458 · (603) 924-3869 · Hillsborough County
GRADES 09–13HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL645 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% of New Hampshire public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
12.0:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.6:1 · STATE 11.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
147 students
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 26%
Community
1
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 | 162 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 153 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 169 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 156 | 24% |
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
School pathway
Based on grade levels within Contoocook Valley School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientEnglish Language Arts
60.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
21.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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
36.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.8%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Conval Regional High School
Conval Regional High School's state test result (36.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conval Regional High School this school | 645 | 22.8% | 36.3% |
| Plymouth Regional High School Plymouth | 651 | 20.4% | 56.0% |
| Pembroke Academy Pembroke | 744 | 24.7% | 39.0% |
| Monadnock Regional High School SWANZEY | 448 | 24.6% | 33.3% |
| Prospect Mountain High School Alton | 402 | 21.1% | 45.3% |
| Merrimack Valley High School Penacook | 744 | 24.1% | 48.0% |
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 Conval Regional High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #55 of 78 | #14 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #52 of 74 | #16 of 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #48 of 78 | #14 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 645 | #32 of 103 | #13 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #38 of 68 | #10 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.7% | #53 of 68 | #19 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.8% | #39 of 80 | #8 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.9% | #28 of 60 | #10 of 19 |
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
645
-63 (-9%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 703
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 645 | 53.8 | 12.0:1 | 23% (147) |
| 2023-24 | 654 | 56.4 | 11.6:1 | 17% (109) |
| 2022-23 | 683 | 57.3 | 11.9:1 | 20% (136) |
| 2020-21 | 708 | 59 | 12.0:1 | 23% (164) |
| 2017-18 | 724 | 61.4 | 11.8:1 | 20% (144) |
| 2015-16 | 786 | 68 | 11.6:1 | 26% (206) |
| 2010-11 | 949 | 63 | 15.1:1 | 24% (230) |
| 2000-01 | 983 | 62 | 15.8:1 | 10% (97) |
| 1990-91 | 703 | 43 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Conval Regional High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (724 to 645); teachers down 12% (61.4 to 53.8).
About Conval Regional High School
Conval Regional High School operates as a medium-sized high school in Peterborough, New Hampshire. A federal count lists 645 students at the school, in grades 9 through 13. An average school in this group (high schools in New Hampshire) has about 496 students.
Conval Regional High School is in Contoocook Valley School District, a district with 1,936 students across 11 schools.
Most students at Conval Regional High School are White: 92% of enrollment. The remaining students are 3% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Census figures show Hillsborough County is about 82% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Conval Regional High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 15%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 12.0:1, with 53.8 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. Among high schools in New Hampshire, the typical ratio is 11.2:1. The school's lunch program data list 23% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades Conval Regional High School a C. The grade compares the school only with New Hampshire public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with New Hampshire schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Conval Regional High School's results are 12.5 points below predicted: 36.3% against 48.8%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Hillsborough County, median household income is about $103,545, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 127 public schools operate in Hillsborough County, serving about 53,974 students.
South Meadow School is the closest public school, about 0.3 miles away in a straight line. Conval Regional High School is one of several public schools in the area, with 5 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 48.3%, higher than Conval Regional High School's 36.3%.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment was 708 in 2020-21 and 645 in 2024-25, a decrease of 63 students.
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Hillsborough County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
426,378
Census ACS
Median income
$103,545
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
127
53,974 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Contoocook Valley School District
- South Meadow SchoolMiddle · 332 students
- Peterborough Elementary SchoolElementary · 254 students
- Great Brook SchoolMiddle · 224 students
- Antrim Elementary SchoolElementary · 133 students
- Greenfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 91 students
- Hancock Elementary SchoolElementary · 70 students
Other schools in Peterborough
- South Meadow SchoolMiddle · 332 students
- Lionheart Classical Academy Chartered Public SchoolElementary · 311 students
- Peterborough Elementary SchoolElementary · 254 students
Nearby schools
- South Meadow School0.3 mi · 332
- Peterborough Elementary School2.1 mi · 254
- Lionheart Classical Academy Chartered Public School4.0 mi · 311
- Greenfield Elementary School4.2 mi · 91
- Hancock Elementary School5.0 mi · 70
- Dublin Consolidated School5.8 mi · 56
Frequently asked questions
About Conval Regional High SchoolHow many students attend Conval Regional High School?
Conval Regional High School enrolls approximately 645 students in grades 09-13.
What age range does Conval Regional High School serve?
Conval Regional High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 13.
How many students per teacher at Conval Regional High School?
Approximately 12.0:1 students per teacher at Conval Regional High School.
How diverse is Conval Regional High School?
Conval Regional High School reports a student body of 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Conval Regional High School?
Conval Regional High School is overseen by Contoocook Valley School District in Hillsborough County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.