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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Cooperative Middle School this year?
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Enrollment
945
Middle
DISTRICT 1,147 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EXETER REGION COOPERATIVE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330001700107
Cooperative Middle School
100 Academic Way, Stratham, NH 03885 · (603) 775-8700 · Rockingham County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL945 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% of New Hampshire public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
99 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 11.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
87 students
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 26%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 308 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 317 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 320 | 34% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Cooperative Middle School→Exeter High School
Based on grade levels within Exeter Region Cooperative School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientEnglish Language Arts
64.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
51.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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
55.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.6%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Cooperative Middle School
Cooperative Middle School's state test result (55.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooperative Middle School this school | 945 | 9.2% | 55.8% |
| Amherst Middle School Amherst | 635 | 8.2% | 63.5% |
| Mountain View Middle School Goffstown | 880 | 14.1% | 45.5% |
| Londonderry Middle School Londonderry | 918 | 14.4% | 48.4% |
| Timberlane Regional Middle School Plaistow | 723 | 15.1% | 43.7% |
| Merrimack Middle School Merrimack | 480 | 10.6% | 44.3% |
Matched among New Hampshire middle 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 Cooperative Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Rockingham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.8% | #19 of 85 | #6 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #21 of 85 | #6 of 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #22 of 85 | #7 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 945 | #2 of 101 | #1 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #10 of 74 | #3 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.2% | #50 of 74 | #14 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.2% | #77 of 90 | #15 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.9% | #7 of 57 | #4 of 13 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
945
-111 (-11%) vs 2020
-30% since 2000-01, when it was 1,357
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 10.3:1
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 | 945 | 99 | 9.6:1 | 9% (87) |
| 2023-24 | 923 | 95 | 9.7:1 | 11% (98) |
| 2022-23 | 951 | 91 | 10.4:1 | 9% (82) |
| 2020-21 | 1,056 | 103 | 10.3:1 | 5% (48) |
| 2017-18 | 1,258 | 99.2 | 12.7:1 | 10% (127) |
| 2015-16 | 1,284 | 100 | 12.8:1 | 10% (125) |
| 2010-11 | 1,347 | 98 | 13.7:1 | 11% (149) |
| 2000-01 | 1,357 | 95 | 14.3:1 | 6% (85) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cooperative Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (1,258 to 945); teachers unchanged (99.2 to 99).
About Cooperative Middle School
Cooperative Middle School is classified as a middle school. It is located in Stratham, New Hampshire. A federal count lists 945 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in New Hampshire) has about 379 students.
Within Exeter Region Cooperative School District, Cooperative Middle School is one of 2 schools. The district enrolls 2,293 students.
White students are the large majority at Cooperative Middle School, with 90% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 3% Hispanic, 3% Asian, and 3% multiracial. The White share in Rockingham County as a whole is similar, at about 91%. Cooperative Middle School has a diversity index of 19%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 9.6:1 comes from the school's 99 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, middle schools in New Hampshire average 11.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 9% in 2024-25.
Measured against New Hampshire public middle schools, Cooperative Middle School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
After adjusting for student poverty, Cooperative Middle School lands between the top and bottom 10% of New Hampshire schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 55.8%; the prediction is 57.6%.
Rockingham County has these Census figures: median household income is about $118,331, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. Cooperative Middle School is among the 99 public schools in Rockingham County.
The next-closest public school is Virtual Learning Academy (H), about 0.8 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Cooperative Middle School's average proficiency of 55.8% compares with 47.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Federal data place Cooperative Middle School in the Town: Fringe locale, which means it is in a town close to an urbanized area.
The student count in 2024-25 was 945, 11% below the 1,056 of 2020-21.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Cooperative Middle School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Exeter Region Cooperative School District
- Exeter High SchoolHigh · 1,348 students
Nearby schools
- Virtual Learning Academy (H)0.8 mi · 386
- Virtual Learning Academy (E)0.8 mi · 124
- Coastal Waters Chartered Public School (E)0.9 mi · 66
- Coastal Waters Chartered Public School (H)0.9 mi · 16
- Main Street School2.7 mi · 406
- Lincoln Street Elementary School2.8 mi · 401
Frequently asked questions
About Cooperative Middle SchoolHow many students attend Cooperative Middle School?
Cooperative Middle School enrolls approximately 945 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Cooperative Middle School serve?
Cooperative Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cooperative Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cooperative Middle School is approximately 9.6:1 (99 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cooperative Middle School?
At Cooperative Middle School, the student body is approximately 90% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Cooperative Middle School?
Cooperative Middle School is overseen by Exeter Region Cooperative School District in Rockingham County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.