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Enrollment
428
Middle
DISTRICT 426 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOOKSETT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330387000618
David R. Cawley Middle School
89 Whitehall Rd., Hooksett, NH 03106 · (603) 518-5047 · Merrimack County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL428 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% 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.
- A-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
10.7:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 11.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
68 students
DISTRICT 15% · 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 | 144 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 146 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 138 | 32% |
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Hooksett School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientEnglish Language Arts
65.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
59.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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
57.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.3%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 David R. Cawley Middle School
David R. Cawley Middle School's state test result (57.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| David R. Cawley Middle School this school | 428 | 15.9% | 57.9% |
| James Mastricola Upper Elementary School Merrimack | 533 | 14.1% | 50.4% |
| Weare Middle School Weare | 454 | 15.2% | 33.5% |
| Pelham Memorial School Pelham | 349 | 11.5% | 34.9% |
| Milford Middle School Milford | 445 | 19.3% | 34.9% |
| Hampstead Middle School Hampstead | 352 | 12.2% | 50.7% |
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 David R. Cawley Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Merrimack County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #17 of 85 | #4 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #15 of 85 | #3 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #21 of 85 | #4 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 428 | #34 of 101 | #4 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #34 of 74 | #4 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.1% | #40 of 74 | #3 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.9% | #61 of 90 | #7 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.8% | #34 of 57 | #5 of 6 |
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
428
-11 (-3%) vs 2020
-16% since 2010-11, when it was 508
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 428 | 40 | 10.7:1 | 16% (68) |
| 2023-24 | 422 | 40 | 10.6:1 | 17% (71) |
| 2022-23 | 429 | 39.9 | 10.8:1 | 16% (68) |
| 2020-21 | 439 | 39 | 11.3:1 | 16% (72) |
| 2017-18 | 485 | 39.9 | 12.2:1 | 16% (80) |
| 2015-16 | 487 | 40 | 12.2:1 | 20% (96) |
| 2010-11 | 508 | 38 | 13.4:1 | 16% (81) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for David R. Cawley Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (485 to 428); teachers unchanged (39.9 to 40).
About David R. Cawley Middle School
The public middle-grades school David R. Cawley Middle School is located in Hooksett, New Hampshire. Federal data show 428 students enrolled in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25.
Hooksett School District has a total of 3 schools and 1,277 students, David R. Cawley Middle School among them.
By race and ethnicity, David R. Cawley Middle School is 87% White. Other groups make up 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. In Merrimack County overall, the White share is about 91%. A diversity index of 23% means there is a 23% chance two randomly chosen students at David R. Cawley Middle School are from different groups.
Based on 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, David R. Cawley Middle School has a ratio of 10.7:1. The average for middle schools in New Hampshire is about 11.1:1. Income data for the school show 16% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Merrimack County is 25%.
Among New Hampshire public middle schools, David R. Cawley Middle School outscored 84%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
In New Hampshire, David R. Cawley Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 57.9% actual against a predicted 53.3%.
In the wider Merrimack County area, the median household earns about $97,004 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. David R. Cawley Middle School shares Merrimack County with 60 other public schools.
Fred C. Underhill School is about 1.4 miles from David R. Cawley Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, David R. Cawley Middle School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Mid-size.
A 3% decline took enrollment from 439 in 2020-21 to 428 in 2024-25.
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Merrimack County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
155,967
Census ACS
Median income
$97,004
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
61
17,429 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hooksett School District
- Hooksett Memorial SchoolElementary · 431 students
- Fred C. Underhill SchoolElementary · 418 students
Other schools in Hooksett
- Hooksett Memorial SchoolElementary · 431 students
- Fred C. Underhill SchoolElementary · 418 students
Nearby schools
- Fred C. Underhill School1.4 mi · 418
- Hooksett Memorial School2.6 mi · 431
- Webster School3.4 mi · 362
- Smyth Road School3.5 mi · 344
- Hillside Middle School3.9 mi · 1,071
- Spark Academy of Advanced Technologies Charter School4.0 mi · 96
Frequently asked questions
About David R. Cawley Middle SchoolHow large is David R. Cawley Middle School?
David R. Cawley Middle School enrolls approximately 428 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does David R. Cawley Middle School serve?
David R. Cawley Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does David R. Cawley Middle School have?
David R. Cawley Middle School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.7:1.
What is the student diversity at David R. Cawley Middle School?
Student demographics at David R. Cawley Middle School are roughly 87% White, 5% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is David R. Cawley Middle School in?
David R. Cawley Middle School is part of Hooksett School District.
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