Exeter High School

Located at 1 BLUE HAWK DR, in EXETER, New Hampshire, Exeter High School is a substantial senior high that enrolls 1,348 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by Exeter Region Cooperative School District. Compared to the state average of about 496 students per school, that is 172% larger than typical.

Exeter Region Cooperative School District runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 2,293 students. Exeter High School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Exeter High School lists that nearly all students (90%) are White. The remainder comes out to 3% Asian, 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school reports having 111 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.2:1, putting Exeter High School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 7% of students at Exeter High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Exeter High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.3%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Rockingham County indicate median household earnings sit near $118,331, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Across Rockingham County's 99 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,753 students), Exeter High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Newfields Elementary School, roughly 3.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Exeter High School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Exeter High School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 51.0%.

Exeter High School operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Exeter High School has declined 20%, going from 1,686 students in 2018 to 1,348 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 in 2025.

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