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Gilbert H. Hood Middle School

5 Hood Rd., Derry, NH 03038 · (603) 432-1224 · Rockingham County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL696 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% of New Hampshire public middle 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 middle schools

Enrollment
696
Middle
DISTRICT 618 · STATE 379
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 11.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
171 students
DISTRICT 23% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 733949%
Grade 835751%
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 33% · US 70%
White
57382%
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 81% · US 43%
Hispanic
507%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 8% · US 30%
Black
122%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 2% · US 15%
Asian
172%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 3% · US 6%
Two+
406%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Native American
30%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
34349%
Female
35351%

School pathway

Feeds from
West Running Brook Intermediate School05–06
Based on grade levels within Derry Cooperative School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above Proficient
English Language Arts
50.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
29.0%
NH avg 43.0%

What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
38.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.7%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.9pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Gilbert H. Hood Middle School

Gilbert H. Hood Middle School's state test result (38.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Gilbert H. Hood Middle School this school69624.6%38.8%
West Running Brook Intermediate School
DERRY
63926.8%N/A
Hudson Memorial School
Hudson
64818.4%47.8%
Milford Middle School
Milford
44519.3%34.9%
Dover Middle School
Dover
94124.7%46.0%
Iber Holmes Gove Middle School
Raymond
41328.6%46.4%
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 Gilbert H. Hood Middle School ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New HampshireIn Rockingham County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
38.8%#59 of 85#16 of 16
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
29.0%#63 of 85#16 of 16
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
50.0%#53 of 85#15 of 16
Enrollment
ranked largest first
696#15 of 101#5 of 19
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
12.7:1#62 of 74#15 of 16
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
31.3%#24 of 74#6 of 16
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
24.6%#44 of 90#4 of 18
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+12.1%#9 of 15N/A
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 2024-25
Enrollment
696
+118 (+20%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 714
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 13.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2569654.912.7:125% (171)
2023-2451943.412.0:130% (158)
2022-2354044.512.1:126% (138)
2020-215784413.1:128% (164)
2017-1862148.412.8:126% (159)
2015-167055213.6:126% (181)
2010-118076712.0:127% (217)
2000-019155716.1:118% (167)
1990-917145712.5:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gilbert H. Hood Middle School.

Since 2017-18: students up 12% (621 to 696); teachers up 13% (48.4 to 54.9).

About Gilbert H. Hood Middle School

Gilbert H. Hood Middle School is a large middle school with its address in Derry, New Hampshire. Enrollment totals 696 students across grades 7 through 8. That puts enrollment 84% bigger than the 379-student average for middle schools in New Hampshire.

Derry Cooperative School District (9 schools, 3,906 students) runs Gilbert H. Hood Middle School.

By race and ethnicity, Gilbert H. Hood Middle School is 82% White. Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The county population is about 91% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 31%.

The student-to-teacher ratio at Gilbert H. Hood Middle School is 12.7:1, based on 54.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, middle schools in New Hampshire average 11.1:1. Lunch program data show 25% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in Rockingham County report 13%.

Among New Hampshire public middle schools, Gilbert H. Hood Middle School outscored 28%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.

Schools in New Hampshire with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 47.7%. Gilbert H. Hood Middle School scores 38.8%.

The county, Rockingham County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $118,331, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 3%. The county has 99 public schools and about 41,753 students.

Next Charter School is less than a tenth of a mile from Gilbert H. Hood Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Gilbert H. Hood Middle School comes in 4th of 4 nearby schools on average proficiency.

In the federal locale system, Gilbert H. Hood Middle School is coded Suburb: Mid-size, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 696, compared with 578 in 2020-21.

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Rockingham County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Gilbert H. Hood Middle School
District
Derry Cooperative School District
Address
5 Hood Rd., Derry, NH 03038
Phone
(603) 432-1224
County
Rockingham County
Level
Middle
Grade range
07–08
Total enrollment
696
Teachers (FTE)
55
Student–teacher ratio
12.7:1
Free and reduced lunch
171 (25%)
Locale
22-Suburb: Mid-size
NCES ID
330261000086
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Gilbert H. Hood Middle School
How many students attend Gilbert H. Hood Middle School?
Gilbert H. Hood Middle School enrolls approximately 696 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Gilbert H. Hood Middle School serve?
Gilbert H. Hood Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Gilbert H. Hood Middle School?
Approximately 12.7:1 students per teacher at Gilbert H. Hood Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Gilbert H. Hood Middle School?
Student demographics at Gilbert H. Hood Middle School are roughly 82% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Gilbert H. Hood Middle School?
Gilbert H. Hood Middle School is overseen by Derry Cooperative School District in Rockingham County.
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