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Enrollment
470
High
DISTRICT 350 · STATE 496
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GILFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330318000135
Gilford High School
88 Alvah Wilson Rd., Gilford, NH 03249 · (603) 524-7135 · Belknap County
GRADES 09–13HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL470 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% of New Hampshire public high schools
- B-Test 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
11.5:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 11.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
53 students
DISTRICT 13% · 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 | 120 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 121 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 112 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 114 | 24% |
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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 Gilford School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientEnglish Language Arts
68.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
28.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
42.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.3%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 56% typical for New Hampshire schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Gilford High School
Gilford High School's state test result (42.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilford High School this school | 470 | 11.3% | 42.0% |
| Kearsarge Regional High School North Sutton | 485 | 8.2% | 44.0% |
| John Stark Regional High School WEARE | 612 | 15.2% | 44.3% |
| Sanborn Regional High School Kingston | 448 | 10.7% | 38.3% |
| Mascenic Regional High School New Ipswich | 252 | 15.9% | 38.0% |
| Goffstown High School Goffstown | 1,008 | 10.4% | 55.7% |
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 Gilford High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Belknap County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #42 of 78 | #3 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #31 of 74 | #2 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #28 of 78 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 470 | #42 of 103 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #28 of 68 | #4 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.3% | #68 of 68 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.3% | #60 of 80 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.7% | #58 of 60 | N/A |
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
470
-23 (-5%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 654
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 470 | 41 | 11.5:1 | 11% (53) |
| 2023-24 | 491 | 41 | 12.0:1 | 13% (64) |
| 2022-23 | 499 | 35 | 14.3:1 | 14% (72) |
| 2020-21 | 493 | 37 | 13.3:1 | 8% (37) |
| 2017-18 | 488 | 42 | 11.6:1 | 13% (65) |
| 2015-16 | 511 | 44 | 11.6:1 | 16% (81) |
| 2010-11 | 551 | 50 | 11.0:1 | 17% (93) |
| 2000-01 | 534 | 46 | 11.6:1 | 6% (30) |
| 1990-91 | 654 | 62 | 10.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gilford High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (488 to 470); teachers down 2% (42 to 41).
About Gilford High School
Gilford High School is a mid-sized high school in New Hampshire, located in Gilford. The school serves grades 9 through 13. Enrollment is 470 students.
Gilford School District serves 1,050 students across 3 schools.
At Gilford High School, 96% of students are White. Census estimates put Belknap County at about 93% White, close to the school's figure. A diversity index of 8% means there is an 8% chance two randomly chosen students at Gilford High School are from different groups.
Teacher count: 41 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 11.5:1. The ratio is within a point of the 11.2:1 average for high schools in New Hampshire. Roughly 11% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 29% average for public schools in Belknap County, the school's rate is lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Gilford High School lands at C+, ahead of 35% of New Hampshire public high schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Gilford High School is in the bottom 10% of New Hampshire schools: 42.0% actual against 56.3% predicted.
In the wider Belknap County area, the median household earns about $92,783 a year, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Across Belknap County, 23 public schools serve about 7,344 students.
Gilford High School's nearest public school is Gilford Middle School (less than a tenth of a mile). In all, 7 other public schools sit within five miles of Gilford High School. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Gilford High School is 4th on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Gilford High School as Rural: Fringe.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 470, down from 493 in 2020-21. The school's ratio dropped from 13.3:1 to 11.5:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Gilford High School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Belknap County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
64,659
Census ACS
Median income
$92,783
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
7,344 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gilford School District
- Gilford Elementary SchoolElementary · 303 students
- Gilford Middle SchoolMiddle · 277 students
Other schools in Gilford
- Gilford Elementary SchoolElementary · 303 students
- Gilford Middle SchoolMiddle · 277 students
Nearby schools
- Gilford Middle School0.1 mi · 277
- Gilford Elementary School0.2 mi · 303
- Woodland Heights Elementary School2.7 mi · 318
- Laconia High School2.9 mi · 562
- Laconia Middle School3.4 mi · 414
- Elm Street School3.6 mi · 259
Frequently asked questions
About Gilford High SchoolHow large is Gilford High School?
Gilford High School enrolls approximately 470 students in grades 09-13.
Is Gilford High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Gilford High School is a high school covering grades 09-13.
How many teachers does Gilford High School have?
Gilford High School employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Gilford High School?
Student demographics at Gilford High School are roughly 96% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Gilford High School in?
Gilford High School is part of Gilford School District.
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