Goffstown High School

Goffstown High School operates as a well-populated high school in Goffstown, New Hampshire, overseen by Goffstown School District. Current enrollment sits at 1,008 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 103% bigger than the typical public school in New Hampshire, which averages around 496 students.

Goffstown School District comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,772 students; Goffstown High School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Goffstown High School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). Other groups include 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 82%.

On the resource side, Goffstown High School records 80 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.2:1, putting Goffstown High School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 10% of students at Goffstown High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Hillsborough County's rate of about 26%.

With demographic context factored in, Goffstown High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.7%.

In the broader community, census data for Hillsborough County shows the typical household earns roughly $103,545 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Hillsborough County's 127 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,974 students), Goffstown High School is one campus in the mix.

Glen Lake School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Goffstown High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Goffstown High School at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 54.6%.

Goffstown High School operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 10%: 1,114 students in 2018 compared to 1,008 in 2025.

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