Enrollment
149
High
DISTRICT 124 · STATE 496
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GORHAM RANDOLPH SHELBURNE COOPERATIVE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330003500142
Gorham High School
120 Main St., Gorham, NH 03581 · (603) 466-2776 · Coos County
GRADES 09–12HIGH33-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL149 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.2:1 · STATE 11.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
34 students
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 26%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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 Gorham Randolph Shelburne Cooperative 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
26.0%
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 26 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
44.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.8%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
149
+27 (+22%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
was 9.0:1
% White
89%
was 90%
% Hispanic
5%
was 2%
% Black
0%
was 1%
% Asian
1%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Gorham High School
Gorham High School is one of the very small high schools in Gorham, New Hampshire, part of Gorham Randolph Shelburne Cooperative School District, with 149 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 496 students per school, that is 70% leaner than typical.
Within Gorham Randolph Shelburne Cooperative School District, which oversees 3 schools and 372 students, Gorham High School is one campus in the system.
Demographically, Gorham High School logs that nearly all students (89%) are White. Beyond that, the school reports 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.2:1 average. Around 23% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Coos County (around 43%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Gorham High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.8%, the actual is 44.0%, a residual of -4.8 points.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Coos County put the typical household earns roughly $57,677 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Gorham High School is one of 22 public schools in Coos County (combined enrollment of about 3,254 students).
Nearest neighbor: Gorham Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Gorham High School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 33.5%.
The campus sits in a town-center setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Gorham High School has edged up 22%, going from 122 students in 2018 to 149 in 2025.
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Coos County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
31,271
Census ACS
Median income
$57,677
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
3,254 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gorham Randolph Shelburne Cooperative School District
- Edward Fenn SchoolElementary · 143 students
- Gorham Middle SchoolMiddle · 80 students
Other schools in Gorham
- Edward Fenn SchoolElementary · 143 students
- Gorham Middle SchoolMiddle · 80 students
Nearby schools
- Gorham Middle School0.0 mi · 80
- Edward Fenn School0.3 mi · 143
- Berlin Elementary School5.9 mi · 412
- Berlin Middle School6.4 mi · 254
- Berlin Senior High School6.4 mi · 303
- Milan Village Elementary School12.7 mi · 102
Frequently asked questions
About Gorham High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Gorham High School?
Gorham High School enrolls approximately 149 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Gorham High School serve?
Gorham High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Gorham High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Gorham High School is approximately 9.0:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Gorham High School?
At Gorham High School, the student body is approximately 89% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Gorham High School in?
Gorham High School is part of Gorham Randolph Shelburne Cooperative School District.
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