Great Bay Charter School (M)

Great Bay Charter School (M) is a 6-8 campus of tiny scale in Exeter, New Hampshire, run under Great Bay Charter School, caters to 60 students in grades 3 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 84% below the state mean of about 379.

Great Bay Charter School (M) is one of 2 schools operated by Great Bay Charter School, a district that hosts 154 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Great Bay Charter School (M) records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%); the rest is composed of 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Rockingham County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.1:1, putting Great Bay Charter School (M) tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 30% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Rockingham County runs at roughly 13%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Great Bay Charter School (M) sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.1%; this one delivers 34.0%.

Around the school, census data for Rockingham County shows median household income runs about $118,331, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Across Rockingham County's 99 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,753 students), Great Bay Charter School (M) is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Great Bay Charter School (H), around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Great Bay Charter School (M) at 4th of 4; the average score across the group is 54.2%.

Great Bay Charter School (M) operates from a small-town location. Great Bay Charter School (M) operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Great Bay Charter School (M)'s enrollment has edged up 150% since 2018, when it stood at 24 (now 60). Over the same period, the Black share declined from 13% to 0%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 7.3:1 today.

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