Enrollment
60
Middle
DISTRICT 77 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREAT BAY CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 330004800688
Great Bay Charter School (M)
30 Linden St., Exeter, NH 03833 · (603) 519-9003 · Rockingham County
GRADES 03–08MIDDLE31-TOWNCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL60 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% 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.
- CBeats 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
Student : Teacher
7.3:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.6:1 · STATE 11.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
18 students
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 26%
Community
0
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 4 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 3 | 5% |
| Grade 5 | 3 | 5% |
| Grade 6 | 14 | 23% |
| Grade 7 | 17 | 28% |
| Grade 8 | 19 | 32% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Great Bay Charter School (M)→Great Bay Charter School (H)
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NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientEnglish Language Arts
45.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
15.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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
34.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Great Bay Charter School (M)
Great Bay Charter School (M)'s state test result (34.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Bay Charter School (M) this school | 60 | 30.0% | 34.0% |
| Gorham Middle School Gorham | 80 | 32.5% | 45.5% |
| Inter-Lakes Middle School Meredith | 137 | 29.9% | 50.5% |
| Wilton-Lyndeboro Middle School Wilton | 130 | 23.8% | 37.5% |
| Moultonborough Middle Level Moultonborough | 109 | 22.0% | 44.6% |
| Walpole Elementary School Walpole | 123 | 22.0% | 52.2% |
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 Great Bay Charter School (M) ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Rockingham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 60 | #96 of 101 | #19 of 19 |
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 2024-25Enrollment
60
+15 (+33%) vs 2020
+253% since 2010-11, when it was 17
Student : Teacher
7.3:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 60 | 8.2 | 7.3:1 | 30% (18) |
| 2023-24 | 42 | 5.2 | 8.1:1 | 33% (14) |
| 2022-23 | 40 | 5.5 | 7.3:1 | 25% (10) |
| 2020-21 | 45 | 3 | 15.0:1 | 18% (8) |
| 2017-18 | 24 | 1.9 | 12.6:1 | 42% (10) |
| 2015-16 | 35 | 2 | 17.5:1 | 26% (9) |
| 2010-11 | 17 | 3 | 5.7:1 | 35% (6) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Great Bay Charter School (M).
Since 2017-18: students up 150% (24 to 60); teachers up 332% (1.9 to 8.2).
About Great Bay Charter School (M)
Great Bay Charter School (M) is a small middle-grades school that serves part of Exeter, New Hampshire. Enrolled students number 60 students, in grades 3 through 8. Statewide, middle schools in New Hampshire average about 379 students each.
Great Bay Charter School has 154 students in 2 schools, and Great Bay Charter School (M) is one of those schools.
Most students at Great Bay Charter School (M) are White: 92% of enrollment. Other groups make up 3% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. County-wide, about 91% of residents are White. Great Bay Charter School (M) has a diversity index of 16%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal staffing data show 8.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at Great Bay Charter School (M) and a ratio of 7.3:1. That ratio is under the 11.1:1 average for middle schools in New Hampshire. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 30% of students. Public schools in Rockingham County average 13%.
Measured against New Hampshire public middle schools, Great Bay Charter School (M) receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 44.1% for Great Bay Charter School (M). The school posts 34.0%, 10.1 points below the prediction.
Rockingham County has about 319,082 residents, and median household income is about $118,331, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Rockingham County number 99 and enroll about 41,753.
The closest public school to Great Bay Charter School (M) is Great Bay Charter School (H), less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of Great Bay Charter School (M), there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Great Bay Charter School (M) is behind the 54.2% nearby average, ranking 4th of 4.
The school is in a town close to an urbanized area, according to its NCES locale (Town: Fringe). Federal records list Great Bay Charter School (M) as a charter school.
Enrollment was 45 in 2020-21 and 60 in 2024-25, a increase of 15 students. Federal data show the ratio falling from 15.0:1 to 7.3:1.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Rockingham County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
Related schools
Other schools in Great Bay Charter School
- Great Bay Charter School (H)High · 94 students
Other schools in Exeter
- Exeter High SchoolHigh · 1,348 students
- Main Street SchoolElementary · 406 students
- Lincoln Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 401 students
- Virtual Learning Academy (H)High · 386 students
- Virtual Learning Academy (E)Elementary · 124 students
- Great Bay Charter School (H)High · 94 students
Nearby schools
- Great Bay Charter School (H)0.0 mi · 94
- Lincoln Street Elementary School0.3 mi · 401
- Main Street School0.4 mi · 406
- Coastal Waters Chartered Public School (E)1.9 mi · 66
- Coastal Waters Chartered Public School (H)1.9 mi · 16
- Virtual Learning Academy (H)2.2 mi · 386
Frequently asked questions
About Great Bay Charter School (M)How large is Great Bay Charter School (M)?
Great Bay Charter School (M) enrolls approximately 60 students in grades 03-08.
What grades does Great Bay Charter School (M) serve?
Great Bay Charter School (M) serves grades 03-08.
How many students per teacher at Great Bay Charter School (M)?
Approximately 7.3:1 students per teacher at Great Bay Charter School (M).
What is the student diversity at Great Bay Charter School (M)?
Student demographics at Great Bay Charter School (M) are roughly 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Great Bay Charter School (M) public or private?
Great Bay Charter School (M) is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Great Bay Charter School.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.