Hillsboro-Deering Middle School

As a modestly sized middle school in Hillsborough, New Hampshire, Hillsboro-Deering Middle School teaches 229 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by Hillsboro-Deering Cooperative School District. Enrollment runs roughly 40% leaner than the state mean of about 379.

Within Hillsboro-Deering Cooperative School District, which oversees 3 schools and 981 students, Hillsboro-Deering Middle School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Hillsboro-Deering Middle School lists that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 6% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Hillsborough County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.1:1, putting Hillsboro-Deering Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. About 39% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Hillsborough County's rate of about 26%.

With demographic context factored in, Hillsboro-Deering Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.4%; this one delivers 41.7%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Hillsborough County put the typical household earns roughly $103,545 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Hillsborough County's 127 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,974 students), Hillsboro-Deering Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Hillsboro-Deering Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Hillsboro-Deering Middle School comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 44.9%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Hillsboro-Deering Middle School's enrollment has declined 26% since 2018, when it stood at 309 (now 229).

Inside the community feed, the feed for Hillsboro-Deering Middle School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.