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Hinsdale Middle High School

49 School St., Hinsdale, NH 03451 · (603) 336-5984 · Cheshire County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL121 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of New Hampshire public middle schools
  • DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • C-Beats 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

Enrollment
121
Middle
DISTRICT 173 · STATE 379
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.6:1 · STATE 11.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
52 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 64336%
Grade 73831%
Grade 84033%
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 33% · US 70%
White
10486%
DISTRICT 86% · STATE 81% · US 43%
Hispanic
54%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 8% · US 30%
Black
11%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 2% · US 15%
Asian
22%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 3% · US 6%
Two+
87%
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Pacific Islander
11%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
7159%
Female
5041%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Hinsdale Middle High School→Hinsdale High School
Feeds from
Hinsdale Elementary SchoolPK–05
Based on grade levels within Hinsdale School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above Proficient
English Language Arts
30.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
18.0%
NH avg 43.0%

What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
24.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.7%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.7pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Hinsdale Middle High School

Hinsdale Middle High School's state test result (24.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Hinsdale Middle High School this school12143.0%24.0%
Charlestown Middle School
Charlestown
16841.1%33.7%
Vilas Elementary School
Alstead
10840.7%47.2%
Lisbon Regional School (Middle)
Lisbon
7642.1%33.1%
Nute Junior High School
Milton
10548.6%35.0%
Hillsboro-Deering Middle School
Hillsborough
22938.9%41.7%
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 Hinsdale Middle High School ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New HampshireIn Cheshire County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
24.0%#77 of 85#6 of 6
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
18.0%#78 of 85#6 of 6
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
30.0%#78 of 85#6 of 6
Enrollment
ranked largest first
121#85 of 101#5 of 6
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
43.0%#15 of 90#1 of 6
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 2024-25
Enrollment
121
-4 (-3%) vs 2020
-10% since 2000-01, when it was 134
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 8.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-25121913.4:143% (52)
2023-2411233.53.3:146% (51)
2022-2313213.59.8:143% (57)
2020-21125158.3:137% (46)
2017-1811415.77.3:153% (60)
2015-16107128.9:142% (45)
2010-11126149.0:148% (61)
2000-011341211.2:125% (34)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hinsdale Middle High School.

Since 2017-18: students up 6% (114 to 121); teachers down 43% (15.7 to 9).

About Hinsdale Middle High School

Hinsdale Middle High School operates as a small middle school in Hinsdale, New Hampshire. The school serves 121 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. For comparison, middle schools in New Hampshire average about 379 students.

Hinsdale School District has 3 schools and 518 students, and Hinsdale Middle High School is one of those schools.

The large majority of students at Hinsdale Middle High School, 86%, are White. The remaining shares are 7% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Hinsdale Middle High School comes in at 25%.

Federal staffing data show 9 full-time-equivalent teachers at Hinsdale Middle High School and a ratio of 13.4:1. The average ratio among middle schools in New Hampshire is 11.1:1, lower than at this school. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 43% of enrollment. That is 13 points above the 30% average for public schools in Cheshire County.

Hinsdale Middle High School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 11% of New Hampshire public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.

Hinsdale Middle High School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 24.0%, compared with a predicted 35.7%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New Hampshire schools on BeatsExpectations.

Cheshire County census figures show that median household income is about $83,329, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hinsdale Middle High School is among the 41 public schools in Cheshire County.

The nearest other public school, Hinsdale High School, is less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 5.

Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Distant.

The number of students dropped from 125 to 121 over 4 years. The number of students per teacher rose from 8.3 to 13.4 over 4 years.

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Cheshire County at a glance

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Population
77,297
Census ACS
Median income
$83,329
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
8,365 students

Quick facts

School name
Hinsdale Middle High School
District
Hinsdale School District
Address
49 School St., Hinsdale, NH 03451
Phone
(603) 336-5984
County
Cheshire County
Level
Middle
Grade range
06–08
Total enrollment
121
Teachers (FTE)
9
Student–teacher ratio
13.4:1
Free and reduced lunch
52 (43%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
330378000048
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Hinsdale Middle High School
What is the total enrollment at Hinsdale Middle High School?
Hinsdale Middle High School enrolls approximately 121 students in grades 06-08.
Is Hinsdale Middle High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hinsdale Middle High School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Hinsdale Middle High School?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Hinsdale Middle High School.
How diverse is Hinsdale Middle High School?
Hinsdale Middle High School reports a student body of 86% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Hinsdale Middle High School?
Hinsdale Middle High School is overseen by Hinsdale School District in Cheshire County.
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