Inter-Lakes High School
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Test scores
NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientWhat this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Hampshire schools, those numbers are about 55 and 43.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Inter-Lakes High School
Located at 1 Laker Ln., in Meredith, New Hampshire, Inter-Lakes High School is an intimate 9-12 campus that instructs 294 students (grades 9 through 13), run under Inter-Lakes Cooperative School District. By comparison, New Hampshire's public schools average about 496 students each, so Inter-Lakes High School sits 41% below that benchmark.
Within Inter-Lakes Cooperative School District, which oversees 4 schools and 913 students, Inter-Lakes High School is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, Inter-Lakes High School lists that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 3% Hispanic. Compared to Belknap County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.1:1. The state averages about 11.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 26% of students at Inter-Lakes High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Inter-Lakes High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.0%; this one delivers 47.0%.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Belknap County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $92,783 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Belknap County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,344 students), Inter-Lakes High School is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Inter-Lakes Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Inter-Lakes High School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 51.0%.
Inter-Lakes High School operates from a small-town location.
Over the past 7-year window. Inter-Lakes High School's enrollment has contracted 10% since 2018, when it stood at 327 (now 294).
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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