John Stark Regional High School

John Stark Regional High School is a medium-sized 9-12 campus in WEARE, New Hampshire, overseen by John Stark Regional School District. The school enrolls 612 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 23% larger than the state mean of about 496.

John Stark Regional High School sits inside John Stark Regional School District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Demographically, John Stark Regional High School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). Beyond that, the school logs 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 82%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.3:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 15% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Hillsborough County runs at roughly 26%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), John Stark Regional High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.3%.

Zooming out to the county, Hillsborough County reports that the typical household earns roughly $103,545 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Hillsborough County's 127 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,974 students), John Stark Regional High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Center Woods School, around 2.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around John Stark Regional High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts John Stark Regional High School at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 48.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at John Stark Regional High School has decreased 8%, going from 663 students in 2018 to 612 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 10.2:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 in 2025.

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