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Enrollment
485
High
DISTRICT 209 · STATE 496
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KEARSARGE REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330404000193
Kearsarge Regional High School
457 North Rd., North Sutton, NH 03260 · (603) 927-4261 · Merrimack County
GRADES 09–13HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL485 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% of New Hampshire public high schools
- BTest 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 11.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
40 students
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 26%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 117 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 132 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 123 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 110 | 23% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Kearsarge Regional School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientEnglish Language Arts
70.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
31.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
44.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.2%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 58% typical for New Hampshire schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Kearsarge Regional High School
Kearsarge Regional High School's state test result (44.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kearsarge Regional High School this school | 485 | 8.2% | 44.0% |
| Sanborn Regional High School Kingston | 448 | 10.7% | 38.3% |
| Souhegan Coop High School Amherst | 696 | 6.9% | 59.3% |
| Bow High School Bow | 622 | 5.1% | 56.0% |
| Hopkinton High School Contoocook | 284 | 7.0% | 57.0% |
| Gilford High School Gilford | 470 | 11.3% | 42.0% |
Matched among New Hampshire high 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 Kearsarge Regional High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Merrimack County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #34 of 78 | #4 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #26 of 74 | #2 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #22 of 78 | #4 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 485 | #39 of 103 | #5 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #14 of 68 | #1 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.5% | #39 of 68 | #3 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.2% | #69 of 80 | #6 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.2% | #33 of 60 | #4 of 6 |
Ranked against other public high 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
485
-42 (-8%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 451
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 10.5:1
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 | 485 | 46.6 | 10.4:1 | 8% (40) |
| 2023-24 | 494 | 49 | 10.1:1 | 10% (50) |
| 2022-23 | 508 | 47.4 | 10.7:1 | 9% (46) |
| 2020-21 | 527 | 50 | 10.5:1 | 9% (47) |
| 2017-18 | 534 | 50.4 | 10.6:1 | 14% (77) |
| 2015-16 | 566 | 48 | 11.8:1 | 17% (94) |
| 2010-11 | 650 | 57 | 11.4:1 | 20% (128) |
| 2000-01 | 650 | 53 | 12.3:1 | 8% (55) |
| 1990-91 | 451 | 44 | 10.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kearsarge Regional High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (534 to 485); teachers down 8% (50.4 to 46.6).
About Kearsarge Regional High School
Kearsarge Regional High School sits in North Sutton, New Hampshire, and is classified as a high school. It is open to students in grades 9 through 13 and enrolls 485 students.
Federal data list 8 schools in Kearsarge Regional School District, with 1,672 students enrolled.
At Kearsarge Regional High School, 90% of students are White. Other students are 5% Hispanic. Census estimates put Merrimack County at about 91% White, close to the school's figure. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 19%.
Staffing at Kearsarge Regional High School comes to 46.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 10.4:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in New Hampshire is 11.2:1. Kearsarge Regional High School counts 8% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 25% average among public schools in Merrimack County.
Among New Hampshire public high schools, Kearsarge Regional High School outscored 42%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Kearsarge Regional High School ranks in the bottom 10% of New Hampshire schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 44.0%. Predicted: 58.2%. Difference: 14.2 points.
For Merrimack County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $97,004 a year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Counting Kearsarge Regional High School, Merrimack County has 61 public schools.
Kearsarge Regional Middle School, about 1.3 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number 2. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 51.9%; Kearsarge Regional High School's is 44.0%, ranking 6th of 7.
NCES assigns Kearsarge Regional High School the locale Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment decreased 8% over 4 years, reaching 485 in 2024-25.
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Merrimack County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
155,967
Census ACS
Median income
$97,004
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
61
17,429 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kearsarge Regional School District
- Kearsarge Regional Middle SchoolMiddle · 410 students
- Kearsarge Reg. Elem. School at New LondonElementary · 330 students
- Kearsarge Reg. Elementary School - BradfordElementary · 177 students
- Simonds Elementary SchoolElementary · 132 students
- Sutton Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 87 students
- Kearsarge Regional Preschool BradfordElementary · 29 students
Other schools in North Sutton
- Kearsarge Regional Middle SchoolMiddle · 410 students
Nearby schools
- Kearsarge Regional Middle School1.3 mi · 410
- Sutton Central Elementary School2.8 mi · 87
- Kearsarge Reg. Elementary School - Bradford6.0 mi · 177
- Kearsarge Regional Preschool Bradford6.0 mi · 29
- Kearsarge Reg. Elem. School at New London6.2 mi · 330
- Kearsarge Regional Preschool New London6.3 mi · 22
Frequently asked questions
About Kearsarge Regional High SchoolHow large is Kearsarge Regional High School?
Kearsarge Regional High School enrolls approximately 485 students in grades 09-13.
What age range does Kearsarge Regional High School serve?
Kearsarge Regional High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 13.
How many students per teacher at Kearsarge Regional High School?
Approximately 10.4:1 students per teacher at Kearsarge Regional High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kearsarge Regional High School?
At Kearsarge Regional High School, the student body is approximately 90% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Kearsarge Regional High School?
Kearsarge Regional High School is overseen by Kearsarge Regional School District in Merrimack County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.