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What's something Kearsarge Regional Middle School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
410
Middle
DISTRICT 209 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KEARSARGE REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330404000503
Kearsarge Regional Middle School
32 Gile Pond Rd., North Sutton, NH 03260 · (603) 927-2100 · Merrimack County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL410 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of New Hampshire public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 11.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
52 students
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 26%
Community
1
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 135 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 147 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 128 | 31% |
Student demographics
10%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
Students here typically continue to
Kearsarge Regional Middle School→Kearsarge Regional High School
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
60.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
44.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
48.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.4%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Kearsarge Regional Middle School
Kearsarge Regional Middle School's state test result (48.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kearsarge Regional Middle School this school | 410 | 12.7% | 48.8% |
| Barrington Middle School Barrington | 398 | 10.8% | 44.9% |
| Weare Middle School Weare | 454 | 15.2% | 33.5% |
| Hampstead Middle School Hampstead | 352 | 12.2% | 50.7% |
| Merrimack Middle School Merrimack | 480 | 10.6% | 44.3% |
| Gilford Middle School Gilford | 277 | 15.9% | 54.8% |
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 Kearsarge Regional Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Merrimack County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.8% | #29 of 85 | #5 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #31 of 85 | #5 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #28 of 85 | #5 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 410 | #39 of 101 | #5 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #26 of 74 | #2 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.3% | #70 of 74 | #8 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.7% | #68 of 90 | #8 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.5% | #49 of 57 | #6 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 2024-25Enrollment
410
+16 (+4%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 396
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 10.1:1
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 | 410 | 40 | 10.3:1 | 13% (52) |
| 2023-24 | 404 | 40 | 10.1:1 | 14% (58) |
| 2022-23 | 410 | 40 | 10.3:1 | 16% (66) |
| 2020-21 | 394 | 39 | 10.1:1 | 13% (51) |
| 2017-18 | 425 | 39.9 | 10.7:1 | 15% (65) |
| 2015-16 | 420 | 38 | 11.1:1 | 22% (94) |
| 2010-11 | 466 | 38 | 12.3:1 | 20% (95) |
| 2000-01 | 575 | 37 | 15.5:1 | 11% (64) |
| 1990-91 | 396 | 29 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kearsarge Regional Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (425 to 410); teachers unchanged (39.9 to 40).
About Kearsarge Regional Middle School
Kearsarge Regional Middle School is a public mid-sized middle school in North Sutton, New Hampshire. The school serves grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 410 students.
Kearsarge Regional School District includes 8 schools. Together they enroll 1,672 students.
The share of White students at Kearsarge Regional Middle School is 95%. The next largest groups are 3% multiracial. In Merrimack County overall, the White share is about 91%. The diversity index for Kearsarge Regional Middle School is 10%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Kearsarge Regional Middle School reported 40 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 10.3:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in New Hampshire is 11.1:1. There are 52 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 13% of enrollment. The gap from the 25% average for public schools in Merrimack County is 12 points.
Among New Hampshire public middle schools, Kearsarge Regional Middle School outscored 52%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Kearsarge Regional Middle School is 6.6 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (48.8% versus 55.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New Hampshire.
In Merrimack County, home to about 155,967 people, median household income comes to about $97,004, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Merrimack County's 61 public schools enroll about 17,429 students and include Kearsarge Regional Middle School.
Kearsarge Regional Middle School's nearest public school is Kearsarge Regional High School (about 1.3 miles). There are 2 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Kearsarge Regional Middle School is 5th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Remote, meaning it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
Enrollment was 410 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 394.
On allk12, people connected to Kearsarge Regional Middle School can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 High SchoolHigh · 485 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
Nearby schools
- Kearsarge Regional High School1.3 mi · 485
- Sutton Central Elementary School1.6 mi · 87
- Kearsarge Reg. Elem. School at New London5.6 mi · 330
- Kearsarge Regional Preschool Bradford5.6 mi · 29
- Kearsarge Reg. Elementary School - Bradford5.6 mi · 177
- Kearsarge Regional Preschool New London5.7 mi · 22
Frequently asked questions
About Kearsarge Regional Middle SchoolHow many students attend Kearsarge Regional Middle School?
Kearsarge Regional Middle School enrolls approximately 410 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Kearsarge Regional Middle School serve?
Kearsarge Regional Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Kearsarge Regional Middle School have?
Kearsarge Regional Middle School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Kearsarge Regional Middle School?
Student demographics at Kearsarge Regional Middle School are roughly 95% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Kearsarge Regional Middle School public or private?
Kearsarge Regional Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Kearsarge Regional School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.