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What advice would you give to incoming students at Kennett High School?
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Enrollment
642
High
DISTRICT 283 · STATE 496
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CONWAY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330249000076
Kennett High School
409 Eagles Way, North Conway, NH 03860 · (603) 356-4343 · Carroll County
GRADES 09–13HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL642 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% of New Hampshire public high schools
- CTest 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.3:1 · STATE 11.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
174 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 154 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 167 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 162 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 158 | 25% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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 Conway 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
27.0%
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 27 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
36.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.0%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Kennett High School
Kennett High School's state test result (36.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kennett High School this school | 642 | 27.1% | 36.0% |
| Kingswood Regional High School Wolfeboro | 729 | 26.6% | 42.3% |
| Pembroke Academy Pembroke | 744 | 24.7% | 39.0% |
| Conval Regional High School Peterborough | 645 | 22.8% | 36.3% |
| Monadnock Regional High School SWANZEY | 448 | 24.6% | 33.3% |
| Fall Mountain Regional High School LANGDON | 479 | 29.6% | 43.3% |
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 Kennett High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #57 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #33 of 74 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #49 of 78 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 642 | #33 of 103 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #33 of 68 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.3% | #43 of 68 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.1% | #28 of 80 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.4% | #19 of 60 |
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
642
-94 (-13%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 939
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 642 | 55 | 11.7:1 | 27% (174) |
| 2023-24 | 696 | 53 | 13.1:1 | 29% (205) |
| 2022-23 | 706 | 61.2 | 11.5:1 | 27% (191) |
| 2020-21 | 736 | 61 | 12.1:1 | 18% (132) |
| 2017-18 | 741 | 63.8 | 11.6:1 | 26% (191) |
| 2015-16 | 816 | 67 | 12.2:1 | 33% (269) |
| 2010-11 | 871 | 72 | 12.1:1 | 32% (282) |
| 2000-01 | 915 | 60 | 15.3:1 | 9% (79) |
| 1990-91 | 939 | 60 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kennett High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (741 to 642); teachers down 14% (63.8 to 55).
About Kennett High School
Kennett High School is a public high school in North Conway, New Hampshire. The school has 642 students in 2024-25 across grades 9 through 13. By comparison, high schools in New Hampshire enroll about 496 students on average.
Conway School District has 7 schools; together they serve 1,984 students.
The share of White students at Kennett High School is 91%. Other groups make up 3% Hispanic, 2% Asian, and 2% multiracial. In Carroll County overall, the White share is about 94%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 17%.
Teacher count: 55 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 11.7:1. It is about the same as the 11.2:1 average for high schools in New Hampshire. Roughly 27% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Kennett High School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 29% of New Hampshire public high schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 46.0% for Kennett High School. The school posts 36.0%, 10.0 points below the prediction.
American Community Survey estimates for Carroll County show that the median household earns about $86,463 a year, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Carroll County has 28 public schools with about 5,659 students, including Kennett High School.
Kennett High School's closest public school neighbor is Northeast Woodland Chartered Public School, about 1.0 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.
For locale, NCES codes Kennett High School as Rural: Fringe.
The school shrank from 736 students in 2020-21 to 642 in 2024-25.
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Carroll County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
51,804
Census ACS
Median income
$86,463
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
5,659 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Conway School District
- A. Crosby Kennett Middle SchoolMiddle · 308 students
- Mountainside Intermediate SchoolElementary · 251 students
- Pine Tree Elementary SchoolElementary · 215 students
- Lakeside Primary SchoolElementary · 210 students
- Conway Elementary SchoolElementary · 187 students
- John H. Fuller SchoolElementary · 171 students
Other Kennett High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Kennett High. Kennett High School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Kennett High SchoolKennett Square, PA · 1,184 students
- KENNETT HIGHKENNETT, MO · 493 students
Nearby schools
- Northeast Woodland Chartered Public School1.0 mi · 172
- Mountainside Intermediate School2.2 mi · 251
- Conway Elementary School2.2 mi · 187
- Robert Frost Charter School (E)2.2 mi · 24
- Robert Frost Charter School (H)2.2 mi · 12
- A. Crosby Kennett Middle School2.3 mi · 308
Frequently asked questions
About Kennett High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Kennett High School?
Kennett High School enrolls approximately 642 students in grades 09-13.
What grades does Kennett High School serve?
Kennett High School serves grades 09-13.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kennett High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kennett High School is approximately 11.7:1 (55 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kennett High School?
At Kennett High School, the student body is approximately 91% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Kennett High School in?
Kennett High School is part of Conway School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.