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What's the biggest difference between Laconia High School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
562
High
DISTRICT 362 · STATE 496
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LACONIA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330414000210
Laconia High School
345 Union Ave., Laconia, NH 03246 · (603) 524-3350 · Belknap County
GRADES 09–13HIGH32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL562 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of New Hampshire public high schools
- DTest 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
10.0:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 11.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
195 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 147 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 125 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 147 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 142 | 25% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · 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 Laconia School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientEnglish Language Arts
45.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
11.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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
27.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.1%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 41% 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 Laconia High School
Laconia High School's state test result (27.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laconia High School this school | 562 | 34.7% | 27.0% |
| Stevens High School Claremont | 477 | 33.1% | 36.3% |
| Winnisquam Regional High School Tilton | 357 | 30.5% | 31.3% |
| Berlin Senior High School Berlin | 303 | 34.3% | 25.0% |
| Newfound Regional High School BRISTOL | 357 | 30.5% | 32.7% |
| Hillsboro-Deering High School Hillsborough | 334 | 36.2% | 43.0% |
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 Laconia High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Belknap County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #71 of 78 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.0% | #71 of 74 | #5 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #69 of 78 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 562 | #37 of 103 | #1 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.0:1 | #8 of 68 | #1 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.3% | #21 of 68 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.7% | #15 of 80 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.7% | #8 of 9 | N/A |
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
562
+2 (+0%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 640
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 10.0:1
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 | 562 | 56 | 10.0:1 | 35% (195) |
| 2023-24 | 583 | 53 | 11.0:1 | 46% (269) |
| 2022-23 | 590 | 51 | 11.6:1 | 39% (230) |
| 2020-21 | 560 | 56 | 10.0:1 | 33% (182) |
| 2017-18 | 547 | 51.7 | 10.6:1 | 42% (230) |
| 2015-16 | 586 | 62 | 9.4:1 | 48% (283) |
| 2010-11 | 687 | 69 | 10.0:1 | 43% (298) |
| 2000-01 | 781 | 61 | 12.8:1 | 16% (128) |
| 1990-91 | 640 | 60 | 10.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Laconia High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (547 to 562); teachers up 8% (51.7 to 56).
About Laconia High School
Laconia High School is a mid-sized high school. Its address is in Laconia, New Hampshire. The school has 562 students in 2024-25 across grades 9 through 13.
Laconia School District has 5 schools; together they serve 1,808 students.
Roughly 86% of students at Laconia High School are White. Enrollment also includes 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 3% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Laconia High School scores 25%.
Based on 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, Laconia High School has a ratio of 10.0:1. Compared with the 11.2:1 average for high schools in New Hampshire, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 35%.
Among New Hampshire public high schools, Laconia High School outscored 11%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Laconia High School ranks in the bottom 10% in New Hampshire. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 27.0%, against a prediction of 41.1%.
The school is in Belknap County, where median household income comes to about $92,783, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Belknap County counts 23 public schools with about 7,344 students.
Laconia Middle School is the nearest public school to Laconia High School, about 0.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 7 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 27.0% is below the 45.2% average for nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Distant: in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (560) and 2024-25 (562).
People can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Belknap County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
64,659
Census ACS
Median income
$92,783
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
7,344 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Laconia School District
- Laconia Middle SchoolMiddle · 414 students
- Woodland Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 318 students
- Elm Street SchoolElementary · 259 students
- Pleasant Street SchoolElementary · 255 students
Other schools in Laconia
- Laconia Middle SchoolMiddle · 414 students
- Woodland Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 318 students
- Elm Street SchoolElementary · 259 students
- Pleasant Street SchoolElementary · 255 students
Other Laconia High schools
One other US public school is named Laconia High. Laconia High School is the largest of the 2.
- Laconia HighRosendale, WI · 318 students
Nearby schools
- Laconia Middle School0.6 mi · 414
- Woodland Heights Elementary School0.6 mi · 318
- Pleasant Street School0.9 mi · 255
- Elm Street School1.7 mi · 259
- Gilford Middle School2.9 mi · 277
- Gilford High School2.9 mi · 470
Frequently asked questions
About Laconia High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Laconia High School?
Laconia High School enrolls approximately 562 students in grades 09-13.
Is Laconia High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Laconia High School is a high school covering grades 09-13.
How many students per teacher at Laconia High School?
Approximately 10.0:1 students per teacher at Laconia High School.
How diverse is Laconia High School?
Laconia High School reports a student body of 86% White, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Laconia High School public or private?
Laconia High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Laconia School District.
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