Laconia Middle School

Laconia Middle School operates as a medium-sized middle school in Laconia, New Hampshire, operated by Laconia School District. Current enrollment sits at 414 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

Laconia School District comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,808 students; Laconia Middle School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Laconia Middle School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). Beyond that, the school reports 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 93%.

On the resource side, On paper, Laconia Middle School has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.2:1. The state averages about 11.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Belknap County's rate of about 29%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Laconia Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.7%, the actual is 34.8%, a residual of -0.9 points.

Around the school, Belknap County reports that median household earnings sit near $92,783, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Belknap County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,344 students), of which Laconia Middle School is one.

Pleasant Street School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Laconia Middle School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 44.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Over the past 7-year window. Laconia Middle School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 415 (now 414).

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.