Lin-Wood Public School (High)

Located at 72 Linwood Dr., in Lincoln, New Hampshire, Lin-Wood Public School (High) is an one-room-style four-year high school that serves 82 students (grades 9 through 12), run under Lincoln-Woodstock Cooperative School District. Compared to the state average of about 496 students per school, that is 83% smaller than typical.

Lincoln-Woodstock Cooperative School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 241 students. Lin-Wood Public School (High) is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Lin-Wood Public School (High) reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). Other groups include 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. Compared to Grafton County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 26% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Lin-Wood Public School (High) sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 47.0%; actual is 24.0%, a gap of -23.0 points.

In the area at large, Grafton County reports that the typical household earns roughly $88,261 per year, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Grafton County runs 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,161 students), of which Lin-Wood Public School (High) is one.

Lin-Wood Public School (Middle) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lin-Wood Public School (High) ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 55.1%.

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

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lin-Wood Public School (High) has contracted 19%, going from 101 students in 2018 to 82 in 2025.

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