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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MASCOMA VALLEY REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330468000275

Mascoma Valley Regional High School

27 Royal Rd., Canaan, NH 03741 · (603) 632-4308 · Grafton County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL303 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of New Hampshire public high schools
  • BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • B-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

Enrollment
303
High
DISTRICT 257 · STATE 496
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 11.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
57 students
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 26%
Community
0
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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 96722%
Grade 108327%
Grade 119030%
Grade 126321%
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 33% · US 70%
White
28393%
DISTRICT 93% · STATE 81% · US 43%
Hispanic
72%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 8% · US 30%
Two+
124%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Pacific Islander
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
16153%
Female
14247%

School pathway

Feeds from
Indian River School05–08
Based on grade levels within Mascoma Valley Regional School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above Proficient
English Language Arts
65.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
33.0%
NH avg 43.0%

What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.4%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.1pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Mascoma Valley Regional High School

Mascoma Valley Regional High School's state test result (44.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Mascoma Valley Regional High School this school30318.8%44.3%
Belmont High School
Belmont
36121.3%40.0%
Prospect Mountain High School
Alton
40221.1%45.3%
Mascenic Regional High School
New Ipswich
25215.9%38.0%
Epping High School
Epping
21316.0%43.7%
Raymond High School
Raymond
32621.5%37.7%
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 Mascoma Valley Regional High School ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New HampshireIn Grafton County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
44.3%#31 of 78#5 of 8
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
33.0%#22 of 74#5 of 8
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
65.0%#38 of 78#5 of 8
Enrollment
ranked largest first
303#56 of 103#5 of 13
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
10.3:1#11 of 68#3 of 7
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
12.6%#58 of 68#6 of 7
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
18.8%#46 of 80#7 of 9
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-11.1%#27 of 60#2 of 6
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 2024-25
Enrollment
303
-45 (-13%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 417
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 11.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2530329.510.3:119% (57)
2023-2433628.511.8:119% (63)
2022-233382812.1:129% (99)
2020-213483111.2:126% (90)
2017-1834130.311.3:122% (75)
2015-163413011.4:124% (83)
2010-114393313.3:127% (117)
2000-014783214.9:110% (47)
1990-914172715.4:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mascoma Valley Regional High School.

Since 2017-18: students down 11% (341 to 303); teachers down 3% (30.3 to 29.5).

About Mascoma Valley Regional High School

Mascoma Valley Regional High School is a public small high school in Canaan, New Hampshire. It educates 303 students in grades 9 through 12. The school's enrollment is 39% smaller than the 496 average for high schools in New Hampshire.

Mascoma Valley Regional School District operates 4 schools. Combined enrollment is 1,026 students.

Federal enrollment data show Mascoma Valley Regional High School is 93% White. Other groups make up 4% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 13%, meaning two students picked at random have a 13% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

Its teaching staff equals 29.5 full-time positions, a ratio of 10.3:1. That is lower than the 11.2:1 average for high schools in New Hampshire. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 19%.

Mascoma Valley Regional High School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 57% of New Hampshire public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.

Schools in New Hampshire with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 51.4%. Mascoma Valley Regional High School scores 44.3%.

Among Grafton County residents, the median household income is $88,261, roughly 47% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Mascoma Valley Regional High School is one of 53 public schools in the county.

Indian River School is located less than a tenth of a mile from Mascoma Valley Regional High School. The five-mile area around Mascoma Valley Regional High School holds 3 other public schools. Mascoma Valley Regional High School comes in 7th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.

NCES describes the area around Mascoma Valley Regional High School as Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.

Mascoma Valley Regional High School's enrollment dropped from 348 in 2020-21 to 303 in 2024-25.

Community posts for Mascoma Valley Regional High School can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.

Grafton County at a glance

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Population
92,120
Census ACS
Median income
$88,261
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
10,161 students

Quick facts

School name
Mascoma Valley Regional High School
District
Mascoma Valley Regional School District
Address
27 Royal Rd., Canaan, NH 03741
Phone
(603) 632-4308
County
Grafton County
Level
High
Grade range
09–12
Total enrollment
303
Teachers (FTE)
30
Student–teacher ratio
10.3:1
Free and reduced lunch
57 (19%)
Locale
41-Rural: Fringe
NCES ID
330468000275
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Mascoma Valley Regional High School
What is the total enrollment at Mascoma Valley Regional High School?
Mascoma Valley Regional High School enrolls approximately 303 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Mascoma Valley Regional High School serve?
Mascoma Valley Regional High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mascoma Valley Regional High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mascoma Valley Regional High School is approximately 10.3:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mascoma Valley Regional High School?
At Mascoma Valley Regional High School, the student body is approximately 93% White, 2% Hispanic, 4% Two or more.
Is Mascoma Valley Regional High School public or private?
Mascoma Valley Regional High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Mascoma Valley Regional School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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