Merrimack High School

Located at 38 McElwain St., in Merrimack, New Hampshire, Merrimack High School is a sizable senior high that teaches 1,057 students (grades 9 through 12), part of Merrimack School District. By comparison, New Hampshire's public schools average about 496 students each, so Merrimack High School sits 113% above that benchmark.

Merrimack School District runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 3,453 students. Merrimack High School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Merrimack High School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%). Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian, 2% Black.

On the resource side, Merrimack High School lists 85 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.2:1 average. Around 11% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Hillsborough County's rate of about 26%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Merrimack High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.5%, the actual is 47.7%, a residual of -8.8 points.

In the area at large, census data for Hillsborough County shows median household earnings sit near $103,545, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Hillsborough County's 127 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,974 students), Merrimack High School is one campus in the mix.

James Mastricola Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 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), Merrimack High School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 50.9%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Merrimack High School's enrollment has declined 12% since 2018, when it stood at 1,200 (now 1,057).

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