Monadnock Regional High School

As a medium-sized high school in SWANZEY, New Hampshire, Monadnock Regional High School caters to 448 students from grades 9 through 12, part of Monadnock Regional School District.

Monadnock Regional School District comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 1,597 students; Monadnock Regional High School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Monadnock Regional High School lists that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest consists of 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. Compared to Cheshire County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Monadnock Regional High School lists 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.2:1, putting Monadnock Regional High School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 25% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Monadnock Regional High School is in the bottom 10% of New Hampshire public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 47.7%; Monadnock Regional High School posts 33.3%, -14.3 points below that line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Cheshire County) records that the typical household earns roughly $83,329 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Monadnock Regional High School is one of 41 public schools in Cheshire County (combined enrollment of about 8,365 students).

Monadnock Regional Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Monadnock Regional High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Monadnock Regional High School at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 35.1%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 8%: 489 students in 2018 compared to 448 in 2025.

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