Newfound Memorial Middle School

Set in Bristol, New Hampshire, Newfound Memorial Middle School is a tight-knit junior high, run under Newfound Area School District. It instructs 296 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 22% leaner than the state mean of about 379.

Newfound Area School District comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 1,152 students; Newfound Memorial Middle School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Newfound Memorial Middle School shows that nearly all students (94%) are White. Beyond that, the school lists 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic.

On the resource side, Newfound Memorial Middle School lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Grafton County runs at roughly 25%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Newfound Memorial Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.8%; this one delivers 47.9%.

Around the school, Grafton County reports that median household income runs about $88,261, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Grafton County's 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,161 students), Newfound Memorial Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Bristol Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Newfound Memorial Middle School comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 47.2%.

Newfound Memorial Middle School operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 5%: 312 students in 2018 compared to 296 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.