Newmarket Jr.-Sr. High School

Newmarket Jr.-Sr. High School is a secondary school of cozy scale in Newmarket, New Hampshire, overseen by Newmarket School District, caters to 274 students in grades 9 through 13. That puts it 45% smaller than the typical public school in New Hampshire, which averages around 496 students.

Across the 3 schools in Newmarket School District (973 students total), Newmarket Jr.-Sr. High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Newmarket Jr.-Sr. High School lists that nearly all students (81%) are White. Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 91%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.2:1, putting Newmarket Jr.-Sr. High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 19% of students at Newmarket Jr.-Sr. High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Newmarket Jr.-Sr. High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.0%; this one delivers 57.0%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Rockingham County) logs that median household income runs about $118,331, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Newmarket Jr.-Sr. High School is one of 99 public schools in Rockingham County (combined enrollment of about 41,753 students).

The closest other public school is Newmarket Jr.-Sr. High (Elem), roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Newmarket Jr.-Sr. High School comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 63.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Newmarket Jr.-Sr. High School's enrollment has grew 3% since 2018, when it stood at 266 (now 274). Asian enrollment moved from 12% to 4% across the same window.

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