Newport Middle High School (High)

Newport Middle High School (High) is a four-year high school of low-enrollment scale in Newport, New Hampshire, run under Newport School District, serveing 291 students in grades 9 through 13. That puts it 41% leaner than the typical public school in New Hampshire, which averages around 496 students.

Newport Middle High School (High) is one of 5 schools operated by Newport School District, a district that caters to 712 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Newport Middle High School (High) reports that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 2% Hispanic. Compared to Sullivan County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 11.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 36% of students at Newport Middle High School (High) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Newport Middle High School (High) falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 40.2%; this one comes in at 26.5%, -13.7 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, census data for Sullivan County shows median household income runs about $80,858, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Sullivan County's 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,498 students), Newport Middle High School (High) is one campus in the mix.

Newport Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Newport Middle High School (High) ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 46.5%.

Newport Middle High School (High) operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 17%: 350 students in 2018 compared to 291 in 2025.

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