Next Charter School

Next Charter School is one of the one-room-style 9-12 campuss in Derry, New Hampshire, one of the schools within Next Charter School, with 79 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 496 students per school, that is 84% below typical.

Next Charter School is the operating authority for Next Charter School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On demographics, Next Charter School lists that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest consists of 3% Hispanic.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.2:1, putting Next Charter School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 20% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Rockingham County put the typical household earns roughly $118,331 per year, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Next Charter School is one of 99 public schools in Rockingham County (combined enrollment of about 41,753 students).

The closest other public school is Gilbert H. Hood Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Next Charter School.

The campus sits in a suburban setting. Next Charter School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 22%: 65 students in 2018 compared to 79 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked up from 89% to 97%. Class-load math has fell: from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 8.8:1 in 2025.

On this page, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.