Enrollment
166
High
DISTRICT 169 · STATE 496
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILTON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330061600544
Nute High School
22 Elm St., Milton, NH 03851 · (603) 652-4591 · Strafford County
GRADES 09–13HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL166 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 47% of New Hampshire public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Hampshire public high schools
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 11.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
69 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 26%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 44 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 48 | 29% |
| Grade 11 | 43 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 29 | 17% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 33% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Milton School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientEnglish Language Arts
50.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
20.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Hampshire schools, those numbers are about 55 and 43.
Source: NHSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
36.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.6%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% typical for New Hampshire schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Hampshire's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Nute High School
Nute High School's state test result (36.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nute High School this school | 166 | 41.6% | 36.3% |
| Hinsdale High School Hinsdale | 155 | 39.4% | 33.3% |
| Pittsfield High School Pittsfield | 161 | 37.3% | 36.3% |
| Farmington Senior High School FARMINGTON | 214 | 36.0% | 47.5% |
| White Mountains Regional High School Whitefield | 319 | 40.1% | 31.0% |
| Bud Carlson Academy Rochester | 96 | 39.6% | N/A |
Matched among New Hampshire high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Nute High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Strafford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #53 of 78 | #4 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #55 of 74 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #65 of 78 | #5 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 166 | #70 of 103 | #6 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.6% | #7 of 80 | #1 of 6 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
166
+38 (+30%) vs 2020
-5% since 2000-01, when it was 174
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 9.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 166 | 15.6 | 10.6:1 | 42% (69) |
| 2023-24 | 162 | 13.8 | 11.7:1 | 41% (67) |
| 2022-23 | 147 | 12.2 | 12.1:1 | 34% (50) |
| 2020-21 | 128 | 13 | 9.8:1 | 27% (34) |
| 2017-18 | 165 | 15.2 | 10.9:1 | 22% (37) |
| 2015-16 | 174 | 15 | 11.6:1 | 30% (53) |
| 2010-11 | 203 | 15 | 13.5:1 | 36% (73) |
| 2000-01 | 174 | 14 | 12.4:1 | 12% (21) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nute High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (165 to 166); teachers up 3% (15.2 to 15.6).
About Nute High School
Milton, New Hampshire, is home to Nute High School, a small high school. Enrollment is 166 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 9 through 13. The average for high schools in New Hampshire is about 496 students, so this school is 67% smaller than average.
Nute High School is one of 3 schools in Milton School District, which enrolls 508 students in total.
White students are the large majority at Nute High School, with 93% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 2% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Nute High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 14%.
A ratio of 10.6:1 comes from the school's 15.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. High schools in New Hampshire average about 11.2:1, a similar figure. The lunch program counts 42% of students at Nute High School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Strafford County, the average eligibility rate is 26%.
The allk12 Grade for Nute High School is B-. Compared with New Hampshire public high schools, the school scored higher than 47% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Nute High School, the prediction is 36.6% and the result is 36.3%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Strafford County show that median household income is about $88,570, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 39 public schools in Strafford County, with a combined enrollment of about 13,978.
Nute Junior High School is located less than a tenth of a mile from Nute High School. Other public schools within five miles: 7. The school's 36.3% average proficiency ranks 5th among 7 nearby schools.
The NCES locale for Nute High School is Rural: Fringe, which covers schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 30%, from 128 to 166.
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Strafford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
132,575
Census ACS
Median income
$88,570
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
39
13,978 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Milton School District
- Milton Elementary SchoolElementary · 237 students
- Nute Junior High SchoolMiddle · 105 students
Other schools in Milton
- Milton Elementary SchoolElementary · 237 students
- Nute Junior High SchoolMiddle · 105 students
Nearby schools
- Nute Junior High School0.0 mi · 105
- Milton Elementary School0.1 mi · 237
- Lebanon Elementary School4.1 mi · 135
- Henry Wilson Memorial School4.1 mi · 271
- Hanson School4.1 mi · 267
- Farmington Senior High School4.3 mi · 214
Frequently asked questions
About Nute High SchoolHow many students attend Nute High School?
Nute High School enrolls approximately 166 students in grades 09-13.
What grades does Nute High School serve?
Nute High School serves grades 09-13.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Nute High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Nute High School is approximately 10.6:1 (16 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Nute High School?
Student demographics at Nute High School are roughly 93% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Nute High School in?
Nute High School is part of Milton School District.
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