Enrollment
105
Middle
DISTRICT 169 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILTON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330061600296
Nute Junior High School
22 Elm St., Milton, NH 03851 · (603) 652-4591 · Strafford County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL105 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% of New Hampshire public middle 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 11.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
51 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 26%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 40 | 38% |
| Grade 7 | 42 | 40% |
| Grade 8 | 23 | 22% |
Student demographics
13%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
Students here typically continue to
Nute Junior High School→Nute High School
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
43.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
23.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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
35.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.1%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Junior High School
Nute Junior High School's state test result (35.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nute Junior High School this school | 105 | 48.6% | 35.0% |
| Daisy Bronson Junior High School Littleton | 86 | 53.5% | 35.5% |
| Groveton High School (Middle) Groveton | 79 | 43.0% | 33.7% |
| Vilas Elementary School Alstead | 108 | 40.7% | 47.2% |
| Hinsdale Middle High School Hinsdale | 121 | 43.0% | 24.0% |
| Newport Middle School Newport | 138 | 56.5% | 18.9% |
Matched among New Hampshire middle 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 Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Strafford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #61 of 85 | #5 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #70 of 85 | #6 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #67 of 85 | #6 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 105 | #88 of 101 | #7 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.6% | #7 of 90 | #1 of 7 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
105
-21 (-17%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 144
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 105 | 9.4 | 11.2:1 | 49% (51) |
| 2023-24 | 101 | 10.2 | 9.9:1 | 44% (44) |
| 2022-23 | 108 | 9.8 | 11.0:1 | 35% (38) |
| 2020-21 | 126 | 10 | 12.6:1 | 33% (42) |
| 2017-18 | 111 | 10.8 | 10.3:1 | 14% (16) |
| 2015-16 | 111 | 11 | 10.1:1 | 31% (34) |
| 2010-11 | 143 | 13 | 11.0:1 | 44% (63) |
| 2000-01 | 114 | 7 | 16.3:1 | 23% (26) |
| 1990-91 | 144 | 4 | 36.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nute Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (111 to 105); teachers down 13% (10.8 to 9.4).
About Nute Junior High School
Milton, New Hampshire, is home to Nute Junior High School, a very small middle-grades school. The school has 105 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in New Hampshire have about 379 students on average; enrollment here is 72% lower.
District-wide, Milton School District has 3 schools and 508 students.
Nute Junior High School is 93% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 4% multiracial. The diversity index for Nute Junior High School is 13%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 9.4 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.2:1. The average for middle schools in New Hampshire is about 11.1:1. About 49% of students at Nute Junior High School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 26% for public schools in Strafford County.
Nute Junior High School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 42% of New Hampshire public middle schools.
Nute Junior High School sits between the top and bottom 10% of New Hampshire schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 35.0% and a predicted 32.1%.
In the wider Strafford County area, the median household earns about $88,570 a year, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Nute Junior High School shares Strafford County with 38 other public schools.
Nute High School sits less than a tenth of a mile from Nute Junior High School. Around the school, 7 other public schools are within five miles. Nute Junior High School places 6th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Locale data from NCES put Nute Junior High School in rural territory close to an urban area (Rural: Fringe).
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 126 to 105, a 17% decline. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 12.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 11.2:1.
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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 High SchoolHigh · 166 students
Other schools in Milton
- Milton Elementary SchoolElementary · 237 students
- Nute High SchoolHigh · 166 students
Nearby schools
- Nute High School0.0 mi · 166
- 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 Junior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Nute Junior High School?
Nute Junior High School enrolls approximately 105 students in grades 06-08.
Is Nute Junior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Nute Junior High School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Nute Junior High School have?
Nute Junior High School employs 9 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Nute Junior High School?
At Nute Junior High School, the student body is approximately 93% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Nute Junior High School public or private?
Nute Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Milton School District.
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