Pelham High School

Pelham High School operates as a moderately sized secondary school in Pelham, New Hampshire, operated by Pelham School District. Current enrollment sits at 508 students spanning grades 9 through 12.

Across the 3 schools in Pelham School District (1,607 students total), Pelham High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Pelham High School lists that nearly all students (82%) are White. Beyond that, the school shows 9% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. Compared to Hillsborough County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Pelham High School has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.4:1. The state averages around 11.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 11% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Hillsborough County's rate of about 26%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Pelham High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 56.5%; this one comes in at 35.3%, -21.1 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, Hillsborough County reports that median household earnings sit near $103,545, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Hillsborough County runs 127 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,974 students), of which Pelham High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Pelham Elementary School, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pelham High School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 56.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pelham High School has ticked down 22%, going from 651 students in 2018 to 508 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 90% to 82%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Pelham High School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.