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Which teacher or staff member at Pennichuck Middle School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
768
Middle
DISTRICT 724 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NASHUA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330498000325
Pennichuck Middle School
207 Manchester St., Nashua, NH 03060 · (603) 966-4140 · Hillsborough County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL768 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of New Hampshire public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
11.6:1
66 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 11.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
358 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 26%
Community
1
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 | 254 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 248 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 266 | 35% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
Test scores
NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientEnglish Language Arts
39.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
27.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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
29.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Pennichuck Middle School
Pennichuck Middle School's state test result (29.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennichuck Middle School this school | 768 | 46.6% | 29.9% |
| Brian S. McCarthy Middle School NASHUA | 649 | 44.1% | N/A |
| Fairgrounds Middle School Nashua | 585 | 42.2% | 31.6% |
| Southside Middle School Manchester | 768 | 43.0% | 24.0% |
| Henry J. McLaughlin Jr. Middle School Manchester | 889 | 42.5% | 17.4% |
| Middle School At Parkside Manchester | 775 | 56.4% | 18.4% |
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 Pennichuck Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #72 of 85 | #22 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #67 of 85 | #21 of 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #71 of 85 | #22 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 768 | #11 of 101 | #7 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #50 of 74 | #17 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.3% | #9 of 74 | #9 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.6% | #10 of 90 | #4 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +20.2% | #6 of 15 | #6 of 9 |
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
768
+161 (+27%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 678
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 768 | 66 | 11.6:1 | 47% (358) |
| 2023-24 | 557 | 55 | 10.1:1 | 51% (282) |
| 2022-23 | 559 | 55 | 10.2:1 | 44% (245) |
| 2020-21 | 607 | 53 | 11.4:1 | 33% (201) |
| 2017-18 | 639 | 54 | 11.8:1 | 47% (298) |
| 2015-16 | 669 | 56 | 11.9:1 | 47% (314) |
| 2010-11 | 704 | 53 | 13.3:1 | 44% (308) |
| 2000-01 | 764 | 53 | 14.4:1 | 23% (173) |
| 1990-91 | 678 | 53 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pennichuck Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 20% (639 to 768); teachers up 22% (54 to 66).
About Pennichuck Middle School
Pennichuck Middle School is a high-enrollment middle school in Nashua, New Hampshire, one of the schools in Nashua School District. The school runs grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 768 students. By comparison, middle schools in New Hampshire enroll about 379 students on average.
Nashua School District is the local district for Pennichuck Middle School. It runs 21 schools with 10,636 students.
More than half of the students at Pennichuck Middle School are White (52%). The next largest groups are 33% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 3% Black, and 2% Asian. In Hillsborough County overall, about 82% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Pennichuck Middle School scores 61%.
Pennichuck Middle School has 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 11.6:1. That is in line with the 11.1:1 average for middle schools in New Hampshire. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 47% at Pennichuck Middle School. On average, public schools in Hillsborough County report 26%.
Pennichuck Middle School earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 23% of New Hampshire public middle schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 33.4% at Pennichuck Middle School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 29.9%.
In the surrounding county, Hillsborough County, median household income comes to about $103,545, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. The county's public schools total 127, with about 53,974 students.
Measured in a straight line, Charlotte Ave Elementary School is about 0.8 miles from Pennichuck Middle School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 32.1%, higher than Pennichuck Middle School's 29.9%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment rose by 27% across 4 years, from 607 in 2020-21 to 768 in 2024-25.
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Hillsborough County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
426,378
Census ACS
Median income
$103,545
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
127
53,974 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Nashua School District
- Nashua High School SouthHigh · 1,686 students
- Nashua High School NorthHigh · 1,543 students
- Elm Street Middle SchoolMiddle · 895 students
- Brian S. McCarthy Middle SchoolMiddle · 649 students
- Fairgrounds Middle SchoolMiddle · 585 students
- Bicentennial Elementary SchoolElementary · 481 students
Other schools in Nashua
- Nashua High School SouthHigh · 1,686 students
- Nashua High School NorthHigh · 1,543 students
- Elm Street Middle SchoolMiddle · 895 students
- Brian S. McCarthy Middle SchoolMiddle · 649 students
- Fairgrounds Middle SchoolMiddle · 585 students
- Bicentennial Elementary SchoolElementary · 481 students
Nearby schools
- Charlotte Ave Elementary School0.8 mi · 362
- Amherst Street School1.1 mi · 290
- Mt. Pleasant School1.3 mi · 250
- Gate City Charter School for the Arts1.4 mi · 160
- Brentwood Academy1.6 mi · 26
- Franklin Street School1.6 mi · 245
Frequently asked questions
About Pennichuck Middle SchoolHow many students attend Pennichuck Middle School?
Pennichuck Middle School enrolls approximately 768 students in grades 06-08.
Is Pennichuck Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pennichuck Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Pennichuck Middle School?
Approximately 11.6:1 students per teacher at Pennichuck Middle School.
How diverse is Pennichuck Middle School?
Pennichuck Middle School reports a student body of 52% White, 33% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Pennichuck Middle School public or private?
Pennichuck Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Nashua School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.