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Enrollment
2,990
High
STATE 496
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PINKERTON ACADEMY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330736000510
Pinkerton Academy
5 Pinkerton St., Derry, NH 03038 · (603) 437-5200 · Rockingham County
GRADES 09–13HIGH22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL2,990 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of New Hampshire public high schools
- B-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
216 FTE teachers
STATE 11.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
339 students
STATE 26%
Community
1
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 | 832 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 756 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 734 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 655 | 22% |
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
66.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
30.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
42.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.2%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 56% typical for New Hampshire schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Pinkerton Academy
Pinkerton Academy's state test result (42.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinkerton Academy this school | 2,990 | 11.3% | 42.3% |
| Londonderry Senior High School Londonderry | 1,289 | 10.9% | 55.3% |
| Exeter High School EXETER | 1,348 | 7.2% | 60.3% |
| Merrimack High School Merrimack | 1,057 | 11.0% | 47.7% |
| Goffstown High School Goffstown | 1,008 | 10.4% | 55.7% |
| Timberlane Regional High School Plaistow | 944 | 10.7% | 37.7% |
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 Pinkerton Academy ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Rockingham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #40 of 78 | #11 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #28 of 74 | #9 of 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #34 of 78 | #10 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,990 | #1 of 103 | #1 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #60 of 68 | #13 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.2% | #26 of 68 | #5 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.3% | #59 of 80 | #6 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.0% | #48 of 60 | #9 of 11 |
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
2,990
-170 (-5%) vs 2020
-3% since 2000-01, when it was 3,083
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 2,990 | 215.7 | 13.9:1 | 11% (339) |
| 2023-24 | 3,057 | 220.6 | 13.9:1 | 12% (365) |
| 2022-23 | 3,060 | 228.4 | 13.4:1 | 11% (323) |
| 2020-21 | 3,160 | 236 | 13.4:1 | 5% (171) |
| 2017-18 | 3,181 | 247.3 | 12.9:1 | 13% (409) |
| 2015-16 | 3,111 | 258 | 12.1:1 | 14% (432) |
| 2010-11 | 3,169 | 238 | 13.3:1 | 12% (389) |
| 2000-01 | 3,083 | 197 | 15.7:1 | 6% (199) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pinkerton Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (3,181 to 2,990); teachers down 13% (247.3 to 215.7).
About Pinkerton Academy
Pinkerton Academy sits in Derry, New Hampshire, and is classified as a high school. Federal data show 2,990 students enrolled in grades 9 through 13 in 2024-25. High schools in New Hampshire average about 496 students, which makes this school 503% larger than average.
Pinkerton Academy School District operates Pinkerton Academy.
White students account for 87% of the school's enrollment. It is also 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Among Rockingham County residents, the White share is about 91%. A diversity index of 24% means there is a 24% chance two randomly chosen students at Pinkerton Academy are from different groups.
Pinkerton Academy has a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1, with 215.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in New Hampshire is 11.2:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 11% at Pinkerton Academy. That is in line with the 13% average for public schools in Rockingham County.
Pinkerton Academy 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 33% of New Hampshire public high schools.
Schools in New Hampshire with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate across its state test results near 56.2%. Pinkerton Academy posts 42.3%, 13.9 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
In Rockingham County, the median household earns about $118,331 a year, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. Rockingham County has 99 public schools with about 41,753 students, including Pinkerton Academy.
Pinkerton Academy's nearest public school is Derry Early Education Program (about 0.5 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 41.5%; Pinkerton Academy's is 42.3%, ranking 2nd of 4.
Pinkerton Academy falls in the Suburb: Mid-size locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 2,990, from 3,160 in 2020-21.
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Rockingham County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
319,082
Census ACS
Median income
$118,331
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
99
41,753 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Derry
- Gilbert H. Hood Middle SchoolMiddle · 696 students
- West Running Brook Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 639 students
- West Running Brook Middle SchoolMiddle · 518 students
- Ernest P. Barka Elementary SchoolElementary · 485 students
- East Derry Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 388 students
- Derry Village SchoolElementary · 377 students
Nearby schools
- Derry Early Education Program0.5 mi · 132
- Next Charter School0.5 mi · 79
- Gilbert H. Hood Middle School0.5 mi · 696
- Grinnell School0.7 mi · 338
- Derry Village School0.9 mi · 377
- West Running Brook Middle School1.0 mi · 518
Frequently asked questions
About Pinkerton AcademyHow large is Pinkerton Academy?
Pinkerton Academy enrolls approximately 2,990 students in grades 09-13.
What age range does Pinkerton Academy serve?
Pinkerton Academy serves students from grade 09 through grade 13.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pinkerton Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pinkerton Academy is approximately 13.9:1 (216 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Pinkerton Academy?
Student demographics at Pinkerton Academy are roughly 87% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Pinkerton Academy in?
Pinkerton Academy is part of Pinkerton Academy School District.
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