Pittsfield High School

Pittsfield High School is a 9-12 campus of tiny scale in Pittsfield, New Hampshire, one of the schools within Pittsfield School District, enrolling 161 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 496 students per school, that is 68% smaller than typical.

Pittsfield High School is one of 3 schools operated by Pittsfield School District, a district that caters to 479 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Pittsfield High School records that nearly all students (91%) are White. Beyond that, the school logs 5% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, An estimated 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Merrimack County's rate of about 25%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Pittsfield High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.4%; this one delivers 36.3%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Merrimack County) logs that median household income runs about $97,004, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Merrimack County runs 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,429 students), of which Pittsfield High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Pittsfield Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Pittsfield High School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pittsfield High School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 38.0%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 165 students in 2018 compared to 161 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.